Seen from a distance they appear (like refreshing) water, (but) when you approach (them) they are a mirage.
می‌نماید در نظر از دور آب ** چون روی نزدیک باشد آن سراب
She (the World) is a stinking hag, though by reason of her great blandishments she displays herself like a young bride.
گنده پیرست او و از بس چاپلوس ** خویش را جلوه کند چون نو عروس
Hark! Do not be deceived by her rouge, do not taste her sherbet which is mixed with poison!
هین مشو مغرور آن گلگونه‌اش ** نوش نیش‌آلوده‌ی او را مچش
Have patience (self-restraint), for patience is the key to joy, lest like Faraj you fall into a hundred (grievous) straits.320
صبر کن کالصبر مفتاح الفرج ** تا نیفتی چون فرج در صد حرج
Her (the World's) bait is visible, (but) her trap is hidden: at first (sight) her favours seem sweet to you.
آشکارا دانه پنهان دام او ** خوش نماید ز اولت انعام او
Explaining that this self-delusion was not (peculiar) to that Hindú alone; on the contrary, every human being is afflicted with a similar self-delusion at every stage (of the journey), except those whom God has preserved.
در بیان آنک این غرور تنها آن هندو را نبود بلک هر آدمیی به چنین غرور مبتلاست در هر مرحله‌ای الا من عصم الله
Since you are attached to those (worldly goods), oh, beware! How often (afterwards) will you sob piteously in repentance!
چون بپیوستی بدان ای زینهار ** چند نالی در ندامت زار زار
The names “princehood,” “vizierate,” and “kingship” (are enticing, but) hidden beneath them is death and pain and giving up the ghost.
نام میری و وزیری و شهی ** در نهانش مرگ و درد و جان‌دهی
Be a slave (of God) and walk on the earth like a horse (under the rider), not like a bier which is carried on the necks (of the bearers).
بنده باش و بر زمین رو چون سمند ** چون جنازه نه که بر گردن برند
The ungrateful (worldly) man wishes all people to carry him: they bring him, like a dead rider, to the grave.325
جمله را حمال خود خواهد کفور ** چون سوار مرده آرندش به گور
If you dream of any one (being carried) on a bier, he will become a high-stirruped rider of (will rise to high eminence in) office.
بر جنازه هر که را بینی به خواب ** فارس منصب شود عالی رکاب