- A certain preacher, whenever he mounted the pulpit, would begin to pray for the highway robbers (who plunder and maltreat the righteous).
- آن یکی واعظ چو بر تخت آمدی ** قاطعان راه را داعی شدی
- He would lift up his hand, (crying), “O Lord, let mercy fall upon evil men and corrupters and insolent transgressors,
- دست برمیداشت یا رب رحم ران ** بر بدان و مفسدان و طاغیان
- Upon all who make a mock of the good people, upon all whose hearts are unbelieving and those who dwell in the Christian monastery.”
- بر همه تسخرکنان اهل خیر ** برهمه کافردلان و اهل دیر
- He would not pray for the pure; he would pray for none but the wicked.
- مینکردی او دعا بر اصفیا ** مینکردی جز خبیثان را دعا
- They said to him, “This is unknown (extraordinary): ’tis no generosity to pray for the people of unrighteousness.” 85
- مر ورا گفتند کین معهود نیست ** دعوت اهل ضلالت جود نیست
- He replied, “I have seen (experienced) goodness from these folk: for this reason I have chosen to pray for them.
- گفت نیکویی ازینها دیدهام ** من دعاشان زین سبب بگزیدهام
- They wrought so much wickedness and injustice and oppression that they cast (drove) me forth from evil into good.
- خبث و ظلم و جور چندان ساختند ** که مرا از شر به خیر انداختند
- Whenever I turned my face towards this world, I suffered blows and beating from them,
- هر گهی که رو به دنیا کردمی ** من ازیشان زخم و ضربت خوردمی
- And took refuge from the blows Yonder: the wolves were always bringing me back into the (right) Way.
- کردمی از زخم آن جانب پناه ** باز آوردندمی گرگان به راه
- Inasmuch as they contrived the means of my (spiritual) welfare, it behoves me to pray for them, O intelligent one.” 90
- چون سببساز صلاح من شدند ** پس دعاشان بر منست ای هوشمند