1. يا أيها البارق الذي برقا

    إني أنا أنت حيث كان لقا

    O you lightning that has flashed,

    Indeed, I am you wherever there was a meeting.

  2. فإن قلب المحب قال له

    هذا هو الخالق الذي خلقا

    For the lover's heart said to him:

    This is the Creator who created,

  3. لا غيره من جميع ما وجدت

    كما البرايا السوالك الطرقا

    None other than Him among all you have found,

    Like the creatures treading the paths.

  4. فاجمع من الحسن ما تراه وما

    يدركه العقل كيفما اتفقا

    So gather of beauty what you see, and what

    The intellect apprehends, however it comes about.

  5. وقل هو الله لا سواه ولا

    تقل سواه لطارق طرقا

    And say, 'He is God, none but Him,' and do not

    Say 'other than Him' of a visitor who knocks.

  6. والكل فان وما له أبداً

    عين مع الحق باطل زهقا

    And all is perishing, and never does it have

    Existence beside the Real—falsehood has vanished.

  7. فإن هذا عقد الفتى وبه

    يلقى غداً ربه إذا صدقا

    For this is the young man's creed, and through it

    He meets his Lord tomorrow, if he is sincere.