در محاق ار ماه نو گردد دو تا ** نی در آخر بدر گردد بر سما

If in that period the new moon is bent double, does not she at last become the full moon in the sky?

گر چه دردانه به هاون کوفتند ** نور چشم و دل شد و بیند بلند

Though the seed-pearl is pounded in the mortar, it becomes the light of eye and heart and looks aloft.

گندمی را زیر خاک انداختند ** پس ز خاکش خوشه‌‌ها بر ساختند 3165

They cast a grain of wheat under earth, then from its earth they raised up ears of corn;

بار دیگر کوفتندش ز آسیا ** قیمتش افزود و نان شد جان فزا

Once more they crushed it with the mill: its value increased and it became soul invigorating bread;

باز نان را زیر دندان کوفتند ** گشت عقل و جان و فهم هوشمند

Again they crushed the bread under their teeth: it became the mind and spirit and understanding of one endowed with reason;

باز آن جان چون که محو عشق گشت ** يعجب الزراع آمد بعد کشت‌‌

Again, when that spirit became lost in Love, it became (as that which) rejoiceth the sowers after the sowing.

این سخن پایان ندارد باز گرد ** تا که با یوسف چه گفت آن نیک مرد

This discourse hath no end. Come back, that we may see what that good man said to Joseph.

بعد قصه گفتنش گفت ای فلان ** هین چه آوردی تو ما را ارمغان‌‌ 3170

After he (Joseph) had told him his story, he (Joseph) said, “Now, O so-and-so, what traveller's gift hast thou brought for me?”

بر در یاران تهی دست ای فتی ** هست چون بی‌‌گندمی در آسیا

O youth, he who is empty-handed at the door of friends is like a man without wheat in the mill.

حق تعالی خلق را گوید به حشر ** ارمغان کو از برای روز نشر

God, exalted is He, will say to the people at the gathering (for Judgement), “Where is your present for the Day of Resurrection?