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  • 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?—

  • تا شوم من خاک پای آن کسی  ** که به باغ لطف تستش مغرسی 
  • That I may become dust for the feet of the person who is planted in the orchard of thy favour.”

  • پس بگفتش کان هلال عرش کو  ** هم‌چو مهتاب از تواضع فرش کو 
  • Then he (the Prophet) said to him, “Where is that New-moon (Hilál) of the highest heaven? Where is he that in his humility is spread as moonbeams (like a carpet on the ground)?—

  • آن شهی در بندگی پنهان شده  ** بهر جاسوسی به دنیا آمده 
  • That king who is disguised as a slave and has come (down) to this world for the purpose of spying?

  • تو مگو کو بنده و آخرجی ماست  ** این بدان که گنج در ویرانه‌هاست 
  • Do not say, ‘He is my slave and stableman’: know this, that he is a treasure (buried) in ruins.

  • ای عجب چونست از سقم آن هلال  ** که هزاران بدر هستش پای‌مال  1170
  • Oh, I wonder to what state he has been reduced by sickness— that New-moon by which thousands of full-moons are trodden underfoot.”

  • گفت از رنجش مرا آگاه نیست  ** لیک روزی چند بر درگاه نیست 
  • He (the Amír) said, “I have no knowledge of his illness, but he has not been at the palace-gate for several days.

  • صحبت او با ستور و استرست  ** سایس است و منزلش این آخرست 
  • He keeps company with the horses and mules: he is a groom, and this stable is his dwelling-place.”

  • در آمدن مصطفی علیه‌السلام از بهر عیادت هلال در ستورگاه آن امیر و نواختن مصطفی هلال را رضی الله عنه 
  • How Mustafá, on whom be peace, came into the Amír's stable to see the sick Hilál, and how he caressed Hilál, may God be pleased with him!

  • رفت پیغامبر به رغبت بهر او  ** اندر آخر وآمد اندر جست و جو 
  • The Prophet went eagerly into the stable (to look) for him and began to search.

  • بود آخر مظلم و زشت و پلید  ** وین همه برخاست چون الفت رسید 
  • The stable was dark, foul, and dirty, (but) all this vanished (from Hilál's mind) when friendship arrived.

  • بوی پیغامبر ببرد آن شیر نر  ** هم‌چنانک بوی یوسف را پدر  1175
  • That fierce (spiritual) lion scented the Prophet just as the scent of Joseph was perceived by his father (Jacob).

  • موجب ایمان نباشد معجزات  ** بوی جنسیت کند جذب صفات 
  • Miracles are not the cause of religious faith; ’tis the scent of homogeneity that attracts (to itself) qualities (of the same kind).

  • معجزات از بهر قهر دشمنست  ** بوی جنسیت پی دل بردنست 
  • Miracles are (wrought) for the purpose of subjugating the foe: the scent of homogeneity is (only) for the winning of hearts.

  • قهر گردد دشمن اما دوست نی  ** دوست کی گردد ببسته گردنی 
  • A foe is subjugated, but not a friend: how should a friend have his neck bound?

  • اندر آمد او ز خواب از بوی او  ** گفت سرگین‌دان درون زین گونه بو 
  • He (Hilál) was awakened from sleep by his (the Prophet's) scent: he said (to himself), “A stable full of dung, and this kind of scent within it!”

  • از میان پای استوران بدید  ** دامن پاک رسول بی‌ندید  1180
  • (Then) through the legs of the riding-beasts he saw the holy skirt of the peerless Prophet,

  • پس ز کنج آخر آمد غژغژان  ** روی بر پایش نهاد آن پهلوان 
  • And that (spiritual) hero came creeping out of a corner in the stable and laid his face upon his (the Prophet's) feet.

  • پس پیمبر روی بر رویش نهاد  ** بر سر و بر چشم و رویش بوسه داد 
  • Then the Prophet laid his face against his (Hilál's) face and kissed his head and eyes and cheeks.

  • گفت یا ربا چه پنهان گوهری  ** ای غریب عرش چونی خوشتری 
  • “O Lord,” he cried, “what a hidden pearl art thou! How art thou, O heavenly stranger? Art thou better?”