- When the king saw the powerlessness of those physicians, he ran bare-footed to the mosque. 55
- شه چو عجز آن حکیمان را بدید ** پا برهنه جانب مسجد دوید
- He entered the mosque and advanced to the mihráb (to pray): the prayer-carpet was bathed in the king's tears.
- رفت در مسجد سوی محراب شد ** سجده گاه از اشک شه پر آب شد
- On coming to himself out of the flood of ecstasy (faná) he opened his lips in goodly praise and prayer,
- چون به خویش آمد ز غرقاب فنا ** خوش زبان بگشاد در مدح و ثنا
- Saying, “O Thou whose least gift is the empire of the world, what shall I say, in as much as Thou knowest the hidden thing?
- کای کمینه بخششت ملک جهان ** من چه گویم چون تو میدانی نهان
- O Thou with whom we always take refuge in our need, once again we have missed the way.
- ای همیشه حاجت ما را پناه ** بار دیگر ما غلط کردیم راه
- But Thou hast said, ‘Albeit I know thy secret, nevertheless declare it forthwith in thine outward act.’” 60
- لیک گفتی گر چه میدانم سرت ** زود هم پیدا کنش بر ظاهرت
- When from the depths of his soul he raised a cry (of supplication), the sea of Bounty began to surge.
- چون بر آورد از میان جان خروش ** اندر آمد بحر بخشایش به جوش
- Slumber overtook him in the midst of weeping: he dreamed that an old man appeared
- در میان گریه خوابش در ربود ** دید در خواب او که پیری رو نمود
- And said, “Good tidings, O king! Thy prayers are granted. If to-morrow a stranger come for thee, he is from me.
- گفت ای شه مژده حاجاتت رواست ** گر غریبی آیدت فردا ز ماست
- When he comes, he is a skilled physician: deem him veracious, for he is trusty and true.
- چون که آید او حکیمی حاذق است ** صادقش دان که امین و صادق است