- A questioner said, “Even thou, O man of might?” “I too,” he replied, “was a shepherd for a long while.” 3290
- گفت سایل هم تو نیز ای پهلوان ** گفت من هم بودهام دهری شبان
- In order that their (the prophets') calmness and fortitude should be displayed, God made them shepherds before (investing them with) prophethood.
- تا شود پیدا وقار و صبرشان ** کردشان پیش از نبوت حق شبان
- Every prince who performs the task of shepherding mankind in such wise that he obeys the Commandments (of God),
- هر امیری کو شبانی بشر ** آنچنان آرد که باشد متمر
- (And) in tending them with foresight and understanding shows a forbearance like that of Moses,
- حلم موسیوار اندر رعی خود ** او به جا آرد به تدبیر و خرد
- Inevitably God will bestow on him a spiritual shepherd's office (exalted) above the sphere of the moon,
- لاجرم حقش دهد چوپانیی ** بر فراز چرخ مه روحانیی
- Even as He raised the prophets from this herding (of sheep) and gave them the task of tending the righteous. 3295
- آنچنان که انبیا را زین رعا ** بر کشید و داد رعی اصفیا
- “Thou, in short, O Khwája, hast performed in thy shepherding (of the poor) that which causes him that hates thee to become blind (utterly confounded).
- خواجه باری تو درین چوپانیت ** کردی آنچ کور گردد شانیت
- I know that God will give thee yonder an everlasting sovereignty in compensation.
- دانم آنجا در مکافات ایزدت ** سروری جاودانه بخشدت
- In hope of thy (open) hand as (bountiful as) the ocean and (in reliance) upon thy giving (me) a stipend and discharging (my obligations) in full,
- بر امید کف چون دریای تو ** بر وظیفه دادن و ایفای تو
- I recklessly incurred debts (amounting to) nine thousand pieces of gold: where art thou, that these dregs may become clear?
- وام کردم نه هزار از زر گزاف ** تو کجایی تا شود این درد صاف