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  • در نماز استاده بد بر روی ریگ ** ریگ کز تفش بجوشد آب دیگ‏
  • He stood on the sand, (engaged) in the ritual prayer—sand from the heat whereof the water in a pot would boil.

  • گفتیی سر مست در سبزه و گل است ** یا سواره بر براق و دلدل است‏
  • You would have said he was (standing) enraptured amongst herbs and flowers, or mounted on Buráq or Duldul;

  • یا که پایش بر حریر و حله‏هاست ** یا سموم او را به از باد صباست‏
  • Or that his feet were on silk and broidered cloths; or that to him the simoom was more pleasant than the zephyr.

  • پس بماندند آن جماعت با نیاز ** تا شود درویش فارغ از نماز 3795
  • Then that company remained in need (unsatisfied) till the dervish should finish the (ritual) prayer.

  • چون ز استغراق باز آمد فقیر ** ز آن جماعت زنده‏ای روشن ضمیر
  • When the dervish came back (to himself) from (his state of) absorption (in God), one of that company, a man (spiritually) alive and of enlightened mind,

  • دید کابش می‏چکید از دست و رو ** جامه‏اش تر بود از آثار وضو
  • Observed that water was trickling from his hands and face, (and that) his garment was wet with the traces of ablution;

  • پس بپرسیدش که آبت از کجاست ** دست را برداشت کز سوی شماست‏
  • So he asked him, “Whence hast thou water?” He lifted his hand, (indicating) that it came from heaven.

  • گفت هر گاهی که خواهی می‏رسد ** بی‏ز جاه و بی‏ز حبل من مسد
  • He (the pilgrim) said, “Does it come whenever thou wilt, without (any) well and without (any) rope of palm-fibre?

  • مشکل ما حل کن ای سلطان دین ** تا ببخشد حال تو ما را یقین‏ 3800
  • Solve our difficulty, O Sultan of the Religion, in order that thy (spiritual) experience may give us certain faith.

  • وانما سری ز اسرارت به ما ** تا ببریم از میان زنارها
  • Reveal to us one of thy mysteries, that we may cut from our waists the cords (of infidelity).”

  • چشم را بگشود سوی آسمان ** که اجابت کن دعای حاجیان‏
  • He (the ascetic) opened his eyes towards heaven, saying, “(O God), answer the prayer of the pilgrims!

  • رزق جویی را ز بالا خو گرم ** تو ز بالا بر گشودستی درم‏
  • I am accustomed to seeking daily bread from above: Thou hast opened to me the door from above,

  • ای نموده تو مکان از لامکان ** فی السماء رزقکم کرده عیان‏
  • O Thou who from non-spatiality hast brought space into view, and hast made manifest (the fact that) in heaven is your daily bread.”

  • در میان این مناجات ابر خوش ** زود پیدا شد چو پیل آب کش‏ 3805
  • In the midst of this orison a fair cloud suddenly appeared, like a water bearing elephant,

  • همچو آب از مشک باریدن گرفت ** در گو و در غارها مسکن گرفت‏
  • And began to pour down rain, like water from a water-skin: the rain-water settled in the ditch and in the hollows.

  • ابر می‏بارید چون مشک اشکها ** حاجیان جمله گشاده مشکها
  • The cloud kept raining tears, like a water-skin, and the pilgrims all opened their water-skins.

  • یک جماعت ز آن عجایب کارها ** می‏بریدند از میان زنارها
  • One party (among them), in consequence of those marvellous happenings, were cutting the cords (of unbelief) from their waists.

  • قوم دیگر را یقین در ازدیاد ** زین عجب و الله أعلم بالرشاد
  • The certainty (faith) of another group was on the increase because of this miracle—and God knows best how to guide aright.

  • قوم دیگر ناپذیرا ترش و خام ** ناقصان سرمدی تم الکلام‏ 3810
  • Another group (were) unreceptive, sour and unripe, eternally imperfect ones. (Here) ends the discourse.