- Sit in such and such a room till midnight, that at midnight I may come unsought.”
- در فلان حجره نشین تا نیم‌شب ** تا بیایم نیم‌شب من بی طلب
- The man offered sacrifice and distributed loaves, since the moon (of good fortune) had appeared to him from beneath the dust (of ill-luck).
- مرد قربان کرد و نانها بخش کرد ** چون پدید آمد مهش از زیر گرد
- At night the passionate lover seated himself in the room in hope of the tryst promised by that loyal friend.
- شب در آن حجره نشست آن گرمدار ** بر امید وعده‌ی آن یار غار
- (Just) after midnight his friend, the charmer of his heart, arrived (punctually) like those who are true to their promise. 600
- بعد نصف اللیل آمد یار او ** صادق الوعدانه آن دلدار او
- He found his lover lying asleep; (thereupon) he tore off a little piece of his (the lover's) sleeve
- عاشق خود را فتاده خفته دید ** اندکی از آستین او درید
- And put some walnuts in his lap, saying, “Thou art a child: take these and play a game of dice.”
- گردگانی چندش اندر جیب کرد ** که تو طفلی گیر این می‌باز نرد
- When at dawn the lover sprang up from sleep, he saw the (torn) sleeve and the walnuts.
- چون سحر از خواب عاشق بر جهید ** آستین و گردگانها را بدید
- He said, “Our king is entirely truth and loyalty: that (disgrace) which is coming upon us is from ourselves alone.”
- گفت شاه ما همه صدق و وفاست ** آنچ بر ما می‌رسد آن هم ز ماست
- O sleepless heart, we (true lovers) are secure from this: we, like guardsmen, are plying our rattles on the roof. 605
- ای دل بی‌خواب ما زین ایمنیم ** چون حرس بر بام چوبک می‌زنیم
- Our walnuts are crushed in this mill: whatever we may tell of our anguish, ’tis (but) little.
- گردگان ما درین مطحن شکست ** هر چه گوییم از غم خود اندکست