- He opened (the inward) eye (and gazed) on the (ideal) form of that which he had (only) read in books.
- آنچ او اندر کتب بر خوانده بود ** چشم را در صورت آن بر گشود
- From the dust of the mighty King's horse he obtained a precious collyrium for his eyesight.
- از غبار مرکب آن شاه نر ** یافت او کحل عزیزی در بصر
- In such a garden of flowers he was trailing his skirt, while every part of him was crying, “Is there any more?”
- برچنین گلزار دامن میکشید ** جزو جزوش نعره زن هل من مزید
- The flowers that grow from plants are (living but) a moment; the flowers that grow from Reason are (ever) fresh.
- گلشنی کز بقل روید یک دمست ** گلشنی کز عقل روید خرمست
- The flowers that bloom from earth become faded; the flowers that bloom from the heart—oh, what a joy! 4650
- گلشنی کز گل دمد گردد تباه ** گلشنی کز دل دمد وافر حتاه
- Know that (all) the delightful sciences known to us are (only) two or three bunches of flowers from that Garden.
- علمهای با مزهی دانستهمان ** زان گلستان یک دو سه گلدسته دان
- We are devoted to these two or three bunches of flowers because we have shut the Garden-door on ourselves.
- زان زبون این دو سه گل دستهایم ** که در گلزار بر خود بستهایم
- Alas, O (dear) soul, (that) on account of (thy greed for) bread such (admirable) keys are always dropping from thy fingers!
- آنچنان مفتاحها هر دم بنان ** میفتد ای جان دریغا از بنان
- And if for a moment thou art relieved from preoccupation with bread, thou danglest about the chádar and (givest thyself up to) thy passion for women;
- ور دمی هم فارغ آرندت ز نان ** گرد چادر گردی و عشق زنان
- And then, when (the sea of) thy dropsy (lust) breaks into billows, thou must needs have under thy sway a (whole) city full of bread and women. 4655
- باز استسقات چون شد موجزن ** ملک شهری بایدت پر نان و زن