لاجرم أبصارنا لا تدرکه ** و هو یدرک بین تو از موسی و که‌‌

لاجرم أبصارنا لا تدرکه ** و هو یدرک بین تو از موسی و که‌‌ 1135

Necessarily (therefore) our eyes do not perceive Him, though He perceives (us): see this (fact) from (the case of) Moses and the mountain (Sinai).

صورت از معنی چو شیر از بیشه دان ** یا چو آواز و سخن ز اندیشه دان‌‌

Know that form springs from spirit (reality) as the lion from the jungle, or as voice and speech from thought.

این سخن و آواز از اندیشه خاست ** تو ندانی بحر اندیشه کجاست‌‌

This speech and voice arose from thought; thou knowest not where is the sea of thought,

لیک چون موج سخن دیدی لطیف ** بحر آن دانی که باشد هم شریف‌‌

But since thou hast seen that the waves of speech are fair, thou knowest that their sea also is noble.

چون ز دانش موج اندیشه بتاخت ** از سخن و آواز او صورت بساخت‌‌

When the waves of thought sped on from (the sea of) Wisdom, it (Wisdom) made (for them) the form of speech and voice.

از سخن صورت بزاد و باز مرد ** موج خود را باز اندر بحر برد 1140

The form was born of the Word and died again, the wave drew itself back into the sea.

صورت از بی‌‌صورتی آمد برون ** باز شد که إنا إليه راجعون‌‌

The form came forth from Formlessness and went back (thither), for Verily unto Him are we returning.

پس ترا هر لحظه مرگ و رجعتی است ** مصطفی فرمود دنیا ساعتی است‌‌

Every instant, then, thou art dying and returning: Mustafá declared that this world is (but) a moment.

فکر ما تیری است از هو در هوا ** در هوا کی پاید آید تا خدا

Our thought is an arrow (shot) from Him (Hú) into the air (hawá): how should it stay in the air? It comes (back) to God.

هر نفس نو می‌‌شود دنیا و ما ** بی‌‌خبر از نو شدن اندر بقا

Every moment the world is renewed, and we are unaware of its being renewed whilst it remains (the same in appearance).