He replied, “(This morning I am) a faithful servant of God.” Again he (the Prophet) said to him, “Where is thy token from the garden of Faith, if it has bloomed?”
گفت عبدا مومنا باز اوش گفت ** کو نشان از باغ ایمان گر شگفت
He said, “I have been athirst in the daytime, at night I have not slept because of love and burning griefs,
گفت تشنه بوده‌‌ام من روزها ** شب نخفته ستم ز عشق و سوزها
So that I passed through (and beyond) day and night, as the point of the spear passes through the shield;
تا ز روز و شب گذر کردم چنان ** که از اسپر بگذرد نوک سنان
For beyond (the realm of contraries) all religion is one: hundreds of thousands of years are the same as a single hour.
که از آن سو جمله‌‌ی ملت یکی ست ** صد هزاران سال و یک ساعت یکی ست
Eternity and everlastingness are unified (yonder): the understanding hath no way thither by means of inquiry.”3505
هست ازل را و ابد را اتحاد ** عقل را ره نیست آن سو ز افتقاد
The Prophet said, “Where is the traveller's gift (that thou hast brought home) from this journey? Produce (a gift) suitable to the understanding of (intelligible to) the minds of this country (the phenomenal world).”
گفت از این ره کو رهاوردی بیار ** در خور فهم و عقول این دیار
Zayd said, “When (other) people see the sky, I behold the Empyrean with those who dwell there.
گفت خلقان چون ببینند آسمان ** من ببینم عرش را با عرشیان
The Eight Paradises and the Seven Hells are as visible to me as the idol to the idolater.
هشت جنت هفت دوزخ پیش من ** هست پیدا همچو بت پیش شمن
I am distinguishing the people (here), one by one, like wheat from barley in the mill,
یک به یک وامی‌‌شناسم خلق را ** همچو گندم من ز جو در آسیا
So that who is for Paradise and who shall be a stranger (to Paradise) is as clear to me as (the difference between) snake and fish.”3510
که بهشتی کیست و بیگانه کی است ** پیش من پیدا چو مار و ماهی است