گفت من رعدست و این بانگ و حنین ** ز ابر خواهد تا ببارد بر زمین
My words are (as) the thunder, and this noise and moaning demands of the cloud that it should rain upon the earth.
من میان گفت و گریه می‌تنم ** یا بگریم یا بگویم چون کنم
Between words and tears I continue (in doubt) whether I should weep or speak: hew shall I do?
گر بگویم فوت می‌گردد بکا ** ور نگویم چون کنم شکر و ثنا4710
If I speak, the weeping will be lost; and if I weep, how shall I render thanks and praise?
می‌فتد از دیده خون دل شها ** بین چه افتادست از دیده مرا
Heart’s blood is falling from mine eye, O King: see what has befallen me from mine eye!”
این بگفت و گریه در شد آن نحیف ** که برو بگریست هم دون هم شریف
The emaciated man said this and began to weep (so violently) that both base and noble wept for him.
از دلش چندان بر آمد های هوی ** حلقه کرد اهل بخارا گرد اوی
So many ecstatic cries came up from his heart (that) the people of Bukhárá made a ring around him.
خیره گویان خیره گریان خیره‌خند ** مرد و زن خرد و کلان حیران شدند
(He was) speaking crazily, weeping crazily, laughing crazily: men and women, small and great were bewildered.
شهر هم هم‌رنگ او شد اشک ریز ** مرد و زن درهم شده چون رستخیز4715
The (whole) city, too, shed tears in conformity with him: men and women were gathered together as (at) the Resurrection.
آسمان می‌گفت آن دم با زمین ** گر قیامت را ندیدستی ببین
At that moment the heaven was saying to the earth, “If thou hast never seen the Resurrection, behold it (now)!”
عقل حیران که چه عشق است و چه حال ** تا فراق او عجب‌تر یا وصال
The intellect (was) bewildered, saying, "What is love and what is ecstasy? (I know not) whether separation from Him or union with Him is the more marvellous."