زانک ظاهر خاک اندوه و بکاست ** در درونش صد هزاران خنده‌هاست

For (though) outwardly the earth is (all) sorrow and tears, within it there are hundreds of thousands of laughters.

کاشف السریم و کار ما همین ** کین نهانها را بر آریم از کمین

We are the Revealer of the mystery, and Our work is just this, that We bring forth these hidden things from concealment.

گرچه دزد از منکری تن می‌زند ** شحنه آن از عصر پیدا می‌کند 1015

Although the thief is mute in denial (of his theft), the magistrate brings it to light by torture.

فضلها دزدیده‌اند این خاکها ** تا مقر آریمشان از ابتلا

These (diverse) earths have stolen (Our) favours, so that through affliction We may bring them to confess.

بس عجب فرزند کو را بوده است ** لیک احمد بر همه افزوده است

Many is the wondrous child that it (the earth) hath had, but Ahmad (Mohammed) hath surpassed them all.

شد زمین و آسمان خندان و شاد ** کین چنین شاهی ز ما دو جفت زاد

Earth and Heaven laugh and rejoice, saying, ‘From us two (who are) joined in wedlock such a king is born!’

می‌شکافد آسمان از شادیش ** خاک چون سوسن شده ز آزادیش

Heaven is bursting for joy of him; earth is become like the lily on account of his purity.

ظاهرت با باطنت ای خاک خوش ** چونک در جنگ‌اند و اندر کش‌مکش 1020

Since thy outward and thy inward, O fair earth, are at war and (engaged) in struggling (with each other)—

هر که با خود بهر حق باشد به جنگ ** تا شود معنیش خصم بو و رنگ

Whoso is at war with himself for God's sake, to the end that his (inward) reality may become the opponent of (mere) scent and colour,

ظلمتش با نور او شد در قتال ** آفتاب جانش را نبود زوال

(If) his darkness is in combat with his light, the sun of his spirit will never set.