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  • جای سیمرغان بود آن سوی قاف  ** هر خیالی را نباشد دست‌باف 
  • The home of the Símurghs is beyond (Mt) Qáf: it is not (like) a hand-loom (easily accessible) to any imagination,

  • جز خیالی را که دید آن اتفاق  ** آنگهش بعدالعیان افتد فراق 
  • But only to the imagination that beholds it by chance and then, after the vision, is parted (from it)—

  • نه فراق قطع بهر مصلحت  ** که آمنست از هر فراق آن منقبت 
  • Not a parting that involves severance, (but a parting) for a wise purpose; for that high estate is secure from every (real) parting.

  • بهر استبقاء آن روحی جسد  ** آفتاب از برف یک‌دم درکشد 
  • In order to preserve the spiritual body the (Divine) Sun for a time withdraws (His beams) from the snow.

  • بهر جان خویش جو زیشان صلاح  ** هین مدزد از حرف ایشان اصطلاح  4020
  • Seek good for thy soul from them (who have attained unto God): beware, do not steal mystical expressions from their language.

  • آن زلیخا از سپندان تا به عود  ** نام جمله چیز یوسف کرده بود 
  • Zalíkhá had applied to Joseph the name of everything, from rue-seed to aloeswood.

  • نام او در نامها مکتوم کرد  ** محرمان را سر آن معلوم کرد 
  • She concealed his name in (all other) names and made the inner meaning thereof known to (none but her) confidants.

  • چون بگفتی موم ز آتش نرم شد  ** این بدی کان یار با ما گرم شد 
  • When she said, “The wax is softened by the fire,” this meant, “My beloved is very fond of me.”

  • ور بگفتی مه برآمد بنگرید  ** ور بگفتی سبز شد آن شاخ بید 
  • And if she said, “Look, the moon is risen”; or if she said, “The willow-bough is green (with new leaves)”;

  • ور بگفتی برگها خوش می‌طپند  ** ور بگفتی خوش همی‌سوزد سپند  4025
  • Or if she said, “The leaves are quivering mightily”; or if she said, “The rue-seed is burning merrily”;