Thou art the First and the Last: we between are nothing, a nothing that does not come into (admit of) expression.”
اول و آخر توی ما در میان ** هیچ هیچی که نیاید در بیان
He was speaking in this wise, till he fell into ecstasy and his heart became senseless.
این چنین می‌گفت تا افتاد طشت ** از سر بام و دلش بیهوش گشت
(Whilst engaged) in prayer, he came back to his senses (and witnessed the effect of his prayer): Man shall have nothing but what he hath wrought.
باز آمد او به هوش اندر دعا ** لیس للانسان الا ما سعی
He was (still) praying when suddenly a loud cry and roar burst from the heart of the Egyptian,
در دعا بود او که ناگه نعره‌ای ** از دل قبطی بجست و غره‌ای
(Who exclaimed), “Come, make haste and submit (the profession of) the Faith (for my acceptance), that I may quickly cut the old girdle (of unbelief).3505
که هلا بشتاب و ایمان عرضه کن ** تا ببرم زود زنار کهن
They have cast a fire into my heart, they have shown affection with (all) their soul for an Iblís (like me).
آتشی در جان من انداختند ** مر بلیسی را به جان بنواختند
Praise be to God! Thy friendship and (my) not being able to do without thee have succoured me at last.
دوستی تو و از تو ناشکفت ** حمدلله عاقبت دستم گرفت
My consortings with thee were (as) an elixir: may thy foot never disappear from the house of my heart!
کیمیایی بود صحبتهای تو ** کم مباد از خانه‌ی دل پای تو
Thou wert a bough of the palm-tree of Paradise: when I grasped it, it bore me to Paradise.
تو یکی شاخی بدی از نخل خلد ** چون گرفتم او مرا تا خلد برد
That which carried away my body was a torrent: the torrent bore me to the brink of the Sea of Bounty.3510
سیل بود آنک تنم را در ربود ** برد سیلم تا لب دریای جود