- Thou art still seeking it from outside; thou art a source of milk: how art thou a milker of others?
- تو هنوز از خارج آن را طالبی ** محلبی از دیگران چون حالبی
- There is an illimitable fountain of milk within thee: why art thou seeking milk from the pail?
- چشمه‌ی شیرست در تو بی‌کنار ** تو چرا می‌شیر جویی از تغار
- O lake, thou hast a channel to the Sea: be ashamed to seek water from the pool; 1070
- منفذی داری به بحر ای آبگیر ** ننگ دار از آب جستن از غدیر
- For did not We expand…? Again, hast not thou the expansion? How art thou become a seeker of the expansion and a mendicant?
- که الم نشرح نه شرحت هست باز ** چون شدی تو شرح‌جو و کدیه‌ساز
- Contemplate the expansion of the heart within (thee), lest there come the reproach, Do not ye see?
- در نگر در شرح دل در اندرون ** تا نیاید طعنه‌ی لا تبصرون
- Commentary on “And He is with you.”
- تفسیر و هو معکم
- There is a basket full of loaves on the crown of thy head, and thou art begging a crust of bread from door to door.
- یک سپد پر نان ترا بی‌فرق سر ** تو همی خواهی لب نان در به در
- Attend to thine own head, abandon giddy-headedness; go, knock at the door of thy heart: why art thou (knocking) at every door?
- در سر خود پیچ هل خیره‌سری ** رو در دل زن چرا بر هر دری
- Whilst thou art up to the knee in the river-water, thou art heedless of thyself and art seeking water from this one and that one. 1075
- تا بزانویی میان آب‌جو ** غافل از خود زین و آن تو آب جو
- Water in front; and behind, too, an unfailing supply of water; (but) before thine eyes is a barrier and behind them a barrier.
- پیش آب و پس هم آب با مدد ** چشمها را پیش سد و خلف سد
- The horse is under the (rider's) thigh, and the rider is seeking the horse. (When asked), “What is this?” he says, “A horse, but where is the horse?”
- اسپ زیر ران و فارس اسپ‌جو ** چیست این گفت اسپ لیکن اسپ کو