بود هاروت از ملاک آسمان ** از عتابی شد معلق هم‌چنان

بود هاروت از ملاک آسمان ** از عتابی شد معلق هم‌چنان 3620

Hárút was one of the angels of Heaven: on account of a (Divine) rebuke he was suspended thus.

سرنگون زان شد که از سر دور ماند ** خویش را سر ساخت و تنها پیش راند

He was (suspended), head downwards, because he remained far aloof from the Head and made himself the head and advanced alone.

آن سپد خود را چو پر از آب دید ** کر استغنا و از دریا برید

When the basket saw itself to be full of water, it behaved with independence and parted from the sea.

بر جگر آبش یکی قطره نماند ** بحر رحمت کرد و او را باز خواند

(Afterwards, when) not a single drop of water remained inside it, the sea showed mercy and called it back.

رحمتی بی‌علتی بی‌خدمتی ** آید از دریا مبارک ساعتی

From the (Divine) Sea comes an uncaused undeserved mercy in a blessed hour.

الله الله گرد دریابار گرد ** گرچه باشند اهل دریابار زرد 3625

For God's sake, for God's sake, frequent the Seashore, though those who dwell on the seashore are pale,

تا که آید لطف بخشایش‌گری ** سرخ گردد روی زرد از گوهری

In order that the grace of a Benefactor may come (to thee) and that thy pale face may be reddened by a jewel.

زردی رو بهترین رنگهاست ** زانک اندر انتظار آن لقاست

Yellowness (paleness) of face is the best of complexions, because it is in expectation of that meeting (with God);

لیک سرخی بر رخی که آن لامعست ** بهر آن آمد که جانش قانعست

But the redness on a face that is beaming appears (there) because his (its owner's) soul is content;

که طمع لاغر کند زرد و ذلیل ** نیست او از علت ابدان علیل

For (mere) hope makes him lean, pale, and wretched: he is not ill with bodily ailment.