That is why every prophet holds the mountains dear: (’tis) that he may hear Thy name redoubled.
هرنبی زان دوست دارد کوه را ** تا مثنا بشنود نام ترا
That low mountain, resembling stony ground, is suitable for a mouse, not for us, as a resting-place.
آن که پست مثال سنگ لاخ ** موش را شاید نه ما را در مناخ
(When) I speak, it does not join with me: the breath of my speech remains without (any) echo.
من بگویم او نگردد یار من ** بی صدا ماند دم گفتار من
’Tis better that thou level it with the earth; it is not in accord with thy breath (voice): thou shouldst join it with thy foot.”
با زمین آن به که هموارش کنی ** نیست همدم با قدم یارش کنی
He (God) said, “O Noah, if thou desire, I will assemble them all and raise them from (their graves in) the earth.1355
گفت ای نوح ار تو خواهی جمله را ** حشر گردانم بر آرم از ثری
I will not break thy heart for the sake of a Canaan, but I am acquainting (thee) with (their real) states.”
بهر کنعانی دل تو نشکنم ** لیکت از احوال آگه می‌کنم
He (Noah) said, “Nay, nay, I am content that Thou shouldst drown me too, if it behove Thee (to do so).
گفت نه نه راضیم که تو مرا ** هم کنی غرقه اگر باید ترا
Keep drowning me every instant, I am pleased: Thy ordinance is my (very) soul, I bear it (with me) as my soul.
هر زمانم غرقه می‌کن من خوشم ** حکم تو جانست چون جان می‌کشم
I do not look at any one (but Thee), and even if I do look at (any one), he is (only) a pretext, and Thou art the (real) object of my regard.
ننگرم کس را وگر هم بنگرم ** او بهانه باشد و تو منظرم
I am in love with Thy making (both) in (the hour of) thanksgiving and (in the hour of) patience; how should I be in love, like the infidel, with that which Thou hast made?”1360
عاشق صنع توم در شکر و صبر ** عاشق مصنوع کی باشم چو گبر