- In time of war there is the terrible drum and kettle-drum; in the hour of feasting with favourites there is (only) the sound of the harp.
- طبل و کوس هول باشد وقت جنگ ** وقت عشرت با خواص آواز چنگ
- The Board of Audit is for the vulgar, while the fair ones resembling peris are for the cup-companion.
- هست دیوان محاسب عام را ** وان پری رویان حریف جام را
- The coat of mail and the helmet are for the battle, while this silken raiment and music are for the bower.
- آن زره وآن خود مر چالیش‌راست ** وین حریر و رود مر تعریش‌راست
- This topic hath no end, O generous one: conclude it, and God best knoweth the right course. 3785
- این سخن پایان ندارد ای جواد ** ختم کن والله اعلم بالرشاد
- The (corporeal) senses in Ahmad (Mohammed), which are mortal, are now laid asleep under the soil of Yathrib (Medina),
- اندر احمد آن حسی کو غاربست ** خفته این دم زیر خاک یثربست
- But that mighty-natured part of him, which is unconquerable, dwells, without having suffered corruption, within the abode of truth (in Paradise).
- وآن عظیم الخلق او کان صفدرست ** بی‌تغیر مقعد صدق اندرست
- The bodily attributes are exposed to corruption; the everlasting spirit is a shining sun,
- جای تغییرات اوصاف تنست ** روح باقی آفتابی روشنست
- Incorruptible, for it is not of the east; unchangeable, for it is not of the west.
- بی ز تغییری که لا شرقیة ** بی ز تبدیلی که لا غربیة
- How was the sun (ever) dumbfounded by a mote? How was the candle (ever) made senseless by a moth? 3790
- آفتاب از ذره کی مدهوش شد ** شمع از پروانه کی بیهوش شد
- The body of Ahmad was liable to that (corruption): know that this corruption belongs (only) to the body,
- جسم احمد را تعلق بد بدآن ** این تغیر آن تن باشد بدان