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بهر حق این خلق زرها می‌دهند ** صد اساس خیر و مسجد می‌نهند
- (I reply that) this (Moslem) people are giving (large) sums of gold for God's sake, founding hundreds of pious institutions and mosques,
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مال و تن در راه حج دوردست ** خوش همی‌بازند چون عشاق مست
- And, like intoxicated lovers, gladly risking their property and lives on their way to (perform) the distant Pilgrimage:
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هیچ می‌گویند کان خانه تهیست ** بلک صاحب‌خانه جان مختبیست
- Do they ever say, ‘The House (Ka‘ba) is empty’? Nay, (they know that) the Lord of the House is the Spirit invisible.
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پر همی‌بیند سرای دوست را ** آنک از نور الهستش ضیا 865
- He that is illumined by the Light of God deems the House of the Beloved to be full (of Him).
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بس سرای پر ز جمع و انبهی ** پیش چشم عاقبت‌بینان تهی
- In the eyes of those who see the end, many a palace filled with a crowd and throng (of people) is empty.
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هر که را خواهی تو در کعبه بجو ** تا بروید در زمان او پیش رو
- Seek in the (spiritual) Ka‘ba whomsoever you please, that he may at once grow (rise into view) before your face.
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صورتی کو فاخر و عالی بود ** او ز بیت الله کی خالی بود
- How should the form (of the Perfect Man), which is splendid and sublime, (ever) be absent from the House of God?
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او بود حاضر منزه از رتاج ** باقی مردم برای احتیاج
- He is (always) present (there), exempt from exclusion, (while) the rest of mankind (are there only) on account of (their occasional) need.
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هیچ می‌گویند کین لبیکها ** بی‌ندایی می‌کنیم آخر چرا 870
- Do they (the pilgrims) ever say, ‘We are crying Labbayka without (receiving) any response. Pray, why (is this)’?
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بلک توفیقی که لبیک آورد ** هست هر لحظه ندایی از احد
- Nay, the Divine blessing which causes (their cries of) Labbayka is (in truth) a response (coming) from the One (God) at every moment.