(This is) like (the behaviour of) these raw (ignorant) persons (who come) with drum and banner, saying, “We are couriers (speeding) in (the path of spiritual) poverty and non-existence,”
همچو این خامان با طبل و علم ** که الاقانیم در فقر و عدم
(Who) boast far and wide of being Shaykhs and make out that they have (attained to) the rank of Báyazíd,
لاف شیخی در جهان انداخته ** خویشتن را بایزیدی ساخته
And, having (as they claim) travelled away from themselves and become united (with God), open a conventicle (for disciples) in the abode of pretension.
هم ز خود سالک شده واصل شده ** محفلی واکرده در دعویکده
(While) the bridegroom's house is full of turmoil and trouble, the girl's family know nothing about it.2550
خانهی داماد پرآشوب و شر ** قوم دختر را نبوده زین خبر
(The bridegroom's people raise) an outcry, saying, “Half the affair is concluded: the conditions that are (necessary) on our side have been fulfilled.
ولوله که کار نیمی راست شد ** شرطهایی که ز سوی ماست شد
We have swept and garnished the rooms and have risen up (from our labour) intoxicated and glad with this ardent desire (to receive the bride).”
خانهها را روفتیم آراستیم ** زین هوس سرمست و خوش برخاستیم
Has any message come from over there? “No.” Has any bird come hither from that roof? “No.”
زان طرف آمد یکی پیغام نی ** مرغی آمد این طرف زان بام نی
After (all) these missives (which ye have sent) one on the top of another, has any answer reached you from that neighbourhood?