The Thirty Birds

آفتاب قربت از پیشان بتافت

The sun of nearness shone out before them,

جمله را از پرتو آن جان بتافت

and from its radiance the soul of each was lit.

هم ز عکس روی سیمرغ جهان

And in the reflection of the face of the Simorgh of the world

چهرهٔ سیمرغ دیدند از جهان

they saw the face of the Simorgh from the world.

چون نگه کردند آن سی مرغ زود

When those thirty birds looked, at once

بی شک این سی مرغ آن سیمرغ بود

they saw beyond doubt that these thirty birds were that Simorgh.

در تحیر جمله سرگردان شدند

Bewildered, all of them were lost in wonder;

باز از نوعی دگر حیران شدند

once again they were astonished, in another way.

خویش را دیدند سیمرغ تمام

They saw themselves as the Simorgh entire;

بود خود سیمرغ سی مرغ مدام

the Simorgh itself had always been the thirty birds.