پای مردش سوی خانه‌ی خویش برد ** مهر صد دینار را فا او سپرد

The bailiff took him to his house and handed over to him the purse of a hundred dinars.

لوتش آورد و حکایت‌هاش گفت ** کز امید اندر دلش صد گل شکفت 3520

He fetched viands for him and told him stories, so that from the (feeling of) hope (with which the bailiff inspired him) a hundred roses blossomed in his heart.

آنچ بعد العسر یسر او دیده بود ** با غریب از قصه‌ی آن لب گشود

He (the bailiff) opened his lips to relate the ease (prosperity) which he had experienced after difficulty (adversity).

نیم‌شب بگذشت و افسانه کنان ** خوابشان انداخت تا مرعای جان

Midnight passed, and (he was still) narrating: (then) sleep transported them to the meadow where the spirit feeds.

دید پامرد آن همایون خواجه را ** اندر آن شب خواب بر صدر سرا

On that night the bailiff dreamed that he saw the blessed Khwája (seated) on the high-seat in the (heavenly) palace.

خواجه گفت ای پای‌مرد با نمک ** آنچ گفتی من شنیدم یک به یک

The Khwája said, “O excellent bailiff, I have heard what you said, point by point,

لیک پاسخ دادنم فرمان نبود ** بی‌اشارت لب نیارستم گشود 3525

But I was not commanded to answer, and I durst not open my lips without being directed.

ما چو واقف گشته‌ایم از چون و چند ** مهر با لب‌های ما بنهاده‌اند

Now that we have become acquainted with the conditions and degrees (of the spiritual world), a seal has been laid upon our lips,

تا نگردد رازهای غیب فاش ** تا نگردد منهدم عیش و معاش

Lest the mysteries of the Unseen should be divulged and (thereby) the life and livelihood (of mortals) be destroyed,

تا ندرد پرده‌ی غفلت تمام ** تا نماند دیگ محنت نیم‌خام

And lest the veil of forgetfulness should be entirely rent and (the meat in) the pot of tribulation be left half-raw.