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 غم‌‌ 3095

(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.

امر کن یک فعل بود و نون و کاف ** در سخن افتاد و معنی بود صاف‌‌ 3100

The (Divine) Command KuN (Be) was a single act, and the (two letters) N and K occurred (only) in speech, while the (inward) meaning was pure (uncompounded).