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  • مانده‏ام از ذکر و از اوراد خود ** بی‏خبر گشتم ز خویش و نیک و بد
  • I have been left without power to perform my dhikr (commemoration of God) and litanies: I have become unconscious of myself and of (all) good and ill.

  • گر نمی‏دیدم کنون من روی تو ** ای خجسته وی مبارک بوی تو
  • If I had not now beheld thy face, O thou whose scent is fortunate and blessed,

  • می‏شدم از دست من یک بارگی ** کردیم شاهانه این غم خوارگی‏ 2480
  • I should have passed altogether from the bondage (of this life). Thou in kingly fashion hast bestowed on me this sympathy.”

  • گفت هی‏هی این دعا دیگر مکن ** بر مکن تو خویش را از بیخ و بن‏
  • Said the Prophet, “Hey! do not offer this prayer again: do not dig yourself up from root and base.

  • تو چه طاقت داری ای مور نژند ** که نهد بر تو چنان کوه بلند
  • What strength have you, O wretched ant, to endure that He should lay on you such a lofty mountain?”

  • گفت توبه کردم ای سلطان که من ** از سر جلدی نه لافم هیچ فن‏
  • He answered, “O Sultan, I repent (and vow) that in no wise will I (henceforth) brag recklessly.

  • این جهان تیه است و تو موسی و ما ** از گنه در تیه مانده مبتلا
  • This world is the Desert (of the Israelites), and thou art Moses, and we because of (our) sin remain in the Desert in tribulation.

  • سالها ره می‏رویم و در اخیر ** همچنان در منزل اول اسیر 2485
  • We are wayfaring for years, and at the end we are still held captive in the first stage (of the journey).

  • گر دل موسی ز ما راضی بدی ** تیه را راه و کران پیدا شدی‏
  • If the heart of Moses were pleased with us, there would be shown (to us) the way through the Desert and the (farthest) border (thereof);

  • ور به کل بیزار بودی او ز ما ** کی رسیدی خوانمان هیچ از سما
  • And if he were wholly disgusted with us, how by any means would trays of food come to us from heaven?