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رفت صوفی گفت خلوت با دو یار ** تو فقیهی وین شریف نامدار
- (As soon as) the Súfí departed, he (the gardener) said in private to the two friends, “Thou art a jurist, and this (other) is a renowned Sharíf.
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ما به فتوی تو نانی میخوریم ** ما به پر دانش تو میپریم 2175
- ’Tis according to thy legal decision that we eat a loaf (of bread): ’tis by the wings of thy knowledge that we fly.
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وین دگر شه زاده و سلطان ماست ** سید است از خاندان مصطفاست
- And this other is our prince and sovereign: he is a Sayyid, he is of the House of Mustafá (Mohammed).
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کیست آن صوفی شکم خوار خسیس ** تا بود با چون شما شاهان جلیس
- Who is this gluttonous vile Súfí, that he should associate with kings like you?
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چون بیاید مر و را پنبه کنید ** هفتهای بر باغ و راغ من زنید
- When he comes (back), drive him away and take possession of my orchard and field for a week.
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باغ چه بود جان من آن شماست ** ای شما بوده مرا چون چشم راست
- What is (it to offer you) my orchard? My life is yours, O ye who have (always) been (as dear to me) as my right eye.”
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وسوسه کرد و مر ایشان را فریفت ** آه کز یاران نمیباید شکیفت 2180
- He made evil suggestions and beguiled them. Ah, one must not patiently suffer the loss of friends.
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چون به ره کردند صوفی را و رفت ** خصم شد اندر پیش با چوب زفت
- When they had turned the Súfí away and he was gone, the enemy went after him with a stout cudgel.
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گفت ای سگ صوفیی باشد که تیز ** اندر آیی باغ ما تو از ستیز
- “O dog,” he cried, “is it Súfism that of a sudden you come into my orchard in spite (of me)?
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این جنیدت ره نمود و بایزید ** از کدامین شیخ و پیرت این رسید
- Did Junayd or Báyazíd direct you to behave in this way? From what Shaykh and Pír did this (instruction) reach you?”