پس بدو گفتند یا وجه العرب ** از کجایی چونی از راه و تعب‌‌

Then they said to him, “O chief of the Arabs, whence dost thou come? How art thou after the journey and fatigue?”

گفت وجهم گر مرا وجهی دهید ** بی‌‌وجوهم چون پس پشتم نهید

He said, “I am a chief, if ye give me any countenance (favour); I am without means (of winning respect) when ye put me behind your backs.

ای که در روتان نشان مهتری ** فرتان خوشتر ز زر جعفری‌‌

O ye in whose faces are the marks of eminence, O ye whose splendour is more pleasing than the gold of Ja‘far,

ای که یک دیدارتان دیدارها ** ای نثار دینتان دینارها

O ye, one sight of whom is (worth many) sights, O ye on whose religion pieces of gold are scattered (as largesse),

ای همه ینظر بنور الله شده ** از بر حق بهر بخشش آمده‌‌ 2780

O ye, all of whom have become seeing by the light of God, who have come from the King for the sake of munificence,

تا زنید آن کیمیاهای نظر ** بر سر مسهای اشخاص بشر

That ye may cast the elixir of your looks upon the copper of human individuals,

من غریبم از بیابان آمدم ** بر امید لطف سلطان آمدم‌‌

I am a stranger: I have come from the desert: I have come in hope of (gaining) the grace of the Sultan.

بوی لطف او بیابانها گرفت ** ذره‌‌های ریگ هم جانها گرفت‌‌

The scent of his grace covered (took entire possession of) the deserts: even the grains of sand were ensouled (thereby).

تا بدین جا بهر دینار آمدم ** چون رسیدم مست دیدار آمدم‌‌

I came all the way to this place for the sake of dinars: as soon as I arrived, I became drunken with sight (contemplation).”

بهر نان شخصی سوی نانوا دوید ** داد جان چون حسن نانوا را بدید 2785

A person ran to the baker for bread: on seeing the beauty of the baker, he gave up the ghost.