Listen to a goodly tale in explanation of what I have said concerning the (spiritual) apprehension of (possessed by) stone and wood.
ز آن چه گفتم من ز فهم سنگ و چوب ** در بیانش قصه‌‌ای هش دار خوب
How the moaning pillar complained when they made a pulpit for the Prophet, on whom be peace—for the multitude had become great, and said, “We do not see thy blessed face when thou art exhorting us”—and how the Prophet and his Companions heard that complaint, and how Mustafá conversed with the pillar in clear language.
نالیدن ستون حنانه چون برای پیغامبر علیه السلام منبر ساختند که جماعت انبوه شد گفتند ما روی مبارک تو را به هنگام وعظ نمی‌‌بینیم و شنیدن رسول و صحابه آن ناله را و سؤال و جواب مصطفی صلی الله علیه و اله و سلم با ستون صریح
The moaning pillar was complaining of (its) separation from the Prophet, just as rational beings (might do).
استن حنانه از هجر رسول ** ناله می‌‌زد همچو ارباب عقول
The Prophet said, “O pillar, what dost thou want?” It said, “My soul is turned to blood because of parting from thee.
گفت پیغمبر چه خواهی ای ستون ** گفت جانم از فراقت گشت خون
I was thy support: (now) thou hast run away from me: thou hast devised a place to lean against upon the pulpit.”2115
مسندت من بودم از من تاختی ** بر سر منبر تو مسند ساختی
“Dost thou desire,” said he, “to be made a date-palm, (so that) the people of the East and the West shall gather fruit from thee?
گفت خواهی که ترا نخلی کنند ** شرقی و غربی ز تو میوه چنند
Or that He (God) should make thee a cypress in yonder world, so that thou wilt remain everlastingly fresh and flourishing?”
یا در آن عالم حقت سروی کند ** تا تر و تازه بمانی تا ابد
It replied, “I desire that whereof the life is enduring for ever.” Hearken, O heedless one! Be not thou less than a piece of wood!
گفت آن خواهم که دایم شد بقاش ** بشنو ای غافل کم از چوبی مباش
He (the Prophet) buried that pillar in the earth, that it may be raised from the dead, like mankind, on the day of Resurrection,
آن ستون را دفن کرد اندر زمین ** تا چو مردم حشر گردد یوم دین
That (hence) thou mayst know that every one whom God has called (to Himself) remains disengaged from all the work of this world.2120
تا بدانی هر که را یزدان بخواند ** از همه کار جهان بی‌‌کار ماند
Whosoever hath his work and business from God, gains admission there and goes forth from (abandons worldly) work.
هر که را باشد ز یزدان کار و بار ** یافت بار آن جا و بیرون شد ز کار