قصدشان آن کان مسلمان غم خورد ** شب برو در بی‌نوایی بگذرد

’Twas their intention that the Moslem should suffer pain and pass the night in want of food.

بود مغلوب او به تسلیم و رضا ** گفت سمعا طاعة اصحابنا 2415

He was overpowered: he said, with resignation and acquiescence, “My friends, I hear and obey.”

پس بخفتند آن شب و برخاستند ** بامدادان خویش را آراستند

So they slept (all) that night, and in the morning they rose and dressed themselves,

روی شستند و دهان و هر یکی ** داشت اندر ورد راه و مسلکی

And washed their faces and mouths; and each one had a (different) method and practice in his devotions.

یک زمانی هر کسی آورد رو ** سوی ورد خویش از حق فضل‌جو

For a while each one applied himself to his devotions, seeking favour from God.

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.’

در پی موسی شدم تا کوه طور ** هر سه‌مان گشتیم ناپیدا ز نور

I followed Moses to Mt Sinai: in the Light (of the Divine Epiphany) all three of us vanished.

هر سه سایه محو شد زان آفتاب ** بعد از آن زان نور شد یک فتح باب 2430

All (our) three shadows disappeared in the Sun; after that, there came from the Light an opening of the door (revelation).

نور دیگر از دل آن نور رست ** پس ترقی جست آن ثانیش چست

From the heart of that Light another Light sprang up, and then the second (Light) quickly sought to transcend it.

هم من و هم موسی و هم کوه طور ** هر سه گم گشتیم زان اشراق نور

Both I and Moses and also Mt Sinai, we were lost, all three, in that effulgence of the (second) Light.

بعد از آن دیدم که که سه شاخ شد ** چونک نور حق درو نفاخ شد

After that, I saw the mountain break into three pieces when the Light of God surged upon it.

وصف هیبت چون تجلی زد برو ** می‌سکست از هم همی‌شد سو به سو

When the Attribute of Majesty was revealed to it, it burst asunder in every direction.

آن یکی شاخ که آمد سوی یم ** گشت شیرین آب تلخ هم‌چو سم 2435

One piece of the mountain fell towards the sea, and the water bitter as poison was made sweet.

آن یکی شاخش فرو شد در زمین ** چشمه‌ی دارو برون آمد معین

One piece thereof sank into the earth, and a medicinal spring of running water gushed forth,

که شفای جمله رنجوران شد آب ** از همایونی وحی مستطاب

So that its water became a cure for all the sick by the blessedness of the goodly revelation.

آن یکی شاخ دگر پرید زود ** تا جوار کعبه که عرفات بود

The other (third) piece flew at once to the neighbourhood of the Ka‘ba where ‘Arafát was (situated).