1. The minds of all creation lost themselves in your supreme authority
And were perplexed by the meaning of your most exalted title

2. The universes submitted in awe of your mighty glory
And the leaders of the angels prostrated

3. All confessed their inability to grasp your hidden secret
Or define the content of it, so they went astray

4. You blinded the eyes of the wise with the blindness of ignorance
So the veil of blindness will not be lifted in comprehending you

5. And you veiled the secret of your essence in your secret
Embroidered with the hidden word that cannot be unraveled

6. And you said to your creation, “Take a pledge from understanding
To abstain from striving to know the hidden”

7. So visions took flight to you but fell short
And their observation admitted defeat as they faltered

8. They comprehended the meanings of your mighty attributes
But grasping the secrets of them was too sublime

9. They lingered at the threshold of your dominion
To which all dominions are subordinate

10. And they knew with certainty that you are the Creator, the Originator, the Master
You manifested, so the world of mysteries folded for that epiphany

11. It disappeared in bewilderment from the meaning of your secret
And did not witness for others speech or deed

12. The resolves of others collapsed from attempting
To ascend the lofty, hidden branch as the root had towered

13. It is the branch of creation, and He is its root
So the weak have no resolve or might

14. The structure of all collapsed in the wake of an ocean
And everything abundant is scarce in your glory

15. The being of all bowed down in humility
And whispered to Him in exaltation and prayed in His house

16. Realities of signs, letters, lines
Are recited over the scroll to the people of prohibition

17. And tablets of rulings point out their judgment
To the party of satisfaction through an indication

18. In the Supreme Presence is a cord of wisdom
And from its light a light to the lower realm

19. Attributes of the Essence, may Its majesty be transcendent
Withholding and giving and ordaining and elevating

20. Exalted above depiction or modality, It has no likeness
To imaginations or thoughts; the most sublime is Its parable

21. Its meanings were revealed to Moses, so the mighty Mount
Swooned from Its majesty and turned to dust

22. In every instant, the depths of Its affairs
Reveal meanings upon the throne of Its dominion

23. You see in Its hidden realm, like a bride in her chamber
No connection nor separation in that station

24. Wondrous mysteries, marvels of Its realm
Evidence of reverence for Its primary temple

25. If distant, then all are distant, and if manifest,
Then all become manifest, and if close, then especially

26. No good in the world or its delights
If you cut the mystic’s connection

27. Its manifestation is the dawn of bliss, and in
Its hidden meaning the revelations of night unfold

28. How many hearts melted, how many souls were aflamed
How many minds entranced, how many wits bewildered

29. How many breasts purified, how many spirits perfumed
How many selves reforming and deeds made wholesome

30. A sovereign with evident grace for those worthy
Of servitude, while turning from strangers inwardly and outwardly

31. Emptying the world, home, party and family
My Master of the hidden beyond all creatures

32. Through traces unraveling blindness
Through secrets repelling ignorance

33. With a cup of union and vision I quenched
Some servants, disappearing in the sweetness of its bounty

34. By Your servant the Master of Messengers and all mankind
To whom the angels and prophets submit

35. Seal of the honorable Envoys and their foremost
Upon whom and them blessings constantly shower

36. Bless me with connection, pardon my errors
Make my journey easy and light my heavy load

37. For You my God are my Creator, my Helper – is there
Any but You for my hopes, however grand?

38. In Your grace guide me to You
For the minds of all went astray in Your supreme kingdom