- During the chila there was none by whom the knot should be untied except the Presence of God Almighty and Glorious. 1450
- در چله کس نی که گردد عقده حل ** جز که درگاه خدا عز و جل
- He said, “O Lord, on account of this difficulty and debate I am deprived of recollection (dhikr) of Thee during the chila.
- گفت یا رب زین شکال و گفت و گو ** در چله وا مانده‌ام از ذکر تو
- Loose my wings, that I may soar and enter the garden of recollection and the apple-orchard (of gnosis).”
- پر من بگشای تا پران شوم ** در حدیقه‌ی ذکر و سیبستان شوم
- At once (in reply) there came to him a mysterious voice, saying, “Know that it is an emblem of the idle talk of the ignorant,
- آمدش آواز هاتف در زمان ** که آن مثالی دان ز لاف جاهلان
- Who, without having come forth from the veil and curtain, (being) blindfold have begun to speak in vain.”
- کز حجاب و پرده بیرون نامده ** چشم بسته بیهده گویان شده
- The yelp of the dog in the womb is (useless) loss: (in such a case) he is neither a starter of hunted animals nor a keeper of watch by night. 1455
- بانگ سگ اندر شکم باشد زیان ** نه شکارانگیز و نه شب پاسبان
- He has not seen the wolf, so as to prevent him; he has not seen the robber, so as to repel him.
- گرگ نادیده که منع او بود ** دزد نادیده که دفع او شود
- He (a man of this sort), because of covetousness and desire for eminence, is dull as regards (spiritual) vision and bold in prating.
- از حریصی وز هوای سروری ** در نظر کند و بلافیدن جری
- From desire for the purchaser and warm admirer, (being) devoid of insight, he begins to talk nonsense.
- از هوای مشتری و گرم‌دار ** بی بصیرت پا نهاده در فشار
- Without having seen the Moon, he gives indications: thereby he perverts (misleads) the (ignorant) countryman.
- ماه نادیده نشانها می‌دهد ** روستایی را بدان کژ می‌نهد