گوش را اکنون ز غفلت پاک کن ** استماع هجر آن غمناک کن

Now purge your ear of forgetfulness and listen to the separation (forlorn plight) of the sorrowful one.

آن زکاتی دان که غمگین را دهی ** گوش را چون پیش دستانش نهی

Know that when you set your ear to his tale, that is the alms which you give to the sad;

بشنوی غمهای رنجوران دل ** فاقه‌ی جان شریف از آب و گل

(For) you will hear the sorrows of the heart-sick—the starvation of the noble spirit by the water and clay (of the body).

خانه‌ی پر دود دارد پر فنی ** مر ورا بگشا ز اصغا روزنی 485

(Though it is) one filled with knowledge, it hath a house filled with smoke: open a window for it by listening.

گوش تو او را چو راه دم شود ** دود تلخ از خانه‌ی او کم شود

When your ear becomes a way of breath (relief) for it, the bitter smoke will decrease (and disappear) from its house.

غمگساری کن تو با ما ای روی ** گر به سوی رب اعلی می‌روی

Show sympathy with us, O well-watered (prosperous) one, if you are faring to wards the most high Lord.

این تردد حبس و زندانی بود ** که بنگذارد که جان سویی رود

This vacillation is a prison and gaol that will not let the soul go in any direction.

این بدین سو آن بدان سو می‌کشد ** هر یکی گویا منم راه رشد

This (motive) draws (you) in one direction, and that (motive) in another, each (motive) saying, “I am the right way.”

این تردد عقبه‌ی راه حقست ** ای خنک آن را که پایش مطلقست 490

This vacillation is a precipice on the Way to God: oh, blest is he whose feet are loosed (from its bonds).

بی‌تردد می‌رود در راه راست ** ره نمی‌دانی بجو گامش کجاست

He fares on the right way without vacillation: (if) you do not know the way, seek (to find) where his footprints are.