آنک یک دیدن کند ادارک آن ** سالها نتوان نمودن از زبان

That which one look perceives, ’tis impossible during years to show it forth by the tongue.

آنک یک دم بیندش ادراک هوش ** سالها نتوان شنودن آن بگوش 1995

That which intellectual apprehension sees in one moment, ’tis impossible during years to hear it by the ear.

چونک پایانی ندارد رو الیک ** زانک لا احصی ثناء ما علیک

Since it hath no end, go (back) to thyself, for (as the Prophet aid), ‘I cannot reckon (worthy) any praise of Thee.’

پیشتر رفتم دوان کان شمعها ** تا چه چیزست از نشان کبریا

I advanced farther, running (and marvelling) what thing those candles are (which are one) of the signs of the Divine Majesty.

می‌شدم بی خویش و مدهوش و خراب ** تا بیفتادم ز تعجیل و شتاب

(Thus) I was going, beside myself and dumbfounded and deranged, till I fell down from making haste and speed.

ساعتی بی‌هوش و بی‌عقل اندرین ** اوفتادم بر سر خاک زمین

In this (state), senseless and witless, I lay fallen awhile upon the dust of the earth.

باز با هوش آمدم برخاستم ** در روش گویی نه سر نه پاستم 2000

Then I came back to my senses and rose up: you would say that in my faring I had neither head nor foot.

نمودن آن شمعها در نظر هفت مرد

How those candles appeared to the eye as seven men.

هفت شمع اندر نظر شد هفت مرد ** نورشان می‌شد به سقف لاژورد

The seven candles appeared to the eye as seven men: their light was mounting to the azure vault.

پیش آن انوار نور روز درد ** از صلابت نورها را می‌سترد

Beside those lights the daylight was (murky as) dregs: by their intensity they were obliterating (all other) lights.

باز شدن آن شمعها هفت درخت

How those candles now became seven trees.

باز هر یک مرد شد شکل درخت ** چشمم از سبزی ایشان نیکبخت

Then each man assumed the shape of a tree: my eye was happy in their greenery.