آنک اندر عقل بالاتر رود ** خوردن او خوردن جمله بود

He who mounts highest in (the scale of) reason—his eating is (equivalent to) the eating of all (his inferiors).

فوق آمد جان پر انوار او ** باقیان را بس بود تیمار او 2425

His luminous spirit is supreme: ’tis enough for the rest of them to tend (cherish) him.

عاقلان را چون بقا آمد ابد ** پس به معنی این جهان باقی بود

Since those endowed with (perfect) reason endure for ever, in reality this world is enduring for ever.

پس جهود آورد آنچ دیده بود ** تا کجا شب روح او گردیده بود

Then the Jew related his dream (and told them) whither his spirit had wandered during the night.

گفت در ره موسی‌ام آمد به پیش ** گربه بیند دنبه اندر خواب خویش

He said, “Moses met me on the way, (according to the adage) ‘the cat sees a fat sheep's tail in her dreams.’

در پی موسی شدم تا کوه طور ** هر سه‌مان گشتیم ناپیدا ز نور

I followed Moses to Mt Sinai: in the Light (of the Divine Epiphany) all three of us vanished.

هر سه سایه محو شد زان آفتاب ** بعد از آن زان نور شد یک فتح باب 2430

All (our) three shadows disappeared in the Sun; after that, there came from the Light an opening of the door (revelation).

نور دیگر از دل آن نور رست ** پس ترقی جست آن ثانیش چست

From the heart of that Light another Light sprang up, and then the second (Light) quickly sought to transcend it.

هم من و هم موسی و هم کوه طور ** هر سه گم گشتیم زان اشراق نور

Both I and Moses and also Mt Sinai, we were lost, all three, in that effulgence of the (second) Light.

بعد از آن دیدم که که سه شاخ شد ** چونک نور حق درو نفاخ شد

After that, I saw the mountain break into three pieces when the Light of God surged upon it.

وصف هیبت چون تجلی زد برو ** می‌سکست از هم همی‌شد سو به سو

When the Attribute of Majesty was revealed to it, it burst asunder in every direction.

آن یکی شاخ که آمد سوی یم ** گشت شیرین آب تلخ هم‌چو سم 2435

One piece of the mountain fell towards the sea, and the water bitter as poison was made sweet.

آن یکی شاخش فرو شد در زمین ** چشمه‌ی دارو برون آمد معین

One piece thereof sank into the earth, and a medicinal spring of running water gushed forth,

که شفای جمله رنجوران شد آب ** از همایونی وحی مستطاب

So that its water became a cure for all the sick by the blessedness of the goodly revelation.

آن یکی شاخ دگر پرید زود ** تا جوار کعبه که عرفات بود

The other (third) piece flew at once to the neighbourhood of the Ka‘ba where ‘Arafát was (situated).

باز از آن صعقه چو با خود آمدم ** طور بر جا بد نه افزون و نه کم

When I came back to myself out of that swoon, Sinai was in its place, neither greater nor less (than before);

لیک زیر پای موسی هم‌چو یخ ** می‌گدازید او نماندش شاخ و شخ 2440

But under the foot of Moses it was (inwardly) melting like ice: no spur or peak of it remained.

با زمین هموار شد که از نهیب ** گشت بالایش از آن هیبت نشیب

The mountain was levelled to the earth by terror: it was turned upside down by that awful Majesty.

باز با خود آمدم زان انتشار ** باز دیدم طور و موسی برقرار

After that scattering (of my senses) I came to myself again and saw that Sinai and Moses were unchanged,

وآن بیابان سر به سر در ذیل کوه ** پر خلایق شکل موسی در وجوه

And that the desert skirting the mountain was filled from end to end with people resembling Moses in (the illumination of) their faces.

چون عصا و خرقه‌ی او خرقه‌شان ** جمله سوی طور خوش دامن کشان

Their (staves and) mantles were like his staff and mantle: all (of them) were speeding joyously towards Sinai.

جمله کفها در دعا افراخته ** نغمه‌ی ارنی به هم در ساخته 2445

All had lifted their hands in prayer and struck up together the tune of let me see (Thee).

باز آن غشیان چو از من رفت زود ** صورت هر یک دگرگونم نمود

Again, as soon as the trance departed from me, the form of each one seemed to me to be diverse.

انبیا بودند ایشان اهل ود ** اتحاد انبیاام فهم شد

They were the prophets endowed with love (of God): (thus) the (spiritual) unity of the prophets was (clearly) apprehended by me.

باز املاکی همی دیدم شگرف ** صورت ایشان بد از اجرام برف

Again, I beheld some mighty angels: their outward form was (composed) of bodies of snow;