While eye and ear perceive not whence the wave that rolls!
Pray tell us, ‘Alī,—falcon, soaring in heaven’s heights,—
What didst thou see that instant, to forego thy rights?30
Thy eyes have learnt to catch seraphic visions’ gleam;
Around thee, all unconscious are, as in a dream.
Thou seest the moon, all brightly shining in the sky;
We see but darkness, clouds above us seem to fly.
Thou seest three moons together, shining bright, outspread;
While three of us are scarcely sure one’s overhead.
All three have eyes and ears fixed on thee, in suspense,