- This pearl is superior to both the worlds: hark, buy (it) from this ignorant child, for he is an ass. 1000
- این گهر از هر دو عالم برترست ** هین بخر زین طفل جاهل کو خرست
- To the ass a cowrie and a pearl are alike: the ass has a (great) doubt concerning the (spiritual) pearl and the Sea.
- پیش خر خرمهره و گوهر یکیست ** آن اشک را در در و دریا شکیست
- He disbelieves in the Sea and its pearls: how should an animal be a seeker of pearls and adornments?
- منکر بحرست و گوهرهای او ** کی بود حیوان در و پیرایه‌جو
- God has not put it into the animal's head to be engrossed with rubies and devoted to pearls.
- در سر حیوان خدا ننهاده است ** کو بود در بند لعل و درپرست
- Have you ever seen asses with ear-rings? The ear and mind of the ass are (set) on the meadow.
- مر خران را هیچ دیدی گوش‌وار ** گوش و هوش خر بود در سبزه‌زار
- Read in (the Súra entitled) Wa’l-Tín (the words), (We created Man) in the best proportion, for the spirit, O friend, is a precious pearl. 1005
- احسن التقویم در والتین بخوان ** که گرامی گوهرست ای دوست جان
- (That spirit created) in the best proportion surpasses the empyrean: (that spirit created) in the best proportion is beyond (the range of) thought.
- احسن التقویم از عرش او فزون ** احسن التقویم از فکرت برون
- If I declare the value of this inaccessible (pearl), I shall be consumed, and the hearer too will be consumed.
- گر بگویم قیمت این ممتنع ** من بسوزم هم بسوزد مستمع
- At this point close thy lips and proceed no further. This Siddíq went to those asses (the Jews).
- لب ببند اینجا و خر این سو مران ** رفت این صدیق سوی آن خران
- He knocked the door-ring, and when the Jew opened the door he (the Siddíq) went into his house, beside himself (with indignation).
- حلقه در زد چو در را بر گشود ** رفت بی‌خود در سرای آن جهود