- 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
- In his remedy behold absolute magic, in his temperament behold the might of God!” 65
- در علاجش سحر مطلق را ببین ** در مزاجش قدرت حق را ببین
- When the promised hour arrived and day broke and the sun, (rising) from the east, began to burn the stars,
- چون رسید آن وعده‌‌گاه و روز شد ** آفتاب از شرق، اختر سوز شد
- The king was in the belvedere, expecting to see that which had been shown mysteriously.
- بود اندر منظره شه منتظر ** تا ببیند آن چه بنمودند سر
- He saw a person excellent and worshipful, a sun amidst a shadow,
- دید شخصی فاضلی پر مایه‌‌ای ** آفتابی در میان سایه‌‌ای