- He who mounts highest in (the scale of) reason—his eating is (equivalent to) the eating of all (his inferiors).
- آنک اندر عقل بالاتر رود ** خوردن او خوردن جمله بود
- His luminous spirit is supreme: ’tis enough for the rest of them to tend (cherish) him. 2425
- فوق آمد جان پر انوار او ** باقیان را بس بود تیمار او
- Since those endowed with (perfect) reason endure for ever, in reality this world is enduring for ever.
- عاقلان را چون بقا آمد ابد ** پس به معنی این جهان باقی بود
- Then the Jew related his dream (and told them) whither his spirit had wandered during the night.
- پس جهود آورد آنچ دیده بود ** تا کجا شب روح او گردیده بود
- He said, “Moses met me on the way, (according to the adage) ‘the cat sees a fat sheep's tail in her dreams.’
- گفت در ره موسیام آمد به پیش ** گربه بیند دنبه اندر خواب خویش
- I followed Moses to Mt Sinai: in the Light (of the Divine Epiphany) all three of us vanished.
- در پی موسی شدم تا کوه طور ** هر سهمان گشتیم ناپیدا ز نور
- All (our) three shadows disappeared in the Sun; after that, there came from the Light an opening of the door (revelation). 2430
- هر سه سایه محو شد زان آفتاب ** بعد از آن زان نور شد یک فتح باب
- From the heart of that Light another Light sprang up, and then the second (Light) quickly sought to transcend it.
- نور دیگر از دل آن نور رست ** پس ترقی جست آن ثانیش چست
- Both I and Moses and also Mt Sinai, we were lost, all three, in that effulgence of the (second) Light.
- هم من و هم موسی و هم کوه طور ** هر سه گم گشتیم زان اشراق نور
- After that, I saw the mountain break into three pieces when the Light of God surged upon it.
- بعد از آن دیدم که که سه شاخ شد ** چونک نور حق درو نفاخ شد