To behold the face of any one but Thee is (like the torture of) an iron collar for the throat: everything except God is vain.
دید روی جز تو شد غل گلو ** کل شیء ما سوی الله باطل
They are vain, but they show me the right way because vanity attracts (only) the vain.
باطلاند و مینمایندم رشد ** زانک باطل باطلان را میکشد
Each one of the atoms on atoms which exist in this earth and heaven is like amber (a magnet) for its congener.2900
ذره ذره کاندرین ارض و سماست ** جنس خود را هر یکی چون کهرباست
The belly attracts bread to its resting-place; the heat of the liver attracts water.
معده نان را میکشد تا مستقر ** میکشد مر آب را تف جگر
The eye is an attractor of beautiful persons from these (different) quarters of the town; the brain (nose) is seeking (to attract) scents from the rose-garden,