- He replied, “God hath given the Amírate to me: He hath given me the chief authority and the absolute command,
- گفت میری مر مرا حق داده است ** سروری و امر مطلق داده است
- Saying, ‘This is the epoch and cycle of Ahmad (Mohammed): hark, accept his command! Have fear (of God)!’”
- کین قران احمدست و دور او ** هین بگیرید امر او را اتقوا
- The party (of Amírs) said to him, “We too are (made) rulers by that (Divine) destiny, and God hath given the Amírate to us.”
- قوم گفتندش که ما هم زان قضا ** حاکمیم و داد امیریمان خدا
- He said, “(Yes), but to me God gave it as a possession, and to you (only) as a loan for the sake of (furnishing you with) provisions for the road. 2785
- گفت لیکن مر مرا حق ملک داد ** مر شما را عاریه از بهر زاد
- My Amírate is lasting till the Resurrection; the Amírate held on loan will be shattered.”
- میری من تا قیامت باقیست ** میری عاریتی خواهد شکست
- The (opposing) party said, “O Amír, do not say too much (about this): what is thy argument for seeking more (than thy share)?”
- قوم گفتند ای امیر افزون مگو ** چیست حجت بر فزون‌جویی تو
- Forthwith, by the bitter command (of God), a cloud arose; (then) came the torrent: the countryside was filled (with the flood).
- در زمان ابری برآمد ز امر مر ** سیل آمد گشت آن اطراف پر
- The exceedingly frightful torrent set its face towards the town: the townsfolk (were) making loud lamentation, all (were) terrified.
- رو به شهر آورد سیل بس مهیب ** اهل شهر افغان‌کنان جمله رعیب
- The Prophet said, “Now the time is come for the test, in order that opinion may become ocular vision.” 2790
- گفت پیغامبر که وقت امتحان ** آمد اکنون تا گمارد گردد عیان
- Each Amír flung his lance (into the flood), that in the test it might become a barrier against the torrent.
- هر امیری نیزه‌ی خود در فکند ** تا شود در امتحان آن سیل‌بند