The heavenly sphere, then, is the husk, and the light of the spirit is the kernel. This (sky) is visible, that (spirit) is concealed; (but) do not stumble on this account.
پس فلک قشر است و نور روح مغز ** این پدید است آن خفی زین رو ملغز
The body is manifest, the (vital) spirit is concealed: the body is as the sleeve, the spirit as the hand.
جسم ظاهر روح مخفی آمده ست ** جسم همچون آستین جان همچو دست
Again, the intellect flies (moves) in a more occult manner than the (vital) spirit: (your mental) perception makes its way to (apprehends) the (vital) spirit sooner (than it apprehends the intellect).
باز عقل از روح مخفیتر بود ** حس سوی روح زوتر ره برد
(If) you see a movement, you know that he (who moves) is alive; (but) this you do not know, that he is full of intellect,3255
جنبشی بینی بدانی زنده است ** این ندانی که ز عقل آگنده است
Until regulated movements appear, and he by means of knowledge turns the motion of copper into gold.
تا که جنبشهای موزون سر کند ** جنبش مس را به دانش زر کند
From manual actions being conformable (to reason) you may perceive that there is intellect (behind them).
ز آن مناسب آمدن افعال دست ** فهم آید مر ترا که عقل هست
The spirit (that partakes) of Divine inspiration is more concealed than the intellect, because it is of the Unseen: it belongs to that side.
روح وحی از عقل پنهانتر بود ** ز انکه او غیب است او ز ان سر بود
The intellect of Ahmad (Mohammed) was not hidden from any one; (but) his spirit of (prophetic) inspiration was not apprehended by every soul.
عقل احمد از کسی پنهان نشد ** روح وحیش مدرک هر جان نشد
The spirit of prophecy also has actions conformable (to reason), (but) the intellect does not apprehend (them), for that (spirit) is exalted (above intellectual apprehension).3260
روح وحیی را مناسبهاست نیز ** در نیابد عقل کان آمد عزیز
Sometimes he (the man of intellect) regards (the actions of one endowed with the spirit) as madness, sometimes he is bewildered, since it (all) depends on his becoming that (other one);
گه جنون بیند گهی حیران شود ** ز انکه موقوف است تا او آن شود