I grant that you do not see the face of that Chinese girl; do you not see the moving of this veil proceeds from her moving?
Through the luster of that moon which is hidden in the skies, you have seen a hundred moons in earthly particles.
O leaf, scattered in the contrary wind, if you do not see the wind, do you not see that you are so?
If the wind is not stirred by thought, you do not stir; and if that wind does not sit still, you do not sit still.
The empyrean, heaven and spirit in this revolution of states are camels in file, and you are the hindermost.
Move upon yourself and drink of this blood, for in the womb of heaven you are a fetus-child.
In the sphere of your heart suddenly a pain arises; if you raise your head from the sphere, you know that you are not this.
Your ninth month is the face of Shams al-H. aqq-i Tabr¯ız, O you who are the trustee of the trust of both worlds.
O heart, be patient in this blood until the ninth month; you are that month [moon], O king, for you are Shams al-H. aqq va D¯ın.
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