هر ملک می‌‌گفت ما را پیش از این ** الفتی می‌‌بود بر گرد زمین‌‌

Every angel was saying (to Adam), ‘Before this (time) we had a friendship (with thee) on the face of the earth.

تخم خدمت بر زمین می‌‌کاشتیم ** ز آن تعلق ما عجب می‌‌داشتیم‌‌ 2660

On the earth we were sowing the seed of service (worship): we were marveling at that connexion,

کاین تعلق چیست با این خاکمان ** چون سرشت ما بده ست از آسمان‌‌

Marvelling what connexion we had with this dust, inasmuch as our nature is of heaven.

الف ما انوار با ظلمات چیست ** چون تواند نور با ظلمات زیست‌‌

(We said), Why (this) friendship in us, who are light, with darkness? How can light live with darkness?

آدما آن الف از بوی تو بود ** ز آن که جسمت را زمین بد تار و پود

O Adam, that friendship was owing to the scent of thee, because earth was the woof and warp of thy body.

جسم خاکت را از اینجا بافتند ** نور پاکت را در اینجا یافتند

From this place (the earth) thy earthly body was woven, in this place thy pure light was found.

این که جان ما ز روحت یافته ست ** پیش پیش از خاک آن می‌‌تافته ست‌‌ 2665

This (light) that our souls have obtained from thy spirit shone erstwhile from the dust.

در زمین بودیم و غافل از زمین ** غافل از گنجی که در وی بد دفین‌‌

We were in the earth, and heedless of the earth, heedless of the treasure that lay buried there.

چون سفر فرمود ما را ز آن مقام ** تلخ شد ما را از آن تحویل کام‌‌

When He (God) bade us journey from that place of abode our palates were soured (we were bitterly grieved) by the change,

تا که حجتها همی‌‌گفتیم ما ** که بجای ما کی آید ای خدا

So that we were arguing (and saying), ‘O God, who will come in our stead?