- Especially the dervish that has become devoid of body and (worldly) goods: poverty (deprivation) of body is the (important) matter, not beggary.
- خاصه درویشی که شد بی جسم و مال ** کار فقر جسم دارد نه سال
- The beggar is he whose (worldly) goods have melted away; the contented man is he who has gambled away (sacrificed) his body.
- سایل آن باشد که مال او گداخت ** قانع آن باشد که جسم خویش باخت
- Therefore do not now complain of affliction, for it is a smooth-paced horse (carrying you) towards non-existence.
- پس ز درد اکنون شکایت بر مدار ** کوست سوی نیست اسپی راهوار
- We have said so much: think of the remainder, (or) if thought be frozen (unable to move), practise recollection (of God). 1475
- این قدر گفتیم باقی فکر کن ** فکر اگر جامد بود رو ذکر کن
- Recollection (of God) brings thought into movement: make recollection to be the sun for this congealed (thought).
- ذکر آرد فکر را در اهتزاز ** ذکر را خورشید این افسرده ساز
- (God's) pulling is, indeed, the original source; but, O fellow-servant, exert yourself, do not be dependent on that pulling;
- اصل خود جذبه است لیک ای خواجهتاش ** کار کن موقوف آن جذبه مباش
- For to renounce exertion is like an act of disdain: how should disdain be seemly for a devoted lover (of God)?
- زانک ترک کار چون نازی بود ** ناز کی در خورد جانبازی بود
- O youth, think neither of acceptance nor refusal: regard always the (Divine) command and prohibition.
- نه قبول اندیش نه رد ای غلام ** امر را و نهی را میبین مدام
- (Then) suddenly the bird, namely, the (Divine) attraction, will fly from its nest (towards you): put out the candle as soon as you see the dawn. 1480
- مرغ جذبه ناگهان پرد ز عش ** چون بدیدی صبح شمع آنگه بکش
- When the eyes have become piercing, ’tis its (the dawn's) light (that illumines them): in the very husk it (the illumined eye) beholds the kernels.
- چشمها چون شد گذاره نور اوست ** مغزها میبیند او در عین پوست