Then he (the Prophet) said to him, “Where is that New-moon (Hilál) of the highest heaven? Where is he that in his humility is spread as moonbeams (like a carpet on the ground)?—
پس بگفتش کان هلال عرش کو ** هم‌چو مهتاب از تواضع فرش کو
That king who is disguised as a slave and has come (down) to this world for the purpose of spying?
آن شهی در بندگی پنهان شده ** بهر جاسوسی به دنیا آمده
Do not say, ‘He is my slave and stableman’: know this, that he is a treasure (buried) in ruins.
تو مگو کو بنده و آخرجی ماست ** این بدان که گنج در ویرانه‌هاست
Oh, I wonder to what state he has been reduced by sickness— that New-moon by which thousands of full-moons are trodden underfoot.”1170
ای عجب چونست از سقم آن هلال ** که هزاران بدر هستش پای‌مال
He (the Amír) said, “I have no knowledge of his illness, but he has not been at the palace-gate for several days.
گفت از رنجش مرا آگاه نیست ** لیک روزی چند بر درگاه نیست
He keeps company with the horses and mules: he is a groom, and this stable is his dwelling-place.”
صحبت او با ستور و استرست ** سایس است و منزلش این آخرست
How Mustafá, on whom be peace, came into the Amír's stable to see the sick Hilál, and how he caressed Hilál, may God be pleased with him!
در آمدن مصطفی علیه‌السلام از بهر عیادت هلال در ستورگاه آن امیر و نواختن مصطفی هلال را رضی الله عنه
The Prophet went eagerly into the stable (to look) for him and began to search.
رفت پیغامبر به رغبت بهر او ** اندر آخر وآمد اندر جست و جو
The stable was dark, foul, and dirty, (but) all this vanished (from Hilál's mind) when friendship arrived.
بود آخر مظلم و زشت و پلید ** وین همه برخاست چون الفت رسید
That fierce (spiritual) lion scented the Prophet just as the scent of Joseph was perceived by his father (Jacob).1175
بوی پیغامبر ببرد آن شیر نر ** هم‌چنانک بوی یوسف را پدر
Miracles are not the cause of religious faith; ’tis the scent of homogeneity that attracts (to itself) qualities (of the same kind).