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  • شد نماز دیگر آمد خادمی ** یک طبق بر کف ز پیش حاتمی‏
  • (When) it was (time for) afternoon prayers, a servant came with a tray in his hand from one like Hátim,

  • صاحب مالی و حالی پیش پیر ** هدیه بفرستاد کز وی بد خبیر
  • A man of property and condition: he sent it as a present to the Pír (Shaykh), for he knew about him.

  • چار صد دینار بر گوشه‏ی طبق ** نیم دینار دگر اندر ورق‏
  • (There were) four hundred dinars, and in a corner of the tray another half-dinar in a piece of paper.

  • خادم آمد شیخ را اکرام کرد ** و آن طبق بنهاد پیش شیخ فرد
  • The servant advanced and did honour to the Shaykh, and laid the tray before the peerless Shaykh.

  • چون طبق را از غطا واکرد رو ** خلق دیدند آن کرامت را از او 430
  • When he (the Shaykh) uncovered the face of the tray, the people beheld the miracle (manifested) from him.

  • آه و افغان از همه برخاست زود ** کای سر شیخان و شاهان این چه بود
  • Immediately cries of sorrow and lamentation arose from all —“O head of the Shaykhs and (spiritual) kings, what was (the meaning of) this?

  • این چه سر است این چه سلطانی است باز ** ای خداوند خداوندان راز
  • What secret is this? Once more, what sovereignty is this, O lord of the lords of mystery?

  • ما ندانستیم ما را عفو کن ** بس پراکنده که رفت از ما سخن‏
  • We knew not. Pardon us. Very deranged were the words that went out from us.

  • ما که کورانه عصاها می‏زنیم ** لاجرم قندیلها را بشکنیم‏
  • We who blindly brandish staffs cannot help breaking lamps.

  • ما چو کران ناشنیده یک خطاب ** هرزه گویان از قیاس خود جواب‏ 435
  • We, like deaf men, without having heard a single thing spoken (to us), are answering idly from our own surmise.