- Does any potter make a pot in haste for the sake of the pot itself and not in hope of the water?
- هیچ کوزه‌گر کند کوزه شتاب ** بهر عین کوزه نه بر بوی آب
- Does any bowl-maker make a finished bowl for the sake of the bowl itself and not for the sake of the food? 2885
- هیچ کاسه گر کند کاسه تمام ** بهر عین کاسه نه بهر طعام
- Does any calligrapher write artistically for the sake of the writing itself and not for the sake of the reading?
- هیچ خطاطی نویسد خط به فن ** بهر عین خط نه بهر خواندن
- The external form is for the sake of the unseen form; and that took shape for the sake of another unseen (form).
- نقش ظاهر بهر نقش غایبست ** وان برای غایب دیگر ببست
- Count up these corollaries to the third, fourth, or tenth in proportion to (your) insight.
- تا سوم چارم دهم بر می‌شمر ** این فواید را به مقدار نظر
- As (for example) the moves in chess, O son: behold the result of each move in the next one.
- هم‌چو بازیهای شطرنج ای پسر ** فایده‌ی هر لعب در تالی نگر
- They made this (move) for the sake of that concealed move, and that for the next, and that (again) for such and such. 2890
- این نهادند بهر آن لعب نهان ** وان برای آن و آن بهر فلان
- Even so (proceed), having perceived reasons within reasons, one after the other, in order that you may arrive at victory and checkmate.
- هم‌چنین دیده جهات اندر جهات ** در پی هم تا رسی در برد و مات
- The first is for the sake of the second, like mounting on the steps of a ladder;
- اول از بهر دوم باشد چنان ** که شدن بر پایه‌های نردبان
- And deem the second to be for the sake of the third, (and so on) to the end, in order that you may arrive, step by step, at the roof.
- و آن دوم بهر سوم می‌دان تمام ** تا رسی تو پایه پایه تا به بام