His wife unrolled the prayer-rug in supplication; she made (the words) Rabbi sallim (Save, O Lord) her litany in prayer,
زن مصلا باز کرده از نیاز ** رب سلم ورد کرده در نماز
Crying, “Keep our water safe from scoundrels! O Lord, let that pearl arrive at that sea!
که نگه دار آب ما را از خسان ** یا رب آن گوهر بدان دریا رسان
Although my husband is shrewd and artful, yet the pearl has thousands of enemies.
گر چه شویم آگه است و پر فن است ** لیک گوهر را هزاران دشمن است
Pearl indeed! ’Tis the water of Kawthar: ’tis a drop of this that is the origin of the pearl.”
خود چه باشد گوهر آب کوثر است ** قطره‌‌ای زین است کاصل گوهر است
Through the prayers and lamentation of the wife, and through the husband's anxiety and his patience under the heavy burden,2735
از دعاهای زن و زاری او ** وز غم مرد و گرانباری او
He bore it without delay, safe from robbers and unhurt by stones, to the seat of the Caliphate (the Caliph's palace).
سالم از دزدان و از آسیب سنگ ** برد تا دار الخلافه بی‌‌درنگ
He saw a bountiful Court, (where) the needy had spread their nets;
دید درگاهی پر از انعامها ** اهل حاجت گستریده دامها
Everywhere, moment by moment, some petitioner gained (and carried away) from that Court a donation and robe of honour:
دم به دم هر سوی صاحب حاجتی ** یافته ز آن در عطا و خلعتی
’Twas like sun and rain, nay, like Paradise, for infidel and true believer and good folk and bad.
بهر گبر و مومن و زیبا و زشت ** همچو خورشید و مطر نی چون بهشت
He beheld some people arrayed (with favour) in the sight (of the Caliph), and others who had risen to their feet (and were) waiting (to receive his commands).2740
دید قومی در نظر آراسته ** قوم دیگر منتظر برخاسته