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  • در پی خورشید وحی آن مه دوان  ** وآن صحابه در پیش چون اختران 
  • The (Prophetic) Moon was running behind the Sun of inspiration, while the Companions followed behind him, like the stars.

  • ماه می‌گوید که اصحابی نجوم  ** للسری قدوه و للطاغی رجوم 
  • The Moon is saying, “My Companions are stars—a model for (those who follow them in) the night-journey, and missiles hurled at the disobedient.”

  • میر را گفتند که آن سلطان رسید  ** او ز شادی بی‌دل و جان برجهید 
  • (When) the Amír was told of the arrival of that (spiritual) Sultan, he sprang up, beside himself with joy;

  • برگمان آن ز شادی زد دو دست  ** کان شهنشه بهر او میر آمدست 
  • He clapped his hands joyously, thinking that the (spiritual) Emperor had come on his account.

  • چون فرو آمد ز غرفه آن امیر  ** جان همی‌افشاند پامزد بشیر  1160
  • When the Amír came down from the upper chamber, he was ready to lavish his soul on the messenger as a reward (for the news he had brought).

  • پس زمین‌بوس و سلام آورد او  ** کرد رخ را از طرب چون ورد او 
  • Then he kissed the earth (before the Prophet) and gave the salaam (with great ceremony): in his delight he made his countenance like a rose.

  • گفت بسم‌الله مشرف کن وطن  ** تا که فردوسی شود این انجمن 
  • “In God's name,” he said, “bestow honour on the house (by entering it), so that this assembly-place may become a Paradise,

  • تا فزاید قصر من بر آسمان  ** که بدیدم قطب دوران زمان 
  • And that my palace may surpass heaven (in glory), saying, ‘I have seen the Pole on which Time revolves.’”

  • گفتش از بهر عتاب آن محترم  ** من برای دیدن تو نامدم 
  • The venerable (Prophet) said to him by way of rebuke, “I have not come to visit you.”

  • گفت روحم آن تو خود روح چیست  ** هین بفرما کین تجشم بهر کیست  1165
  • He replied, “My spirit belongs to thee—what, indeed, is my spirit (before thee)? Oh, say on whose account is this solicitude?—