- It is a mosque for muddy and cloudy days, a mosque for days of sore distress in times of poverty,
- مسجد روز گل است و روز ابر ** مسجد روز ضرورت وقت فقر
- That a (poor) stranger may get charity and room (to shelter) there, and that this house of service may be frequented,
- تا غریبی یابد آن جا خیر و جا ** تا فراوان گردد این خدمتسرا
- So that the rites of the Religion may be multiplied and abound; because a bitter plight is sweetened (by being shared) with friends. 2835
- تا شعار دین شود بسیار و پر ** ز انکه با یاران شود خوش کار مر
- Honour that place (by thy presence) for a short while: declare us to be sincere, and give a good account of us.
- ساعتی آن جایگه تشریف ده ** تزکیهی ما کن ز ما تعریف ده
- Show favour to the mosque and its founders. Thou art the moon, we are the night: comply with us for a moment,
- مسجد و اصحاب مسجد را نواز ** تو مهی ما شب دمی با ما بساز
- In order that by thy beauty night may be made like day, O thou whose beauty is a soul-illumining sun.”
- تا شود شب از جمالت همچو روز ** ای جمالت آفتاب جان فروز
- Alas! would that those words had been from the heart, so that the desire of those folk might have been accomplished!
- ای دریغا کان سخن از دل بدی ** تا مراد آن نفر حاصل شدی
- Courtesy that comes to the tongue without (sincerity of) heart and soul is like herbs on the ash-heap, O friends. 2840
- لطف کاید بیدل و جان در زبان ** همچو سبزهی تون بود ای دوستان
- Look at them from afar and pass on: they are not fit for eating or smelling, O son.
- هم ز دورش بنگر و اندر گذر ** خوردن و بو را نشاید ای پسر
- Beware, do not go (incline) towards the courtesy of the faithless, for it is a ruined bridge: heed well (my warning).
- سوی لطف بیوفایان هین مرو ** کان پل ویران بود نیکو شنو