- Bestowal of mouthfuls comes (to pass) from every one to some one, (but) bestowal of a throat is the work of God alone.
- لقمه‌بخشی آید از هر کس به کس ** حلق‌بخشی کار یزدانست و بس
- He bestows a throat on the body and on the spirit; He bestows a separate throat for every part of you.
- حلق بخشد جسم را و روح را ** حلق بخشد بهر هر عضوت جدا
- This He bestows at the time when you become Majestical and become void of guile and deceit,
- این گهی بخشد که اجلالی شوی ** وز دغا و از دغل خالی شوی
- So that you will not tell the King's secret to any one nor pour out sugar before flies. 20
- تا نگویی سر سلطان را به کس ** تا نریزی قند را پیش مگس
- The secrets of the (Divine) Majesty are drunk in by the ear of that one who, like the lily, hath a hundred tongues and is dumb.
- گوش آنکس نوشد اسرار جلال ** کو چو سوسن صدزبان افتاد و لال
- The grace of God bestows a throat on the earth, to the end that it may drink water and make a hundred herbs to grow.
- حلق بخشد خاک را لطف خدا ** تا خورد آب و بروید صد گیا
- Again, He bestows on the creature of earth (the animal) a throat and lip, in order that it may eat its (the earth's) herbage in desire.
- باز خاکی را ببخشد حلق و لب ** تا گیاهش را خورد اندر طلب
- When the animal has eaten its herbage, it becomes fat: the animal becomes a mouthful for Man and goes (disappears).
- چون گیاهش خورد حیوان گشت زفت ** گشت حیوان لقمه‌ی انسان و رفت
- In turn it becomes earth and becomes a devourer of Man, when the spirit and the sight are separated from Man. 25
- باز خاک آمد شد اکال بشر ** چون جدا شد از بشر روح و بصر
- I beheld the atoms (of created existence) with their mouths all open: if I should tell of their food, it (the tale) would become long.
- ذره‌ها دیدم دهانشان جمله باز ** گر بگویم خوردشان گردد دراز