گفت در باطن خدایا از تو داد ** محتسب بر پیرکی چنگی فتاد

He said within himself, “O God, help, I beseech thee! The Inspector has fallen upon a poor old harper.”

چون نظر اندر رخ آن پیر کرد ** دید او را شرمسار و روی زرد

When ‘Umar looked on the old man's countenance, he saw him ashamed and pale.

پس عمر گفتش مترس از من مرم ** کت بشارتها ز حق آورده‌‌ام‌‌

Then ‘Umar said to him, “Fear not, do not flee from me, for I have brought thee glad tidings from God.

چند یزدان مدحت خوی تو کرد ** تا عمر را عاشق روی تو کرد 2180

How often has God praised thy disposition, so that He has made ‘Umar in love with thy face!

پیش من بنشین و مهجوری مساز ** تا به گوشت گویم از اقبال راز

Sit down beside me and do not make separation (between us), that I may say into thine ear the secret (message) from (the Divine) favour.

حق سلامت می‌‌کند می‌‌پرسدت ** چونی از رنج و غمان بی‌‌حدت‌‌

God sends thee greeting and asks thee how thou farest in thy distress and boundless sorrows.

نک قراضه‌‌ی چند ابریشم بها ** خرج کن این را و باز اینجا بیا

Lo, here are some pieces of gold to pay for silk. Spend them and come back to this place.”

پیر لرزان گشت چون این را شنید ** دست می‌‌خایید و بر خود می‌‌تپید

The old man trembled when he heard this, biting his hand and quivering all over,

بانگ می‌‌زد کای خدای بی‌‌نظیر ** بس که از شرم آب شد بی‌‌چاره پیر 2185

Crying, “O God who hast no like!” inasmuch as the poor old man was melted with shame.

چون بسی بگریست و از حد رفت درد ** چنگ را زد بر زمین و خرد کرد

After he had wept long and his grief had gone beyond (all) bounds, he dashed his harp on the earth and broke it to bits.