They perceived your self, O mind’s essence, as birds descending by day: with heads they saw you, moving along the paths like winged beings, leaders of the assembly.

I recognize in my mind your form afar off, going from (the earth) below, by way of heaven, to the sun. I behold your head soaring aloft, and mountain quickly by unobstructed paths, unsullied by dust.

Thyself from far I recognized in spirit,-a Bird that from below flew through the heaven.