He said, “O thou who wert the support and refuge of every noble (righteous) man and the hope and helper of wayfarers,
گفت ای پشت و پناه هر نبیل ** مرتجی و غوث ابناء السبیل
O thou on whose heart the care for our means of livelihood (lay constantly), O thou whose beneficence and charity were (like) the universal provision of sustenance,3265
ای غم ارزاق ما بر خاطرت ** ای چو رزق عام احسان و برت
O thou who wert (as) kinsfolk and parents to the poor in (paying) their taxes and expenses and in discharging their debts,
ای فقیران را عشیره و والدین ** در خراج و خرج و در ایفاء دین
O thou who, like the sea, gavest pearls for those near (to thee) and (didst send) rain as a gift to those afar,
ای چو بحر از بهر نزدیکان گهر ** داده و تحفه سوی دوران مطر
Our backs were warmed by thee, O sun (who wert) the splendour in every palace and the treasure in every ruin.
پشت ما گرم از تو بود ای آفتاب ** رونق هر قصر و گنج هر خراب
O thou in whose eyebrow none ever saw knots (wrinkles), O thou (who wert) generous and bountiful as (the archangel) Michael,
ای در ابرویت ندیده کس گره ** ای چو میکائیل راد و رزق‌ده
O thou whose heart was connected with the Sea of the Unseen, O thou who wert the invisible ‘Anqá on the Qáf (mountain) of munificence,3270
ای دلت پیوسته با دریای غیب ** ای به قاف مکرمت عنقای غیب
Who never tookest thought how much of thy wealth had gone, and the roof of the azimuth (amplitude) of thy magnanimity was never cloven,
یاد ناورده که از مالم چه رفت ** سقف قصد همتت هرگز نکفت
O thou to whom in (every) month and year I and a hundred like me had become a family (tenderly cared for) like thine own children,
ای من و صد هم‌چو من در ماه و سال ** مر ترا چون نسل تو گشته عیال
Thou wert our ready money and our movables and our furniture, our fame and our glory and our fortune.
نقد ما و جنس ما و رخت ما ** نام ما و فخر ما و بخت ما