زاهدی بیند بگوید ای کیا ** همتی می‌دار از بهر خدا

(If) he sees an ascetic, he will say, “O venerable sir, bestow on me a benediction for God’s sake,

کاندرین ادبار زشت افتاده‌ام ** مال و زر و نعمت از کف داده‌ام

For I have fallen into this ugly misfortune and have let wealth and gold and happiness go from my hand.

همتی تا بوک من زین وا رهم ** زین گل تیره بود که بر جهم 1655

(Give me) a benediction, so that maybe I shall be delivered from this (woe) and maybe escape from this dark clay.

این دعا می‌خواهد او از عام و خاص ** کالخلاص و الخلاص و الخلاص

He is begging this prayer of high and low, crying, “Release and release and release!”

دست باز و پای باز و بند نی ** نه موکل بر سرش نه آهنی

His hand is free and his foot free, and there is no chain, no custodian (standing) over him, no iron (gyve).

از کدامین بند می‌جویی خلاص ** وز کدامین حبس می‌جویی مناص

From what chain art thou seeking release, and from what imprisonment art thou seeking to escape?

بند تقدیر و قضای مختفی ** کی نبیند آن بجز جان صفی

(From) the hidden chain of fore-ordainment and destiny, which none but the elect spirit may behold.

گرچه پیدا نیست آن در مکمنست ** بتر از زندان و بند آهنست 1660

Though it is not visible, it is (there) in ambush; it is worse that prison and chains of iron,

زانک آهنگر مر آن را بشکند ** حفره گر هم خشت زندان بر کند

Because that (iron chain) the ironsmith may break, and the excavator may even dig up the bricks (foundations) of the prison;

ای عجب این بند پنهان گران ** عاجز از تکسیر آن آهنگران

(But), O wonder, this heavy hidden chain the ironsmiths are powerless to shatter.