گوید ای رب شکر تو کردم به جان ** چون ز تو بود اصل آن روزی و نان 3260
He will reply, ‘O Lord, I gave thanks to Thee with (all) my soul, since the source of my daily provision and bread was in Thee.’
گویدش حق نه نکردی شکر من ** چون نکردی شکر آن اکرام‌فن
(Then) God will say to him, ‘Nay, you did not give thanks to Me, inasmuch as you did not give thanks to him who made a practice of generosity.
بر کریمی کرده‌ای ظلم و ستم ** نه ز دست او رسیدت نعمتم
You have done wrong and injustice to a generous man: did not My bounty come to you by his hand?’”
چون به گور آن ولی‌نعمت رسید ** گشت گریان زار و آمد در نشید
When he (the debtor) arrived at the tomb of his benefactor, he began to weep bitterly and broke into loud lamentation.
گفت ای پشت و پناه هر نبیل ** مرتجی و غوث ابناء السبیل
He said, “O thou who wert the support and refuge of every noble (righteous) man and the hope and helper of wayfarers,
ای غم ارزاق ما بر خاطرت ** ای چو رزق عام احسان و برت 3265
O thou on whose heart the care for our means of livelihood (lay constantly), O thou whose beneficence and charity were (like) the universal provision of sustenance,
ای فقیران را عشیره و والدین ** در خراج و خرج و در ایفاء دین
O thou who wert (as) kinsfolk and parents to the poor in (paying) their taxes and expenses and in discharging their debts,
ای چو بحر از بهر نزدیکان گهر ** داده و تحفه سوی دوران مطر
O thou who, like the sea, gavest pearls for those near (to thee) and (didst send) rain as a gift to those afar,
پشت ما گرم از تو بود ای آفتاب ** رونق هر قصر و گنج هر خراب
Our backs were warmed by thee, O sun (who wert) the splendour in every palace and the treasure in every ruin.
ای در ابرویت ندیده کس گره ** ای چو میکائیل راد و رزق‌ده
O thou in whose eyebrow none ever saw knots (wrinkles), O thou (who wert) generous and bountiful as (the archangel) Michael,