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ناله از باطن برآرد کای خدا ** آنچ دادی دادم و ماندم گدا
- (Then) from its interior it raises cries of lamentation, saying, “O God, that which Thou gavest (me) I have given (to others) and am left a beggar.
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ریختم سرمایه بر پاک و پلید ** ای شه سرمایه‌ده هل من مزید
- I poured the (whole) capital over pure and impure (alike): O King who givest the capital, is there any more?”
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ابر را گوید ببر جای خوشش ** هم تو خورشیدا به بالا بر کشش
- He (God) saith to the cloud, “Bear it (the water) to the delectable place; and thou too, O sun, draw it up aloft.”
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راههای مختلف می‌راندش ** تا رساند سوی بحر بی‌حدش 220
- He maketh it to go diverse ways, that He may bring it unto the boundless sea.
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خود غرض زین آب جان اولیاست ** کو غسول تیرگیهای شماست
- Verily, what is meant by this water is the spirit of the saints, which washes away your dark stains.
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چون شود تیره ز غدر اهل فرش ** باز گردد سوی پاکی بخش عرش
- When it is stained dark by (washing) the treason of the inhabitants of the earth, it returns to Him who endows Heaven with purity.
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باز آرد زان طرف دامن کشان ** از طهارات محیط او درسشان
- From yonder, trailing the skirt (of glory), it brings back to them lessons concerning the purities of the All-encompassing (God).
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ز اختلاط خلق یاید اعتدال ** آن اسفر جوید که ارحنا یا بلال
- Through mingling with the people (of the world) it falls sick and desires (to make) that journey, saying, “Revive us, O Bilál!
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ای بلال خوش نوای خوش صهیل ** میذنه بر رو بزن طبل رحیل 225
- O melodious sweet-voiced Bilál, go up into the minaret, beat the drum of departure.”
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جان سفر رفت و بددن اندر قیام ** وقت رجعت زین سبب گوید سلام
- Whilst the body is standing (in the ritual prayer), the spirit is gone on its journey: hence at the moment of return it says, “Salám!”