خشکی لب هست پیغامی ز آب ** که بمات آرد یقین این اضطراب

Dryness of lip is a message from the water (to say) that this agitation (anxious search) will certainly bring thee to the water,

کین طلب‌کاری مبارک جنبشیست ** این طلب در راه حق مانع کشیست

For this seeking is a blessed motion; this search is a killer of obstacles on the Way to God.

این طلب مفتاح مطلوبات تست ** این سپاه و نصرت رایات تست

This search is the key to the things sought by thee; this (search) is thy army and the victory of thy banners.

این طلب همچون خروسی در صیاح ** می‌زند نعره که می‌آید صباح

This search is like a cock crowing and proclaiming that the dawn is at hand.

گرچه آلت نیستت تو می‌طلب ** نیست آلت حاجت اندر راه رب 1445

Although thou hast no equipment, do thou be ever seeking: equipment is not necessary on the Way of the Lord.

هر که را بینی طلب‌کار ای پسر ** یار او شو پیش او انداز سر

Whomsoever thou seest engaged in search, O son, become his friend and cast thy head before him,

کز جوار طالبان طالب شوی ** وز ظلال غالبان غالب شوی

For through being the neighbour of the seekers thou (thyself) wilt become a seeker, and from the shadows (protection) of the conquerors thou (thyself) wilt become a conqueror.

گر یکی موری سلیمانی بجست ** منگر اندر جستن او سست سست

If an ant has sought (to attain) the rank of Solomon, do not look languidly (contemptuously) on its quest.

هرچه داری تو ز مال و پیشه‌ای ** نه طلب بود اول و اندیشه‌ای

Everything that thou hast of wealth and (skill in) a handicraft (or profession)— was it not at first a quest and a thought?

حکایت آن شخص کی در عهد داود شب و روز دعا می‌کرد کی مرا روزی حلال ده بی رنج

Story of the person who in the time of David, on whom be peace, used to pray night and day, crying, “Give me a lawful livelihood without trouble (on my part).”

آن یکی در عهد داوود نبی ** نزد هر دانا و پیش هر غبی 1450

In the time of the prophet David a certain man, beside every sage and before every simpleton,