چون خبر یابید جد مصطفی ** از حلیمه وز فغانش بر ملا

When the grandfather of Mustafá got the news of Halíma and her outcry in public

وز چنان بانگ بلند و نعره‌ها ** که بمیلی می‌رسید از وی صدا

And of such loud screams and shrieks that the echo of them was reaching to (the distance of) a mile,

زود عبدالمطلب دانست چیست ** دست بر سینه همی‌زد می‌گریست 985

‘Abdu ’l-Muttalib at once knew what was the matter: he beat his hands on his breast and wept.

آمد از غم بر در کعبه بسوز ** کای خبیر از سر شب وز راز روز

In his grief he came ardently to the door of the Ka‘ba, saying, “O Thou that knowest the secret of night and the mystery of day,

خویشتن را من نمی‌بینم فنی ** تا بود هم‌راز تو هم‌چون منی

I see not any accomplishment in myself, that one like me should be Thy confidant.

خویشتن را من نمی‌بینم هنر ** تا شوم مقبول این مسعود در

I see not any merit in myself, that I should be accepted of this auspicious door,

یا سر و سجده‌ی مرا قدری بود ** یا باشکم دولتی خندان شود

Or that my (bowed) head and my prostration (in prayer) should have any worth, or that because of my tears any fortune should smile (upon me);

لیک در سیمای آن در یتیم ** دیده‌ام آثار لطفت ای کریم 990

But in the countenance of that unique Pearl (Mohammed) I have beheld the signs of Thy grace, O Bounteous One;

که نمی‌ماند به ما گرچه ز ماست ** ما همه مسیم و احمد کیمیاست

For he doth not resemble us, though he is of us: we all are (as) the copper, while Ahmad (Mohammed) is the Elixir.

آن عجایبها که من دیدم برو ** من ندیدم بر ولی و بر عدو

The wondrous things that I have seen in him I have not seen in friend or enemy.