- He came thither and stood afar off; he saw 'Umar and fell a-trembling. 1415
- آمد او آن جا و از دور ایستاد ** مر عمر را دید و در لرز اوفتاد
- An awe came upon the ambassador from that slumbering man, a sweet ecstasy lodged in his soul.
- هیبتی ز آن خفته آمد بر رسول ** حالتی خوش کرد بر جانش نزول
- Love and awe are contrary to each other: he saw these two contraries united in his heart.
- مهر و هیبت هست ضد همدگر ** این دو ضد را دید جمع اندر جگر
- He said to himself: “I have seen (many) kings, I have been great (in esteem) and chosen (for honour) in the presence of sultans:
- گفت با خود من شهان را دیدهام ** پیش سلطانان مه و بگزیدهام
- I had no awe or dread of kings, (but) awe of this man has robbed me of my wits.
- از شهانم هیبت و ترسی نبود ** هیبت این مرد هوشم را ربود
- I have gone into a jungle of lions and leopards, and my face did not change colour because of them; 1420
- رفتهام در بیشهی شیر و پلنگ ** روی من ز یشان نگردانید رنگ
- Often where the ranks are arrayed on the field of battle have I become (fierce) as a lion at the time when the affair is grievous (desperate);
- بس شدهستم در مصاف و کارزار ** همچو شیر آن دم که باشد کار زار
- Many a heavy blow have I suffered and inflicted, I have been stouter in heart than (all) the others.
- بس که خوردم بس زدم زخم گران ** دل قوی تر بودهام از دیگران
- This man is asleep on the earth, unarmed, (and yet) I am trembling in my seven limbs (my whole body): what is this?
- بیسلاح این مرد خفته بر زمین ** من به هفت اندام لرزان چیست این
- This is awe of God, it is not from created beings, it is not awe of this man who wears the frock of a dervish.
- هیبت حق است این از خلق نیست ** هیبت این مرد صاحب دلق نیست