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

Necessarily (therefore) our eyes do not perceive Him, though He perceives (us): see this (fact) from (the case of) Moses and the mountain (Sinai). 1135

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The form was born of the Word and died again, the wave drew itself back into the sea. 1140

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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