1. إنما وحدة الوجود لدينا

    وحدة الحق فافهموا ما نقولُ

    For us, the oneness of Being is nothing but

    The oneness of the Real—so understand what we say.

  2. وحدة الله وحدة لا سواها

    شهدتها منا الكبار الفحول

    God's oneness, and no other oneness;

    The great masters among us have witnessed it.

  3. وسواء قلنا الوجود أو الح

    ق فلا فرق عندنا يا جهول

    And whether we say Being or the

    Real, there is no difference for us, O ignorant one.

  4. لا تظن الوجود حيث ذكرنا

    ه هو الخلق عندنا المبذول

    Do not think that Being, wherever we mention

    it, is for us the creation freely bestowed.

  5. هو حق بعد الفنا عن سواه

    يتجلى فتضمحل العقول

    It is the Real; after one's passing away from all but Him,

    He manifests Himself, and so intellects dissolve.

  6. ولهذا كان الفنا هو شرطاً

    عندنا للمريد فيه حلول

    And for this reason, annihilation itself is a condition

    For us, for the seeker to dwell in it.

  7. وهو طهر الأرواح من نجس قد

    حلَّ فيها من الكثيف يجول

    And it is the purification of spirits from an impurity that has

    Settled in them, coming from dense matter and roaming about.

  8. لطخ الروحَ حين خالطها إذ

    جهلته وغاب عنها القبول

    It stained the spirit when it mingled with her, for

    She knew it not, and acceptance was absent from her.

  9. واعتراها أيضاً هنا حدث من

    كل معنى به الحجى مشغول

    And here, too, ritual impurity befell her, from

    Every meaning with which the intellect is occupied.

  10. فالنجاسات مانعات المصلِّي

    وكذاك الأحداث حين تحول

    So impurities hinder the one who prays,

    And so do states of ritual impurity, when they stand

  11. بين ربي وبينه فارفعوها

    بعلوم السما يكون الوصول

    Between my Lord and him—so remove them.

    Through heavenly knowledge comes attainment.