- O Ayáz, from love of thee I have become (thin) as a hair: I am unable to tell (thy) story, do thou tell my story.
- ای ایاز از عشق تو گشتم چو موی ** ماندم از قصه تو قصه‌ی من بگوی
- Many a tale of thy love have I recited with (all) my soul: (now) that I have become (unsubstantial as) a tale, do thou recite mine.
- بس فسانه‌ی عشق تو خواندم به جان ** تو مرا که افسانه گشتستم بخوان
- Verily thou art reciting, O model (for all), not I: I am Mount Sinai, thou art Moses, and this (discourse) is the echo.
- خود تو می‌خوانی نه من ای مقتدی ** من که طورم تو موسی وین صدا
- How should the helpless mountain know what the words are? The mountain is empty of that (meaning) which Moses knows.
- کوه بیچاره چه داند گفت چیست ** زانک موسی می‌بداند که تهیست
- The mountain knows (only) according to its own measure: the body hath (only) a little of the grace of the spirit. 1900
- کوه می‌داند به قدر خویشتن ** اندکی دارد ز لطف روح تن
- The body is like the astrolabe in respect of (the use of the latter in) calculation (of altitudes): it is a sign (for seekers) of the sun-like spirit.
- تن چو اصطرلاب باشد ز احتساب ** آیتی از روح هم‌چون آفتاب
- When the astronomer is not keen-sighted, an astrolabe-moulder is required,
- آن منجم چون نباشد چشم‌تیز ** شرط باشد مرد اصطرلاب‌ریز
- To make an astrolabe for him in order that he may gain some knowledge concerning the state of the sun.
- تا صطرلابی کند از بهر او ** تا برد از حالت خورشید بو
- The soul that seeks (to learn) the truth from the (bodily) astrolabe—how much should it know of the (spiritual) sky and sun?
- جان کز اصطرلاب جوید او صواب ** چه قدر داند ز چرخ و آفتاب
- You who observe (them) with the astrolabe of the eye are certainly very far short (of perfection) in your view of the (spiritual) world. 1905
- تو که ز اصطرب دیده بنگری ** درجهان دیدن یقین بس قاصری