- I bestow the gold and jewels upon you: of those riches I desire naught but the information (concerning them).”
- مر شما را دادم آن زر و گهر ** من از آن زرها نخواهم جز خبر
- Thus he spoke, while his heart was throbbing on account of the incomparable Ayáz,
- این همیگفت و دل او میطپید ** از برای آن ایاز بی ندید
- (Thinking), “Is it I who am uttering this (command)? How (grieved) he will be if he hear of this injustice!” 1990
- که منم کین بر زبانم میرود ** این جفاگر بشنود او چون شود
- Again he says (to himself), “By the truth of his religion, (I vow) that his constancy is too great
- باز میگوید به حق دین او ** که ازین افزون بود تمکین او
- For him to be annoyed by my foul aspersion and heedless of my purpose and meaning.
- کی به قذف زشت من طیره شود ** وز غرض وز سر من غافل بود
- When an afflicted person has perceived the (true) interpretations (reasons) of his pain, he sees the victory: how should he be vanquished by the pain?
- مبتلی چون دید تاویلات رنج ** برد بیند کی شود او مات رنج
- The (true) interpreter (of suffering) is (like) the patient Ayáz, for he is contemplating the ocean of ends (ultimate consequences).
- صاحب تاویل ایاز صابرست ** کو به بحر عاقبتها ناظرست
- To him, as to Joseph, the interpretation of the dream of these prisoners (in the world) is evident. 1995
- همچو یوسف خواب این زندانیان ** هست تعبیرش به پیش او عیان
- How should the goodly man who is aware of the meaning of the dreams of others be ignorant of (the meaning of) his own dream?
- خواب خود را چون نداند مرد خیر ** کو بود واقف ز سر خواب غیر
- If I give him a hundred stabs with my sword by way of trial, the union (concord) of that loving one (with me) will not be diminished.
- گر زنم صد تیغ او را ز امتحان ** کم نگردد وصلت آن مهربان