- Then the Moslem said, “O my friends, to me came Mustafá (Mohammed), my sovereign,
- پس مسلمان گفت ای یاران من ** پیشم آمد مصطفی سلطان من
- And said to me, ‘That one (the Jew) has sped to Sinai with him (Moses) to whom God spake, and has played the game of love (with God);
- پس مرا گفت آن یکی بر طور تاخت ** با کلیم حق و نرد عشق باخت
- And the other (the Christian) has been carried by Jesus, the Lord of happy star, to the zenith of the Fourth Heaven.
- وان دگر را عیسی صاحبقران ** برد بر اوج چهارم آسمان
- Arise, O thou who hast been left behind and hast suffered injury, at least eat up the sweetmeat and comfit!
- خیز ای پس ماندهی دیده ضرر ** باری آن حلوا و یخنی را بخور
- Those (two) talented and accomplished men have pushed forward and have read the book of fortune and honour. 2490
- آن هنرمندان پر فن راندند ** نامهی اقبال و منصب خواندند
- Those two eminent men have attained to their (proper) eminence and because of their talents have mingled with the angels.
- آن دو فاضل فضل خود در یافتند ** با ملایک از هنر در بافتند
- Hark, O foolish simpleton who hast been left behind, jump up and seat thyself beside the bowl of halwá!’”
- ای سلیم گول واپس مانده هین ** بر جه و بر کاسهی حلوا نشین
- Thereupon they said to him, “Then, you greedy fellow, have you made a meal of the halwá and khabís? Oh, (what) an astonishing thing!”
- پس بگفتندش که آنگه تو حریص ** ای عجیب خوردی ز حلوا و خبیص
- He replied, “When that sovereign who is obeyed (by all) gave the order, who was I that I should resist it?
- گفت چون فرمود آن شاه مطاع ** من کی بودم تا کنم زان امتناع
- Will you, Jew, rebel against the command of Moses if he summon you (either) in a fair cause or a foul? 2495
- تو جهود از امر موسی سر کشی ** گر بخواند در خوشی یا ناخوشی