- And bore it away into the air, (swift) as the wind; then she turned it upside down, and a serpent dropped from it.
- موزه را اندر هوا برد او چو باد ** پس نگون کرد و از آن ماری فتاد
- From the boot dropped a black serpent: on account of that (Divine) care (for the Prophet) the eagle became his benevolent friend.
- در فتاد از موزه یک مار سیاه ** زان عنایت شد عقابش نیکخواه
- Then the eagle brought back the boot and said, “Come, take it and go to prayers.
- پس عقاب آن موزه را آورد باز ** گفت هین بستان و رو سوی نماز
- I did this presumptuous act from necessity: I am abashed by (my feeling of) reverence (for thee). 3245
- از ضرورت کردم این گستاخیی ** من ز ادب دارم شکسته‌شاخیی
- Woe to him that steps (behaves) presumptuously without necessity (and only) because vain desire authorises him!”
- وای کو گستاخ پایی می‌نهد ** بی ضرورت کش هوا فتوی دهد
- Then the Prophet thanked her (the eagle) and said, “I deemed this (act of thine) rudeness, but it really was kindness.
- پس رسولش شکر کرد و گفت ما ** این جفا دیدیم و بود این خود وفا
- Thou didst carry off the boot, and I was perturbed: thou took’st away my grief, and I was aggrieved.
- موزه بربودی و من درهم شدم ** تو غمم بردی و من در غم شدم
- Although God hath shown to me every unseen thing, at that moment my heart was occupied with myself.”
- گرچه هر غیبی خدا ما را نمود ** دل در آن لحظه به خود مشغول بود
- She (the eagle) said, “Far be it from thee that forgetfulness grew up in thee: my seeing that invisible thing is (from) thy reflexion. 3250
- گفت دور از تو که غفلت در تو رست ** دیدنم آن غیب را هم عکس تست
- (If) I, in the air, see the serpent in the boot, ’tis not of myself, ’tis thy reflexion, O Mustafá.”
- مار در موزه ببینم بر هوا ** نیست از من عکس تست ای مصطفی