- Then come back, sire, from egoism and headship: seek a leader, do not desire leadership.
- خواجه باز آ از منی و از سری ** سروری جو کم طلب کن سروری
- How an objector objected to the Prophet's—on whom be peace— appointing the man of Hudhayl to be commander.
- اعتراض کردن معترضی بر رسول علیه‌السلام بر امیر کردن آن هذیلی
- When the Prophet appointed a leader from (the tribe of) Hudhayl for the army whose troops were Divinely aided, 2030
- چون پیمبر سروری کرد از هذیل ** از برای لشکر منصور خیل
- An insolent fellow, through envy, could not endure (to keep silence): he raised objection and opposition.
- بوالفضولی از حسد طاقت نداشت ** اعتراض و لانسلم بر فراشت
- Behold humankind, how dark (unenlightened) they are, and how they are perishing in (desire for) a perishable piece of goods.
- خلق را بنگر که چون ظلمانی‌اند ** در متاع فانیی چون فانی‌اند
- On account of pride they all are in separation (from God), dead to the spirit, living in deception.
- از تکبر جمله اندر تفرقه ** مرده از جان زنده‌اند از مخرقه
- ’Tis wonderful that the spirit is in prison, and then (all that time) the key of the prison is in its hand!
- این عجب که جان به زندان اندرست ** وانگهی مفتاح زندانش به دست
- That youth (the spirit) is plunged in dung from head to foot, (whilst) the flowing river is (almost) touching his skirt! 2035
- پای تا سر غرق سرگین آن جوان ** می‌زند بر دامنش جوی روان
- (He is) always moving restlessly from side to side beside the place of repose and the couch where he might recline!
- دایما پهلو به پهلو بی‌قرار ** پهلوی آرامگاه و پشت‌دار
- The (Divine) light is hidden, and search is the evidence (of its existence), for the heart (spirit) does not seek shelter in vain.
- نور پنهانست و جست و جو گواه ** کز گزافه دل نمی‌جوید پناه
- If this world's prison had no refuge, neither would there be any feeling of aversion nor would the heart seek release.
- گر نبودی حبس دنیا را مناص ** نه بدی وحشت نه دل جستی خلاص