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  • گفت سایل هم تو نیز ای پهلوان  ** گفت من هم بوده‌ام دهری شبان  3290
  • A questioner said, “Even thou, O man of might?” “I too,” he replied, “was a shepherd for a long while.”

  • تا شود پیدا وقار و صبرشان  ** کردشان پیش از نبوت حق شبان 
  • In order that their (the prophets') calmness and fortitude should be displayed, God made them shepherds before (investing them with) prophethood.

  • هر امیری کو شبانی بشر  ** آن‌چنان آرد که باشد متمر 
  • Every prince who performs the task of shepherding mankind in such wise that he obeys the Commandments (of God),

  • حلم موسی‌وار اندر رعی خود  ** او به جا آرد به تدبیر و خرد 
  • (And) in tending them with foresight and understanding shows a forbearance like that of Moses,

  • لاجرم حقش دهد چوپانیی  ** بر فراز چرخ مه روحانیی 
  • Inevitably God will bestow on him a spiritual shepherd's office (exalted) above the sphere of the moon,

  • آنچنان که انبیا را زین رعا  ** بر کشید و داد رعی اصفیا  3295
  • Even as He raised the prophets from this herding (of sheep) and gave them the task of tending the righteous.

  • خواجه باری تو درین چوپانیت  ** کردی آنچ کور گردد شانیت 
  • “Thou, in short, O Khwája, hast performed in thy shepherding (of the poor) that which causes him that hates thee to become blind (utterly confounded).

  • دانم آنجا در مکافات ایزدت  ** سروری جاودانه بخشدت 
  • I know that God will give thee yonder an everlasting sovereignty in compensation.

  • بر امید کف چون دریای تو  ** بر وظیفه دادن و ایفای تو 
  • In hope of thy (open) hand as (bountiful as) the ocean and (in reliance) upon thy giving (me) a stipend and discharging (my obligations) in full,

  • وام کردم نه هزار از زر گزاف  ** تو کجایی تا شود این درد صاف 
  • I recklessly incurred debts (amounting to) nine thousand pieces of gold: where art thou, that these dregs may become clear?