- So that the seer with heart divinely inspired may be, in appearance, a man like yourselves.
- تا به ظاهر مثلکم باشد بشر ** با دل یوحی إلیه دیدهور
- His body of dust (is here), fallen upon the earth; (but) his spirit (is) circling in this highest sphere (of Heaven).
- قالب خاکی فتاده بر زمین ** روح آن گردان بر این چرخ برین
- We all are water-birds, O lad: the Sea fully knows our language.
- ما همه مرغابیانیم ای غلام ** بحر میداند زبان ما تمام
- Therefore the Sea is (our) Solomon, and we are as the birds (familiar with Solomon): in Solomon we move unto everlasting. 3780
- پس سلیمان بحر آمد ما چو طیر ** در سلیمان تا ابد داریم سیر
- With Solomon set thy foot in the Sea, that the water, David-like, may make a hundred rings of mail (ripples).
- با سلیمان پای در دریا بنه ** تا چو داود آب سازد صد زره
- That Solomon is present to all, but (His) jealousy binds (our) eyes (with spells) and enchants (us),
- آن سلیمان پیش جمله حاضر است ** لیک غیرت چشم بند و ساحر است
- So that from folly and drowsiness (forgetfulness) and vanity— He is beside us, and (yet) we are sick of Him.
- تا ز جهل و خوابناکی و فضول ** او به پیش ما و ما از وی ملول
- The noise of thunder gives the thirsty man headache, when he does not know that it (the thunder) brings on the rain-clouds of felicity.
- تشنه را درد سر آرد بانگ رعد ** چون نداند کاو کشاند ابر سعد
- His eye remains (fixed) upon the running stream, unaware of the delicious taste of the Water of Heaven. 3785
- چشم او مانده است در جوی روان ** بیخبر از ذوق آب آسمان
- He has urged the steed of (his) attention towards (secondary) causes: consequently he remains debarred from the Causer.
- مرکب همت سوی اسباب راند ** از مسبب لاجرم محجوب ماند