The Ocean of Thought

صورت از معنی چو شیر از بیشه دان 

Expression jumps out from meaning

Like a lion from the thicket 

یا چو آواز و سخن ز اندیشه دان 

Or like singing and speech 

Coming from thought 

این سخن و آواز از اندیشه خاست 

This song these words 

from where do they arise ? 

from thought

تو ندانی بحر اندیشه کجاست 

Where do they reside?

That you know not

They come from the ocean of thought 

لیک چون موج سخن دیدی لطیف 

When you see a wave of speech

Gentle and refined

بحر آن دانی که باشد هم شریف 

You know the ocean it comes from

Is deep and blessed 

چون ز دانش موج اندیشه بتاخت 

The wave of thought galloped forth

From the ocean of Knowingness

از سخن و آواز او صورت بساخت 

And created form from that speech 

From that voice

از سخن صورت بزاد و باز مرد 

From speech matter is born and died again

موج خود را باز اندر بحر برد 

Taking its waves into its depths once again

صورت از بی صورتی آمد برون 

The expressed world arises from the unexpressed one

باز شد که انا الیه راجعون

It opens again for all return back to the Divine Source