The poetry inscribed around this lamp stand expresses mystical Sufi sentiments. Lyrical verses from the Bustan (Orchard) of Sa’di are placed in three zigzag-shaped registers covering the shaft:
I remember one night as my eyes would not sleep I heard a moth speaking with a candle.
[Said the moth:] “Because I am a lover, it is [only] right that I should burn.
[But,] why should you weep and burn yourself up?”