از پی توزیع گرد شهر گشت ** از طمع می‌گفت هر جا سرگذشت
He (the bailiff) went round the city to collect subscriptions and everywhere, in hope (of exciting compassion), he told all that had happened;
هیچ ناورد از ره کدیه به دست ** غیر صد دینار آن کدیه‌پرست 3250
(But) that devoted beggar obtained by means of begging no more than a hundred dinars.
پای مرد آمد بدو دستش گرفت ** شد بگور آن کریم بس شگفت
(Then) the bailiff came to him and took his hand and went (with him) to (visit) the grave of that very wonderful generous man.
گفت چون توفیق یابد بنده‌ای ** که کند مهمانی فرخنده‌ای
He said, “When a servant (of God) gains the Divine favour so that he entertains a fortunate man,
مال خود ایثار راه او کند ** جاه خود ایثار جاه او کند
And gives up his own wealth for his sake and sacrifices his own dignity for the sake of (conferring) dignity on him,
شکر او شکر خدا باشد یقین ** چون به احسان کرد توفیقش قرین
Gratitude to him (the benefactor) is certainly (the same as) gratitude to God, since (it was) the Divine favour (that) caused him to show beneficence.
ترک شکرش ترک شکر حق بود ** حق او لا شک به حق ملحق بود 3255
To be ungrateful to him is to be ungrateful to God: beyond doubt his right (to gratitude) is consequent on (that of) God.
شکر می‌کن مر خدا را در نعم ** نیز می‌کن شکر و ذکر خواجه هم
Always give thanks to God for His bounties, and always give thanks and praise to the Khwája (your benefactor) too.
رحمت مادر اگر چه از خداست ** خدمت او هم فریضه‌ست و سزاست
Though a mother's tenderness is (derived) from God, (yet) ’tis a sacred duty and a worthy task to serve her.
زین سبب فرمود حق صلوا علیه ** که محمد بود محتال الیه
For this reason God hath said, ‘Do ye bless him (the Prophet),’ for Mohammed was one to whom (the attributes of Divine Providence) were transferred.
در قیامت بنده را گوید خدا ** هین چه کردی آنچ دادم من ترا
At the Resurrection God will say to His servant, ‘Hark, what have you done with that which I bestowed on you?’
گوید ای رب شکر تو کردم به جان ** چون ز تو بود اصل آن روزی و نان 3260
He will reply, ‘O Lord, I gave thanks to Thee with (all) my soul, since the source of my daily provision and bread was in Thee.’
گویدش حق نه نکردی شکر من ** چون نکردی شکر آن اکرام‌فن
(Then) God will say to him, ‘Nay, you did not give thanks to Me, inasmuch as you did not give thanks to him who made a practice of generosity.
بر کریمی کرده‌ای ظلم و ستم ** نه ز دست او رسیدت نعمتم
You have done wrong and injustice to a generous man: did not My bounty come to you by his hand?’”
چون به گور آن ولی‌نعمت رسید ** گشت گریان زار و آمد در نشید
When he (the debtor) arrived at the tomb of his benefactor, he began to weep bitterly and broke into loud lamentation.
گفت ای پشت و پناه هر نبیل ** مرتجی و غوث ابناء السبیل
He said, “O thou who wert the support and refuge of every noble (righteous) man and the hope and helper of wayfarers,
ای غم ارزاق ما بر خاطرت ** ای چو رزق عام احسان و برت 3265
O thou on whose heart the care for our means of livelihood (lay constantly), O thou whose beneficence and charity were (like) the universal provision of sustenance,
ای فقیران را عشیره و والدین ** در خراج و خرج و در ایفاء دین
O thou who wert (as) kinsfolk and parents to the poor in (paying) their taxes and expenses and in discharging their debts,
ای چو بحر از بهر نزدیکان گهر ** داده و تحفه سوی دوران مطر
O thou who, like the sea, gavest pearls for those near (to thee) and (didst send) rain as a gift to those afar,
پشت ما گرم از تو بود ای آفتاب ** رونق هر قصر و گنج هر خراب
Our backs were warmed by thee, O sun (who wert) the splendour in every palace and the treasure in every ruin.
ای در ابرویت ندیده کس گره ** ای چو میکائیل راد و رزق‌ده
O thou in whose eyebrow none ever saw knots (wrinkles), O thou (who wert) generous and bountiful as (the archangel) Michael,
ای دلت پیوسته با دریای غیب ** ای به قاف مکرمت عنقای غیب 3270
O thou whose heart was connected with the Sea of the Unseen, O thou who wert the invisible ‘Anqá on the Qáf (mountain) of munificence,
یاد ناورده که از مالم چه رفت ** سقف قصد همتت هرگز نکفت
Who never tookest thought how much of thy wealth had gone, and the roof of the azimuth (amplitude) of thy magnanimity was never cloven,
ای من و صد هم‌چو من در ماه و سال ** مر ترا چون نسل تو گشته عیال
O thou to whom in (every) month and year I and a hundred like me had become a family (tenderly cared for) like thine own children,
نقد ما و جنس ما و رخت ما ** نام ما و فخر ما و بخت ما
Thou wert our ready money and our movables and our furniture, our fame and our glory and our fortune.