مشتری گرچه که سست و باردست ** دعوت دین کن که دعوت واردست
Though the buyer is slack and lukewarm, (yet) call (him) to the (true) religion, for the (command to) call hath come down (from God).
باز پران کن حمام روح گیر ** در ره دعوت طریق نوح گیر
Let the falcon fly and catch the spiritual dove: in calling (to God) take the way of Noah.
خدمتی می‌کن برای کردگار ** با قبول و رد خلقانت چه کار 845
Perform an act of service for the Creator's sake: what hast thou to do with being accepted or rejected by the people?
داستان آن شخص کی بر در سرایی نیم‌شب سحوری می‌زد همسایه او را گفت کی آخر نیم‌شبست سحر نیست و دیگر آنک درین سرا کسی نیست بهر کی می‌زنی و جواب گفتن مطرب او را
Story of the person who was giving the drum-call for the sahúr at the gate of a certain palace at midnight. A neighbour said to him, “Why, it is midnight, it is not (yet) dawn; and besides, there is no one in this palace: for whose sake are you drumming?”—and the minstrel's reply to him.
آن یکی می‌زد سحوری بر دری ** درگهی بود و رواق مهتری
A certain man was drumming at a certain gate to announce the sahúr: ’twas a court-house and the pavilion of a grandee.
نیم‌شب می‌زد سحوری را به جد ** گفت او را قایلی کای مستمد
(Whilst) he was beating his drum vigorously at midnight, some one said to him, “O thou who art seeking (the means of) support,
اولا وقت سحر زن این سحور ** نیم‌شب نبود گه این شر و شور
Firstly, give this call to the sahúr at daybreak: midnight is not the time for (making) this disturbance;
دیگر آنک فهم کن ای بوالهوس ** که درین خانه درون خود هست کس
And secondly, observe, O man of vain desire, whether in fact there is any one inside this house at midnight.
کس درینجا نیست جز دیو و پری ** روزگار خود چه یاوه می‌بری 850
There is nobody here except demons and spirits: why art thou trifling thy time away?
بهر گوشی می‌زنی دف گوش کو ** هوش باید تا بداند هوش کو
Thou art beating thy tambourine for the sake of an ear: where is the ear? Intelligence is needed in order to know (thy purpose): where is the intelligence?”
گفت گفتی بشنو از چاکر جواب ** تا نمانی در تحیر و اضطراب
He replied, “You have said (your say): (now) hear the answer from your (humble) servant, that you may not remain in bewilderment and confusion.