- O Adam, that friendship was owing to the scent of thee, because earth was the woof and warp of thy body.
- آدما آن الف از بوی تو بود ** ز آن که جسمت را زمین بد تار و پود
- From this place (the earth) thy earthly body was woven, in this place thy pure light was found.
- جسم خاکت را از اینجا بافتند ** نور پاکت را در اینجا یافتند
- This (light) that our souls have obtained from thy spirit shone erstwhile from the dust. 2665
- این که جان ما ز روحت یافته ست ** پیش پیش از خاک آن میتافته ست
- We were in the earth, and heedless of the earth, heedless of the treasure that lay buried there.
- در زمین بودیم و غافل از زمین ** غافل از گنجی که در وی بد دفین
- When He (God) bade us journey from that place of abode our palates were soured (we were bitterly grieved) by the change,
- چون سفر فرمود ما را ز آن مقام ** تلخ شد ما را از آن تحویل کام
- So that we were arguing (and saying), ‘O God, who will come in our stead?
- تا که حجتها همیگفتیم ما ** که بجای ما کی آید ای خدا
- Wilt Thou sell the splendour of the praise with which we glorify and magnify Thee for babble and palaver?’
- نور این تسبیح و این تهلیل را ** میفروشی بهر قال و قیل را
- The decree of God spread for us the carpet (of indulgence), (and He said), ‘Speak ye, in the way of boldness 2670
- حکم حق گسترد بهر ما بساط ** که بگویید از طریق انبساط
- (And) without fear, whatever comes upon your tongues, like only children with their father;
- هر چه آید بر زبانتان بیحذر ** همچو طفلان یگانه با پدر
- For what if these words (of yours) are unseemly? My mercy likewise is prior (superior) to My wrath.
- ز آن که این دمها چه گر نالایق است ** رحمت من بر غضب هم سابق است