- I ate, and (now) I bring the seed as a token, begging Thee to send to us such bounty (as before).’
- خوردم و دانه بیاوردم نشان ** که ازین نعمت به سوی ما کشان
- Abandon, then, the dry (verbal) prayer, O fortunate one; for the tree demands (presupposes) the scattering of seed.
- پس دعای خشک هل ای نیکبخت ** که فشاند دانه میخواهد درخت
- (But) if you have no seed, on account of that prayer God will bestow on you a palm-tree, saying, ‘How well did he labour!’
- گر نداری دانه ایزد زان دعا ** بخشدت نخلی که نعم ما سعی
- Like Mary: she had (heartfelt) pain, but no seed: an artful One made green that (withered) palm-tree (for her sake). 1190
- همچو مریم درد بودش دانه نی ** سبز کرد آن نخل را صاحبفنی
- Because that noble Lady was loyal (to God), God gave unto her a hundred desires without desire on her part.
- زانک وافی بود آن خاتون راد ** بیمرادش داد یزدان صد مراد
- The company who have been loyal are given superiority over all (other) sorts (of men).
- آن جماعت را که وافی بودهاند ** بر همه اصنافشان افزودهاند
- Seas and mountains are made subject to them; the four elements also are the slaves of that class.
- گشت دریاها مسخرشان و کوه ** چار عنصر نیز بندهی آن گروه
- This (miraculous power) is only a favour (conferred on them) for a sign, to the end that the disbelievers may see it plainly.
- این خود اکرامیست از بهر نشان ** تا ببینند اهل انکار آن عیان
- Those hidden graces of theirs, which come not into (the perception of) the senses or into description— 1195
- آن کرامتهای پنهانشان که آن ** در نیاید در حواس و در بیان
- Those are the (real) matter: those are enduring for ever, they are neither cut off nor reclaimed.
- کار آن دارد خود آن باشد ابد ** دایما نه منقطع نه مسترد