M1:1568 — یا به یاد این فتادهٔ خاک‌بیز / چونک خوردی جرعه‌ای بر خاک ریز

This couplet is a poignant expression of the caged parrot's longing, a plea for remembrance from its free brethren in the forests of India. The act of pouring a sip of wine or water on the ground (bar khāk rīz) is a traditional Persian gesture of libation, a way of honoring the absent, the dead, or a beloved companion. By asking for this, the parrot is not just requesting a thought; it's asking for a ritual act that makes its memory present and tangible during its friends' moments of joy.

The imagery of being a fatāda-ye khāk-bīz (one fallen, sifting dust) powerfully contrasts the parrot's condition with that of its friends. They are drinking freely, presumably from fresh springs or dew on leaves in a lush golestān (rose garden), while it is abject, trapped in a dusty cage, its world reduced to the ground beneath it. The request transforms an act of pleasure—drinking—into an act of empathy and shared sorrow. In the broader Sufi allegory, this is the lament of the soul trapped in the material body, calling out to other souls who are free in the spiritual world, asking them not to forget those still imprisoned in the world of dust.