- Put off your dervish-cloak, strip yourself of it, in order that the people's suspicions may be cleared away from you.”
- دلق بیرون کن برهنه شو ز دلق ** تا ز تو فارغ شود اوهام خلق
- He cried, “O Lord, these vile wretches have made an accusation against Thy slave: bring Thy command to pass!”
- گفت یا رب مر غلامت را خسان ** متهم کردند فرمان در رسان
- When the heart of the dervish was pained by that (suspicion), at once there put forth their heads on every side
- چون به درد آمد دل درویش از آن ** سر برون کردند هر سو در زمان
- From the deep sea myriads of fishes, and in the mouth of each (was) a superb pearl: 3485
- صد هزاران ماهی از دریای ژرف ** در دهان هر یکی دری شگرف
- Myriads of fishes out of the full sea, each with a pearl in its mouth—and what (marvellous) pearls!—
- صد هزاران ماهی از دریای پر ** در دهان هر یکی در و چه در
- Every pearl the revenue of a kingdom. “These,” they said (to him), “are from God, they have no association (with any one but God).”
- هر یکی دری خراج ملکتی ** کز اله است این ندارد شرکتی
- He dropped a quantity of pearls on the ship and sprang (aloft): he made the air his high-seat and sate (thereon),
- در چند انداخت در کشتی و جست ** مر هوا را ساخت کرسی و نشست
- (Resting) at ease, cross-legged, as kings upon their thrones— he above the zenith, and the ship before him.
- خوش مربع چون شهان بر تخت خویش ** او فراز اوج و کشتیاش به پیش
- He said, “Begone! The ship for you, God for me, so that a beggarly thief may not be with you! 3490
- گفت رو کشتی شما را حق مرا ** تا نباشد با شما دزد گدا
- Let us see who will be the loser by this separation! I am pleased, (being) paired (united) with God and singled (isolated) from (His) creatures.
- تا که را باشد خسارت زین فراق ** من خوشم جفت حق و با خلق طاق