چون بود مویش سپید ار با خودست ** او نه پیرست و نه خاص ایزدست

(But) if, when his hair is white, he is (still) with himself (self-existent), he is not a Pír and is not the elect of God;

ور سر مویی ز وصفش باقیست ** او نه از عرش است او آفاقیست

And if a single hair-tip of his (sensual) attributes is surviving, he is not of heaven: he belongs to the (material) world.

عذر گفتن شیخ بهر ناگریستن بر فرزندان

How the Shaykh excused himself for not weeping on the death of his sons.

شیخ گفت او را مپندار ای رفیق ** که ندارم رحم و مهر و دل شفیق

The Shaykh said to her (his wife), “Do not think, O gracious one, that I have not pity and affection and a compassionate heart.

بر همه کفار ما را رحمتست ** گرچه جان جمله کافر نعمتست 1800

I have pity for all the unbelievers, though the souls of them all are ungrateful.

بر سگانم رحمت و بخشایش است ** که چرا از سنگهاشان مالش است

I have pity and forgiveness for dogs, saying (to myself), ‘Why do they suffer chastisement from the stones (which are cast at them)?’

آن سگی که می‌گزد گویم دعا ** که ازین خو وا رهانش ای خدا

I utter a prayer for the dog that bites, crying, ‘O God, deliver him from this (evil) disposition!

این سگان را هم در آن اندیشه دار ** که نباشند از خلایق سنگسار

Keep also these dogs in that (good) thought, so that they may not be stoned by the people.’”

زان بیاورد اولیا را بر زمین ** تا کندشان رحمة للعالمین

He (God) brought the saints on to the earth, in order that He might make them a mercy to (all) created beings.

خلق را خواند سوی درگاه خاص ** حق را خواند که وافر کن خلاص 1805

He (the saint) calls the people to the Portal of Grace; he calls unto God, saying, “Give (them) release in full!”

جهد بنماید ازین سو بهر پند ** چون نشد گوید خدایا در مبند

He earnestly strives to admonish them in regard to this, and when it does not succeed, he says, “O God, do not shut the door!”