می‌کشد چون اشتر مست این جوال ** بی فتور و بی گمان و بی ملال
Like a drunken (frenzied) camel, he is bearing this (heavy) sack without flagging and without questioning and without fatigue;
کفک تصدیقش بگرد پوز او ** شد گواه مستی و دلسوز او2350
The froth round his muzzle, namely, his confession of faith, has become a witness to his (inward) intoxication and heart-burning.
اشتر از قوت چو شیر نر شده ** زیر ثقل بار اندک‌خور شده
Through the strength (bestowed on him) the camel becomes like a fierce lion; beneath the heavy burden he eats little (food).
ز آرزوی ناقه صد فاقه برو ** می‌نماید کوه پیشش تار مو
In (his) longing for the she-camel a hundred starvations (lie lightly) on him; the mountain seems to him (as) a strand of hair.
در الست آنکو چنین خوابی ندید ** اندرین دنیا نشد بنده و مرید
(But) he who has not dreamed such a dream in Alast does not become a servant and seeker (of God) in this world;
ور بشد اندر تردد صد دله ** یک زمان شکرستش و سالی گله
Or if he does become (such), (he is) always changing and shifting in vacillation: he gives thanks (to God) for one moment and utters complaints for a year.
پای پیش و پای پس در راه دین ** می‌نهد با صد تردد بی یقین2355
He steps forward and backwards in the Way of the Religion with a hundred vacillations and without (any) certainty.
وام‌دار شرح اینم نک گرو ** ور شتابستت ز الم نشرح شنو
I am owing (you) the exposition of this. Lo, (you have received) the pledge; and if you are in haste, hear (the complete exposition) from (the Súra beginning with the words) Have not We opened….?
چون ندارد شرح این معنی کران ** خر به سوی مدعی گاو ران
Since the explanation of this subject has no end, proceed to (speak of) the litigant (who claimed redress on account) of the cow.
گفت کورم خواند زین جرم آن دغا ** بس بلیسانه قیاسست ای خدا
He (the man who killed the cow) said, “The impostor has called me blind because of (my having committed) this crime: O God, ‘tis a very Satanic inference (of his).