بر ملولان این مکرر کردنست ** نزد من عمر مکرر بردنست
To the weary this is (only) repetition, (but) in my eyes it is the bringing of repeated life.
شمع از برق مکرر بر شود ** خاک از تاب مکرر زر شود
The candle goes upward (burns higher) from repeated flashes (of flame); earth becomes gold in consequence of repeated heat.
گر هزاران طالب‌اند و یک ملول ** از رسالت باز می‌ماند رسول
If there are thousands of (eager) seekers (of knowledge) and a single weary (disgusted) one, the Messenger will refrain from delivering his message.
این رسولان ضمیر رازگو ** مستمع خواهند اسرافیل‌خو3605
These mystery-telling Messengers of the hidden Mind require a hearer who has the nature of Isráfíl.
نخوتی دارند و کبری چون شهان ** چاکری خواهند از اهل جهان
They have a haughtiness and pride like (that of) kings: they require service from the people of the world.
تا ادبهاشان بجاگه ناوری ** از رسالتشان چگونه بر خوری
Until you perform the observances due to them, how will you gain profit from their message?
کی رسانند آن امانت را بتو ** تا نباشی پیششان راکع دوتو
How will they deliver that deposit to you till you are bowed double before them?
هر ادبشان کی همی‌آید پسند ** کامدند ایشان ز ایوان بلند
How is every (kind of) observance acceptable to them?—for they have come from the Sublime Palace.
نه گدایانند کز هر خدمتی ** از تو دارند ای مزور منتی3610
They are not beggars, that they should be grateful to you, O impostor, for every service.
لیک با بی‌رغبتیها ای ضمیر ** صدقه‌ی سلطان بیفشان وا مگیر
But, O (thou who art the) inmost consciousness (of God), notwithstanding (their) lack of desire (to hear thy message), scatter the (Divine) Sultan's charity: do not withhold it!