1. Darkness stumbled and dawn glittered
The fish swam as if in a sea

2. Yet night did not open its veils
And dawn did not unveil its secret

3. It was as though a sea with no waves
And waves with no sea

4. As though a night with no darkness
And a secret with no dawn

5. In its absence deeds made it absent
And a secret floated over its order

6. So the land was land, changing colors
And in its blend, the soil was stone

7. A mighty wisdom beyond its Maker
Thought wandered lost in its scheme

8. It stood as its Revealer desired
To Him belongs forbidding and command