- This mean belongs to (the realm of) the finite, for that (finite) has a beginning and end. 3540
- این وسط در با نهایت میرود ** که مرا آن را اول و آخر بود
- A beginning and end are necessary in order that the mean or middle (point) between them may be conceived in imagination.
- اول و آخر بباید تا در آن ** در تصور گنجد اوسط یا میان
- Inasmuch as the infinite has not (these) two limits, how should the mean be applicable to it?
- بینهایت چون ندارد دو طرف ** کی بود او را میانه منصرف
- No one has shown it to have beginning or end. He (God) said, ‘If the sea were to become ink for it (the Word of God)…’
- اول و آخر نشانش کس نداد ** گفت لو کان له البحر مداد
- If the Seven Seas should become entirely ink, (still) there is no hope of coming to an end.
- هفت دریا گر شود کلی مداد ** نیست مر پایان شدن را هیچ امید
- If orchards and forests should become pens altogether, there would never be any decrease in this Word. 3545
- باغ و بیشه گر بود یک سر قلم ** زین سخن هرگز نگردد هیچ کم
- All that ink and (all those) pens pass away, and this numberless Word is everlasting.
- آن همه حبر و قلم فانی شود ** وین حدیث بیعدد باقی بود
- At times my state resembles sleep: a misguided person may think it is sleep.
- حالت من خواب را ماند گهی ** خواب پندارد مر آن را گمرهی
- Know that my eyes are asleep, (but) my heart is awake: know that my (seemingly) inactive form is (really) in action.
- چشم من خفته دلم بیدار دان ** شکل بیکار مرا بر کار دان
- The Prophet said, ‘My eyes sleep, (but) my heart is not asleep to the Lord of created beings.’
- گفت پیغمبر که عینای تنام ** لا ینام قلبی عن رب الأنام