- Every thorn-root draws the water of thy consciousness (towards itself): how should the water of thy consciousness reach the fruit? 1085
- آب هش را میکشد هر بیخ خار ** آب هوشت چون رسد سوی ثمار
- Hark, smite that evil bough, lop it off: water this goodly bough, refresh it.
- هین بزن آن شاخ بد را خو کنش ** آب ده این شاخ خوش را نو کنش
- Both are green at this (present) time, (but) look to the end (and see) that this one will come to naught, (while) fruit will grow from that one.
- هر دو سبزند این زمان آخر نگر ** کین شود باطل از آن روید ثمر
- To this one the water in the orchard is lawful, to that one (it is) unlawful. In the end thou wilt see the difference, and (so) farewell.
- آب باغ این را حلال آن را حرام ** فرق را آخر ببینی والسلام
- What is justice? Giving water to trees. What is injustice? To give water to thorns.
- عدل چه بود آب ده اشجار را ** ظلم چه بود آب دادن خار را
- Justice is (consists in) bestowing a bounty in its proper place, not on every root that will absorb water. 1090
- عدل وضع نعمتی در موضعش ** نه بهر بیخی که باشد آبکش
- What is injustice? To bestow (it) in an improper place that can only be a source of calamity.
- ظلم چه بود وضع در ناموضعی ** که نباشد جز بلا را منبعی
- Bestow the bounty of God on the spirit and reason, not on the (carnal) nature full of disease and complications.
- نعمت حق را به جان و عقل ده ** نه به طبع پر زحیر پر گره
- Load the conflict of (worldly) cares upon thy body: do not lay thy anxiety upon the heart and spirit.
- بار کن بیگار غم را بر تنت ** بر دل و جان کم نه آن جان کندنت
- The pack is laid upon the head of Jesus, (while) the ass is frisking in the meadow.
- بر سر عیسی نهاده تنگ بار ** خر سکیزه میزند در مرغزار