ناطقه سوی دهان تعلیم راست ** ور نه خود آن نطق را جویی جداست3090
The rational spirit (the Logos) is (coming) to the mouth for the purpose of teaching: else (it would not come, for) truly that speech hath a channel apart:
می‌‌رود بی‌‌بانگ و بی‌‌تکرارها ** تحتها الأنهار تا گلزارها
It is moving without noise and without repetitions (of sound) to the rose-gardens beneath which are the rivers.
ای خدا جان را تو بنما آن مقام ** کاندر او بی‌‌حرف می‌‌روید کلام
O God, do Thou reveal to the soul that place where speech is growing without letters,
تا که سازد جان پاک از سر قدم ** سوی عرصه‌‌ی دور پهنای عدم
That the pure soul may make of its head a foot (fly headlong) towards the far stretching expanse of non-existence—
عرصه‌‌ای بس با گشاد و با فضا ** وین خیال و هست یابد زو نوا
An expanse very ample and spacious; and from it this phantasy and being (of ours) is fed.
تنگتر آمد خیالات از عدم ** ز آن سبب باشد خیال اسباب غم3095
(The realm of) phantasies is narrower than non-existence (potential existence): on that account phantasy is the cause of pain.
باز هستی تنگتر بود از خیال ** ز آن شود در وی قمر همچون هلال
(The realm of actual) existence, again, was (ever) narrower than (the realm of) phantasy: hence in it the moon becomes like the moon that has waned
باز هستی جهان حس و رنگ ** تنگتر آمد که زندانی است تنگ
Again, the existence of the world of sense and colour is narrower (than this), for ’tis a narrow prison.
علت تنگی است ترکیب و عدد ** جانب ترکیب حسها می‌‌کشد
The cause of narrowness is composition (compoundness) and number (plurality): the senses are moving towards composition.
ز آن سوی حس عالم توحید دان ** گر یکی خواهی بدان جانب بران
Know that the world of Unification lies beyond sense: if you want Unity, march in that direction.