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  • خود ضمیرم را همی‌دانست او ** زانک سمعش داشت نور از شمع هو
  • He himself was knowing my mind, because his (inward) hearing had illumination from the candle of Hú (God).
  • بود پیشش سر هر اندیشه‌ای ** چون چراغی در درون شیشه‌ای 695
  • To him the secret of every thought was as a lamp within a glass.
  • هیچ پنهان می‌نشد از وی ضمیر ** بود بر مضمون دلها او امیر
  • No mental conception was hidden from him: he was ruler over the contents of (men's) hearts.
  • پس همی منگید با خود زیر لب ** در جواب فکرتم آن بوالعجب
  • Therefore that wondrous man was muttering to himself under his breath in answer to my (unspoken) thought,
  • که چنین اندیشی از بهر ملوک ** کیف تلقی الرزق ان لم یرزقوک
  • ‘Thou thinkest so concerning the (spiritual) kings: how shouldst thou meet (receive) the daily provision unless they provide thee (with it)?’
  • من نمی‌کردم سخن را فهم لیک ** بر دلم می‌زد عتابش نیک نیک
  • I was not understanding his words, but his rebuke smote my heart mightily.
  • سوی من آمد به هیبت هم‌چو شیر ** تنگ هیزم را ز خود بنهاد زیر 700
  • He approached me with awful mien, like a lion, and laid down his bundle of firewood.
  • پرتو حالی که او هیزم نهاد ** لرزه بر هر هفت عضو من فتاد
  • (Through) the influence of the ecstatic state in which he laid down the firewood, a trembling fell upon all my seven limbs.
  • گفت یا رب گر ترا خاصان هی‌اند ** که مبارک‌دعوت و فرخ‌پی‌اند
  • He said, ‘O Lord, if Thou hast elect ones whose prayers are blessed and whose feet (comings and goings) are auspicious,
  • لطف تو خواهم که میناگر شود ** این زمان این تنگ هیزم زر شود
  • I entreat that Thy grace may become an alchemist (may work a transmutation) and that this bundle of firewood may be turned into gold at this moment.’