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هیبت بانگ شیاطین خلق را ** بند کردست و گرفته حلق را
- Dread of the cry of the devils has bound the people and taken hold of their throats,
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تا چنان نومید شد جانشان ز نور ** که روان کافران ز اهل قبور
- Till their souls have become as hopeless of the Light as the spirits of the infidels who dwell in the tombs.
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این شکوه بانگ آن ملعون بود ** هیبت بانگ خدایی چون بود
- Such is the terror of the cry of that accursed one: how (great) must be the dread of the Divine cry!
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هیبت بازست بر کبک نجیب ** مر مگس را نیست زان هیبت نصیب 4340
- Dread of the falcon is (falling) upon the noble partridge: the fly hath no portion of that dread,
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زانک نبود باز صیاد مگس ** عنکبوتان می مگس گیرند و بس
- Because the falcon is not a hunter of flies: only spiders catch flies.
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عنکبوت دیو بر چون تو ذباب ** کر و فر دارد نه بر کبک و عقاب
- The spider, (which is) the Devil, hath dominion over flies like you, not over the partridge and the eagle.
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بانگ دیوان گله‌بان اشقیاست ** بانگ سلطان پاسبان اولیاست
- The cry of the devils is the drover of the damned; the cry of the Lord is the guardian of the (blessed) saints,
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تا نیامیزد بدین دو بانگ دور ** قطره‌ای از بحر خوش با بحر شور
- To the end that, by reason of these two cries (being) far distant (from each other), not a drop of the sweet sea may mingle with the briny sea.
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رسیدن بانگ طلسمی نیم‌شب مهمان مسجد را
- How the talismanic cry came at midnight to (the ears of) the guest in the mosque.
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بشنو اکنون قصه‌ی آن بانگ سخت ** که نرفت از جا بدان آن نیکبخت 4345
- Now hear the tale of the terrible cry, by which that good-fortuned man was not dismayed.
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گفت چون ترسم چو هست این طبل عید ** تا دهل ترسد که زخم او را رسید
- He said, “How should I fear? for this is the drum of the Festival. Let the drum fear, since blows belong to it.