اندرین بودند کواز صلا ** مصطفی بشنید از سوی علا

They were thus engaged, when Mustafá (Mohammed) heard from aloft the call to the ritual prayer.

خواست آبی و وضو را تازه کرد ** دست و رو را شست او زان آب سرد

He asked for water and renewed the ablution: he washed his hands and face with that cold water.

هر دو پا شست و به موزه کرد رای ** موزه را بربود یک موزه‌ربای 3240

He washed both his feet and gave attention to (was about to take) his boot: a boot-snatcher carried off the boot.

دست سوی موزه برد آن خوش‌خطاب ** موزه را بربود از دستش عقاب

That man of sweet address moved his hand towards the boot: an eagle snatched the boot from his hand,

موزه را اندر هوا برد او چو باد ** پس نگون کرد و از آن ماری فتاد

And bore it away into the air, (swift) as the wind; then she turned it upside down, and a serpent dropped from it.

در فتاد از موزه یک مار سیاه ** زان عنایت شد عقابش نیکخواه

From the boot dropped a black serpent: on account of that (Divine) care (for the Prophet) the eagle became his benevolent friend.

پس عقاب آن موزه را آورد باز ** گفت هین بستان و رو سوی نماز

Then the eagle brought back the boot and said, “Come, take it and go to prayers.

از ضرورت کردم این گستاخیی ** من ز ادب دارم شکسته‌شاخیی 3245

I did this presumptuous act from necessity: I am abashed by (my feeling of) reverence (for thee).

وای کو گستاخ پایی می‌نهد ** بی ضرورت کش هوا فتوی دهد

Woe to him that steps (behaves) presumptuously without necessity (and only) because vain desire authorises him!”

پس رسولش شکر کرد و گفت ما ** این جفا دیدیم و بود این خود وفا

Then the Prophet thanked her (the eagle) and said, “I deemed this (act of thine) rudeness, but it really was kindness.