- ’Tis the (approved) rule to seek the shadow during the day; (but) you seek the shadow on a cloudy night.
- سایه در روزست جستن قاعده ** در شب ابری تو سایه‌جو شده
- If it (wine) is lawful as sustenance for the common folk, (yet) it is unlawful to those who seek the Beloved.
- گر حلال آمد پی قوت عوام ** طالبان دوست را آمد حرام
- The wine for the lovers (of God) is their heart's blood: their eyes are (fixed) upon the Way and upon the Destination. 3485
- عاشقان را باده خون دل بود ** چشمشان بر راه و بر منزل بود
- In this Way across the terrible wilderness the guide, Reason, suffers a hundred eclipses.
- در چنین راه بیابان مخوف ** این قلاوز خرد با صد کسوف
- (If) you throw dust in the eyes of the guides, you will cause the caravan to perish and lose the way.
- خاک در چشم قلاوزان زنی ** کاروان را هالک و گمره کنی
- In sooth, barley bread is unlawful and injurious to the carnal soul: set (only) bread made of bran before it.
- نان جو حقا حرامست و فسوس ** نفس را در پیش نه نان سبوس
- Keep in abject submission the enemy on the Way to God: do not place a pulpit for the robber, (but) keep him on the gibbet.
- دشمن راه خدا را خوار دار ** دزد را منبر منه بر دار دار
- Deem the amputation of the robber's hand desirable: if you are unable to cut his hand off, bind it. 3490
- دزد را تو دست ببریدن پسند ** از بریدن عاجزی دستش ببند
- Unless you bind his hand, he will bind yours; unless you break his leg, he will break yours.
- گر نبندی دست او دست تو بست ** گر تو پایش نشکنی پایت شکست
- You give the enemy wine and sugar-cane—for what reason? Bid him laugh venomously and eat earth.”
- تو عدو را می دهی و نی‌شکر ** بهر چه گو زهر خند و خاک خور