- The lion (hero) who advances into the ranks of lions (valiant foes)—at last he is conquered by a mouse.
- حیدری کاندر صف شیران رود ** آخر او مغلوب موشی می‌شود
- The acute, far-seeing, artful genius—behold it at last imbecile as an old ass.
- طبع تیز دوربین محترف ** چون خر پیرش ببین آخر خرف
- The curly lock that sheds (a fragrance of) musk and takes away the reason—at last it is like the ugly white tail of a donkey.
- زلف جعد مشکبار عقل‌بر ** آخرا چون دم زشت خنگ خر
- Observe its (the World's) existence, (how) at first (it is) pleasing and joyous; and observe its shamefulness and corruption in the end;
- خوش ببین کونش ز اول باگشاد ** وآخر آن رسواییش بین و فساد
- For it showed the snare plainly: it plucked out the fool's moustache in thy presence. 1610
- زانک او بنمود پیدا دام را ** پیش تو بر کند سبلت خام را
- Do not say, then, “The World deceived me by its imposture; otherwise, my reason would have fled from its snare.”
- پس مگو دنیا به تزویرم فریفت ** ورنه عقل من ز دامش می‌گریخت
- Come now, see (how) the golden collar and shoulder-belt have become a shackle and gyve and chain.
- طوق زرین و حمایل بین هله ** غل و زنجیری شدست و سلسله
- Reckon every particle of the World (to be) like this: bring its beginning and its end into consideration.
- همچنین هر جزو عالم می‌شمر ** اول و آخر در آرش در نظر
- The more any one regards the end (ákhir) the more blessed he is; the more any one regards the stable (ákhur) the more banned he is.
- هر که آخربین‌تر او مسعودتر ** هر که آخربین‌تر او مطرودتر
- Regard every one's face as the glorious moon: when the beginning has been seen, see the end (also), 1615
- روی هر یک چون مه فاخر ببین ** چونک اول دیده شد آخر ببین