- The moon (the spirit of Ahmad) is entirely a bounteous light-diffusing hand: if the moon have no hand (with which to bestow light), let it have none!
- مه همه کفست معطی نورپاش ** ماه را گر کف نباشد گو مباش
- If Ahmad should display that glorious pinion (his spiritual nature), Gabriel would remain dumbfounded unto everlasting. 3800
- احمد ار بگشاید آن پر جلیل ** تا ابد بیهوش ماند جبرئیل
- When Ahmad passed beyond the Lote-tree (on the boundary of Paradise) and his (Gabriel's) place of watch and station and farthest limit,
- چون گذشت احمد ز سدره و مرصدش ** وز مقام جبرئیل و از حدش
- He said to him (Gabriel), “Hark, fly after me.” He (Gabriel) said, “Go, go; I am not thy companion (any farther).”
- گفت او را هین بپر اندر پیم ** گفت رو رو من حریف تو نیم
- He answered him, saying, “Come, O destroyer of veils: I have not yet advanced to my zenith.”
- باز گفت او را بیا ای پرده‌سوز ** من باوج خود نرفتستم هنوز
- He replied, “O my illustrious friend, if I take one flight beyond this limit, my wings will be consumed.”
- گفت بیرون زین حد ای خوش‌فر من ** گر زنم پری بسوزد پر من
- This tale of the elect losing their senses in (contemplation of) the most elect is (naught but) amazement on amazement. 3805
- حیرت اندر حیرت آمد این قصص ** بیهشی خاصگان اندر اخص
- Here all (other) unconsciousnesses are (a mere) play. How long will you keep possession of your soul? for it is (a case of) abandoning your soul.
- بیهشیها جمله اینجا بازیست ** چند جان داری که جان پردازیست
- O “Gabriel,” though you are noble and revered, you are not the moth nor the candle either.
- جبرئیلا گر شریفی و عزیز ** تو نه‌ای پروانه و نه شمع نیز
- When the candle calls at the moment of illumination, the soul of the moth does not shrink from burning.
- شمع چون دعوت کند وقت فروز ** جان پروانه نپرهیزد ز سوز