- When your friend displays enmity (and when) the itch of his hatred and jealousy shoots forth (manifests itself),
- یار تو چون دشمنی پیدا کند ** گر حقد و رشک او بیرون زند
- Do not bewail his aversion, do not make yourself (do not let yourself behave as) a fool and ignoramus; 1515
- تو از آن اعراض او افغان مکن ** خویشتن را ابله و نادان مکن
- Nay, thank God and give bread (alms), (in gratitude) that you have not become old (and rotten) in his sack,
- بلک شکر حق کن و نان بخش کن ** که نگشتی در جوال او کهن
- (But) have quickly come out of his sack to seek the true Eternal Friend,
- از جوالش زود بیرون آمدی ** تا بجویی یار صدق سرمدی
- The delectable Friend whose friendship's cord becomes threefold (thrice as strong) after thy death.
- نازنین یاری که بعد از مرگ تو ** رشته‌ی یاری او گردد سه تو
- That friend, in sooth, may be the (Divine) Sultan and exalted King, or he may be one accepted of the Sultan and one who intercedes (with Him).
- آن مگر سلطان بود شاه رفیع ** یا بود مقبول سلطان و شفیع
- You are (now) delivered from the false coiner and (his) hypocrisy and fraud: you have seen his tumour (imposture) plainly before death. 1520
- رستی از قلاب و سالوس و دغل ** غر او دیدی عیان پیش از اجل
- If you understood (aright) this injustice shown towards you by the people in the world, it is a hidden treasure of gold.
- این جفای خلق با تو در جهان ** گر بدانی گنج زر آمد نهان
- The people are made to be thus evil-natured towards you, that your face may inevitably be turned Yonder.
- خلق را با تو چنین بدخو کنند ** تا ترا ناچار رو آن سو کنند
- Know this for sure that in the end all of them will become adversaries and foes and rebels.
- این یقین دان که در آخر جمله‌شان ** خصم گردند و عدو و سرکشان