- 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
- “Eh, is not this a horse under thee, plain to see?” “Yes,” says he, “but who ever saw a horse?”
- هی نه اسپست این به زیر تو پدید ** گفت آری لیک خود اسپی که دید
- He (such a one) is mad with thirst for the water, and it (the water) is before his face: he is in the water and unconscious of the running water.
- مست آب و پیش روی اوست آن ** اندر آب و بی‌خبر ز آب روان
- Like the pearl in the sea, he says, “Where is the sea?” and that shell-like phantasy is his wall. 1080
- چون گهر در بحر گوید بحر کو ** وآن خیال چون صدف دیوار او