مومن و ترسا جهود و گبر و مغ ** جمله را رو سوی آن سلطان الغ

True believer and Christian, Jew and Guebre and Magian— the faces of them all are (turned) towards that mighty Sultan.

بلک سنگ و خاک و کوه و آب را ** هست واگشت نهانی با خدا 2420

Nay, stone and earth and mountain and water have their invisible recourse to God.

این سخن پایان ندارد هر سه یار ** رو به هم کردند آن دم یاروار

This topic is infinite. At that time the three companions looked on one another friendlily,

آن یکی گفتا که هر یک خواب خویش ** آنچ دید او دوش گو آور به پیش

And one (of them) said, “Let each (of us) relate what he dreamed last night.

هرکه خوابش بهتر این را او خورد ** قسم هر مفضول را افضل برد

Let him who had the best dream eat this (sweetmeat): let the most excellent carry off the share of every one that is excelled (by him).”

آنک اندر عقل بالاتر رود ** خوردن او خوردن جمله بود

He who mounts highest in (the scale of) reason—his eating is (equivalent to) the eating of all (his inferiors).

فوق آمد جان پر انوار او ** باقیان را بس بود تیمار او 2425

His luminous spirit is supreme: ’tis enough for the rest of them to tend (cherish) him.

عاقلان را چون بقا آمد ابد ** پس به معنی این جهان باقی بود

Since those endowed with (perfect) reason endure for ever, in reality this world is enduring for ever.

پس جهود آورد آنچ دیده بود ** تا کجا شب روح او گردیده بود

Then the Jew related his dream (and told them) whither his spirit had wandered during the night.

گفت در ره موسی‌ام آمد به پیش ** گربه بیند دنبه اندر خواب خویش

He said, “Moses met me on the way, (according to the adage) ‘the cat sees a fat sheep's tail in her dreams.’