If I should say anything else now, the people would bind me in chains as though I were mad.”
گر بگویم چیز دیگر من کنون ** خلق بندندم به زنجیر جنون
The old man said to her, “O Halíma, rejoice; bow down in thanksgiving and do not rend thy face.975
گفت پیرش کای حلیمه شاد باش ** سجده‌ی شکر آر و رو را کم خراش
Do not grieve: he will not become lost to thee; nay, but the (whole) world will become lost in him.
غم مخور یاوه نگردد او ز تو ** بلک عالم یاوه گردد اندرو
Before and behind (him) there are always hundreds of thousands of keepers and guardians (watching over him) in jealous emulation.
هر زمان از رشک غیرت پیش و پس ** صد هزاران پاسبانست و حرس
Didst not thou see how those idols with all their arts fell headlong at the name of thy child?
آن ندیدی کان بتان ذو فنون ** چون شدند از نام طفلت سرنگون
This is a marvellous epoch on the face of the earth: I have grown old, and I have not seen aught of this kind.”
این عجب قرنیست بر روی زمین ** پیر گشتم من ندیدم جنس این
Since (even) the stones (idols) bewailed this (prophetic) mission, think what (tribulation) it will set over (bring down upon) sinners!980
زین رسالت سنگها چون ناله داشت ** تا چه خواهد بر گنه کاران گماشت
The stone is guiltless in respect of being an object of worship, (but) you are not under compulsion in worshipping it.
سنگ بی‌جرمست در معبودیش ** تو نه‌ای مضطر که بنده بودیش
That one that was under compulsion has become so afraid: consider (then) what (terrible) things will be fastened upon the guilty!
او که مضطر این چنین ترسان شدست ** تا که بر مجرم چه‌ها خواهند بست
How ‘Abdu ’l-Muttalib, the grandfather of Mustafá (Mohammed), got news of Halíma's having lost Mohammed, on whom be peace, and searched for him round the city and made lamentation at the door of the Ka‘ba and besought God and found him (Mohammed), on whom be peace.
خبر یافتن جد مصطفی عبدالمطلب از گم کردن حلیمه محمد را علیه‌السلام و طالب شدن او گرد شهر و نالیدن او بر در کعبه و از حق درخواستن و یافتن او محمد را علیه‌السلام
When the grandfather of Mustafá got the news of Halíma and her outcry in public
چون خبر یابید جد مصطفی ** از حلیمه وز فغانش بر ملا