روی با اطلال کرده ظاهرا ** او کرا می‌گوید آن مدحت کرا

To outward seeming, he has turned his face towards the ruins, (but) to whom is he (really) saying that song of praise, to whom?

شکر طوفان را کنون بگماشتی ** واسطه‌ی اطلال را بر داشتی

Thanks (be to Thee)! Now Thou hast let loose the Flood and removed the ruins which stood between (me and Thee).

زانک اطلال لیم و بد بدند ** نه ندایی نه صدایی می‌زدند

(I thank Thee) because they were vile and evil ruins, uttering neither a cry nor an echo.

من چنان اطلال خواهم در خطاب ** کز صدا چون کوه واگوید جواب

I desire such ruins to speak with as answer back, like the mountain, by an echo,

تا مثنا بشنوم من نام تو ** عاشقم برنام جان آرام تو 1350

So that I may hear Thy name redoubled, (for) I am in love with Thy soul-soothing name.

هرنبی زان دوست دارد کوه را ** تا مثنا بشنود نام ترا

That is why every prophet holds the mountains dear: (’tis) that he may hear Thy name redoubled.

آن که پست مثال سنگ لاخ ** موش را شاید نه ما را در مناخ

That low mountain, resembling stony ground, is suitable for a mouse, not for us, as a resting-place.

من بگویم او نگردد یار من ** بی صدا ماند دم گفتار من

(When) I speak, it does not join with me: the breath of my speech remains without (any) echo.

با زمین آن به که هموارش کنی ** نیست همدم با قدم یارش کنی

’Tis better that thou level it with the earth; it is not in accord with thy breath (voice): thou shouldst join it with thy foot.”

گفت ای نوح ار تو خواهی جمله را ** حشر گردانم بر آرم از ثری 1355

He (God) said, “O Noah, if thou desire, I will assemble them all and raise them from (their graves in) the earth.