که بود که قفل این دل وا شود ** زشت را در بزم خوبان جا شود

که بود که قفل این دل وا شود ** زشت را در بزم خوبان جا شود 3495

For it may be that the lock of this heart will be opened and that a place will be (granted) to this ugly one at the banquet of the beauteous.

مسخی از تو صاحب خوبی شود ** یا بلیسی باز کروبی شود

Through thee the deformed may become endowed with beauty, or an Iblís may again become one of the Cherubim;

یا بفر دست مریم بوی مشک ** یابد و تری و میوه شاخ خشک

Or, by the august influence of Mary's hand, the withered bough may acquire the fragrance of musk and freshness and fruit.”

سبطی آن دم در سجود افتاد و گفت ** کای خدای عالم جهر و نهفت

Thereupon the Israelite fell to worship and said, “O God who knowest the manifest and the hidden,

جز تو پیش کی بر آرد بنده دست ** هم دعا و هم اجابت از توست

To whom but Thee should Thy servant lift his hand? Both the prayer and the answer (to prayer) are from Thee.

هم ز اول تو دهی میل دعا ** تو دهی آخر دعاها را جزا 3500

Thou at first givest the desire for prayer, and Thou at last givest likewise the recompense for prayers.

اول و آخر توی ما در میان ** هیچ هیچی که نیاید در بیان

Thou art the First and the Last: we between are nothing, a nothing that does not come into (admit of) expression.”

این چنین می‌گفت تا افتاد طشت ** از سر بام و دلش بیهوش گشت

He was speaking in this wise, till he fell into ecstasy and his heart became senseless.

باز آمد او به هوش اندر دعا ** لیس للانسان الا ما سعی

(Whilst engaged) in prayer, he came back to his senses (and witnessed the effect of his prayer): Man shall have nothing but what he hath wrought.

در دعا بود او که ناگه نعره‌ای ** از دل قبطی بجست و غره‌ای

He was (still) praying when suddenly a loud cry and roar burst from the heart of the Egyptian,