تا فرستد حق رسولی بنده‌ای ** دوغ را در خمره جنباننده‌ای

Till God send a messenger (prophet), a (chosen) servant, a shaker of the buttermilk in the churn,

تا بجنباند به هنجار و به فن ** تا بدانم من که پنهان بود من

That he may shake (it) with method and skill, to the end that I may know that (my true) ego was hidden;

یا کلام بنده‌ای کان جزو اوست ** در رود در گوش او کو وحی جوست 3035

Or (till) the speech of a (chosen) servant, which is part is part of (the speech of) him (the prophet), enter into the ear of him who is seeking inspiration.

اذن مومن وحی ما را واعیست ** آنچنان گوشی قرین داعیست

The true believer's ear is retaining our inspiration: such an ear is closely linked to the caller (the perfect saint)—

هم‌چنانک گوش طفل از گفت مام ** پر شود ناطق شود او درکلام

Just as (for example) the infant's ear is filled with its mother's words, (and then) it (the infant) begins to speak articulately;

ور نباشد طفل را گوش رشد ** گفت مادر نشنود گنگی شود

And if the infant have not a right (rightly-hearing) ear, it does not hear its mother's words and becomes a mute.

دایما هر کر اصلی گنگ بود ** ناطق آنکس شد که از مادر شنود

Every one born deaf has always been dumb: (only) that one who heard (speech) from his mother became a speaker.

دانک گوش کر و گنگ از آفتیست ** که پذیرای دم و تعلیم نیست 3040

Know that the deaf ear and the dumb man are the result of a certain defect; for it (the deaf ear) is not capable of (hearing) words and being taught.

آنک بی‌تعلیم بد ناطق خداست ** که صفات او ز علتها جداست

The (only) one that possessed speech without being taught is God, whose attributes are separated (exempt) from infirmities,

یا چو آدم کرده تلقینش خدا ** بی‌حجاب مادر و دایه و ازا

Or one like Adam whom God instructed without the screen (mediation) of mother and nurse and necessaries,