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  • The watchers of the Sun (of Reality) are the saints: in the flesh (they are) acquainted with the Divine mysteries.
  • پاسبان آفتابند اولیا ** در بشر واقف ز اسرار خدا

  • “God gave our family as a gift to Man to call (him) to the ritual prayer (and) in preparation (for that purpose).
  • اصل ما را حق پی بانگ نماز ** داد هدیه آدمی را در جهاز

  • If a mistake be committed by us in (giving) the call to prayer at the wrong time, it will become the cause of our being killed. 3335
  • گر بناهنگام سهوی‌مان رود ** در اذان آن مقتل ما می‌شود

  • To say at the wrong time ‘Come to welfare’ will make our blood of no account and licit (liable to be shed with impunity).”
  • گفت ناهنگام حی عل فلاح ** خون ما را می‌کند خوار و مباح

  • ’Tis only the (spiritual) cock, the Soul of (Divine) inspiration, that is protected (by God from sin) and purged of error.
  • آنک معصوم آمد و پاک از غلط ** آن خروس جان وحی آمد فقط

  • His (the master's) slave died in the house of the purchaser: that was the purchaser's loss entirely.
  • آن غلامش مرد پیش مشتری ** شد زیان مشتری آن یکسری

  • He saved his money, but he shed his own blood. Understand (this) well!
  • او گریزانید مالش را ولیک ** خون خود را ریخت اندر یاب نیک

  • One loss would have prevented (many) losses: our bodies and money are the ransom for our souls. 3340
  • یک زیان دفع زیانها می‌شدی ** جسم و مال ماست جانها را فدا

  • In the presence of kings, in (the hour of their) dispensing punishment, you offer money and purchase your head (life):
  • پیش شاهان در سیاست‌گستری ** می‌دهی تو مال و سر را می‌خری

  • How (then) have you become, in (the case of Divine) destiny, (like) a churl— withholding your money from the (Supreme) Judge?
  • اعجمی چون گشته‌ای اندر قضا ** می‌گریزانی ز داور مال را

  • How the cock foretold the death of the Khwája.
  • خبر کردن خروس از مرگ خواجه

  • “But to-morrow he will certainly die: his heir, in mourning (for him), will slaughter a cow.
  • لیک فردا خواهد او مردن یقین ** گاو خواهد کشت وارث در حنین

  • The owner of the house will die (and) depart (from this world): lo, to-morrow a great deal of food will reach you.
  • صاحب خانه بخواهد مرد رفت ** روز فردا نک رسیدت لوت زفت

  • High and low will get pieces of bread and dainty morsels and viands in the midst of the street. 3345
  • پاره‌های نان و لالنگ و طعام ** در میان کوی یابد خاص و عام

  • (The flesh of) the sacrificed cow and thin loaves of bread will be scattered quickly over the dogs and the beggars.”
  • گاو قربانی و نانهای تنک ** بر سگان و سایلان ریزد سبک

  • The death of the horse and mule and the death of the slave were bringing round the doom of this foolish deluded man.
  • مرگ اسپ و استر و مرگ غلام ** بد قضا گردان این مغرور خام

  • He fled (escaped) from the loss of wealth and from grief thereat: he increased his wealth and shed his own blood.
  • از زیان مال و درد آن گریخت ** مال افزون کرد و خون خویش ریخت

  • These austerities of dervishes—what are they for? (The reason is) that that tribulation (imposed) on the body is (in effect) the everlasting life of spirits.
  • این ریاضتهای درویشان چراست ** کان بلا بر تن بقای جانهاست

  • Unless a (mystic) traveller gains the everlasting life of his (spiritual) self, how should he make his body a sick and perishing (thing)? 3350
  • تا بقای خود نیابد سالکی ** چون کند تن را سقیم و هالکی

  • How should he move his hand to (acts of) altruism and (devotional) work unless he sees (the salvation of) his soul in exchange for what is given (by him)?
  • دست کی جنبد به ایثار و عمل ** تا نبیند داده را جانش بدل

  • That one who gives without expectation of (any) gains—that one is God, is God, is God,
  • آنک بدهد بی امید سودها ** آن خدایست آن خدایست آن خدا

  • Or the friend of God (the saint), who has assumed the nature of God and has become luminous and has received the Absolute Radiance;
  • یا ولی حق که خوی حق گرفت ** نور گشت و تابش مطلق گرفت

  • For He is rich, while all except Him are poor: how should a poor man say “Take” without compensation?
  • کو غنی است و جز او جمله فقیر ** کی فقیری بی عوض گوید که گیر

  • Till a child sees that the apple is there, it will not give up from its hand the stinking onion. 3355
  • تا نبیند کودکی که سیب هست ** او پیاز گنده را ندهد ز دست

  • All these market-folk, for the sake of this (worldly) object, are seated on the benches (in the shops) in the hope of (receiving) compensation:
  • این همه بازار بهر این غرض ** بر دکانها شسته بر بوی عوض

  • They offer a hundred fine articles of merchandise, and within their hearts they are intent on compensations.
  • صد متاع خوب عرضه می‌کنند ** واندرون دل عوضها می‌تنند