- Woe to the unfledged bird that flies up to the zenith and falls into peril!”
- وای آن مرغی که ناروییده پر ** بر پرد بر اوج و افتد در خطر
- Intelligence is wings and feathers to a man: when he lacks intelligence, (he must rely on) the intelligence of a guide. 4075
- عقل باشد مرد را بال و پری ** چون ندارد عقل عقل رهبری
- Either be victorious or in search of a victor: either have insight or be in search of one endowed with insight.
- یا مظفر یا مظفرجوی باش ** یا نظرور یا نظرورجوی باش
- Without (possession of) the key, namely, intelligence, this knocking at the door is prompted by self-will, not by right motives.
- بی ز مفتاح خرد این قرع باب ** از هوا باشد نه از روی صواب
- See a whole world ensnared by self-will and by wounds (harmful things) that look like remedies (beneficial things).
- عالمی در دام می‌بین از هوا ** وز جراحت‌های هم‌رنگ دوا
- The snake, (terrible) as death, stands (raises itself) on its breast, with a big leaf in its mouth in order to catch its prey.
- مار استادست بر سینه چو مرگ ** در دهانش بهر صید اشگرف برگ
- It stands erect, like a herb, amidst the herbage, (so that) the bird thinks it is the stalk of a plant. 4080
- در حشایش چون حشیشی او بپاست ** مرغ پندارد که او شاخ گیاست
- When it (the bird) settles on the leaf for the purpose of eating, it falls into the mouth of the snake and (into the jaws of) death.
- چون نشیند بهر خور بر روی برگ ** در فتد اندر دهان مار و مرگ
- A crocodile opens its mouth: its teeth are surrounded by long worms.
- کرده تمساحی دهان خویش باز ** گرد دندانهاش کرمان دراز
- The worms were produced by the residue of food left in its teeth; and it gave them lodging there.
- از بقیه‌ی خور که در دندانش ماند ** کرم‌ها رویید و بر دندان نشاند