از میان پای استوران بدید ** دامن پاک رسول بی‌ندید 1180
(Then) through the legs of the riding-beasts he saw the holy skirt of the peerless Prophet,
پس ز کنج آخر آمد غژغژان ** روی بر پایش نهاد آن پهلوان
And that (spiritual) hero came creeping out of a corner in the stable and laid his face upon his (the Prophet's) feet.
پس پیمبر روی بر رویش نهاد ** بر سر و بر چشم و رویش بوسه داد
Then the Prophet laid his face against his (Hilál's) face and kissed his head and eyes and cheeks.
گفت یا ربا چه پنهان گوهری ** ای غریب عرش چونی خوشتری
“O Lord,” he cried, “what a hidden pearl art thou! How art thou, O heavenly stranger? Art thou better?”
گفت چون باشد خود آن شوریده خواب ** که در آید در دهانش آفتاب
He (Hilál) said, “One whose sleep was disturbed (with grief), how forsooth is he when the Sun (of Prophecy) comes into his mouth?
چون بود آن تشنه‌ای کو گل چرد ** آب بر سر بنهدش خوش می‌برد 1185
The thirsty man who eats clay (to slake his thirst), how is he (when) the Water (of Life) lays him on its head (surface) and bears him happily along?
در بیان آنک مصطفی علیه‌السلام شنید کی عیسی علیه‌السلام بر روی آب رفت فرمود لو ازداد یقینه لمشی علی الهواء
[Explanation of (the following Tradition), that Mustafá (Mohammed), on whom be peace, hearing that Jesus, on whom be peace, walked on the water, said, ‘If his faith had increased, he would have walked on the air.’]
هم‌چو عیسی بر سرش گیرد فرات ** که ایمنی از غرقه در آب حیات
(How is he) whom the vast river takes on its head (surface), like Jesus, saying, ‘In the Water of Life thou art safe from drowning’?”
گوید احمد گر یقینش افزون بدی ** خود هوایش مرکب و مامون بدی
Ahmad (Mohammed) says, “Had (his) faith been greater, even the air would have carried him safely,
هم‌چو من که بر هوا راکب شدم ** در شب معراج مستصحب شدم
Like me, who rode upon the air on the night of the Ascension and sought communion (with God).”
گفت چون باشد سگی کوری پلید ** جست او از خواب خود را شیر دید
He (Hilál) said, “How is a blind filthy dog that sprang up from sleep and found itself to be a lion?—