1. لبس القميص أو القبا

    من كل شيء فاختبى

    He donned the shirt or the outer robe

    of everything, then hid himself.

  2. قر منير طالع

    نحن السحاب له الخبا

    A radiant, rising one has settled.

    We are the clouds—his tent.

  3. روح شريف كلنا

    تصويره متحجبا

    A noble spirit; all of us are

    his portrayal as he veils himself.

  4. والله غيب عنه لا

    يدري به لما أبى

    And God is hidden from him; he does not

    know of Him, since he refused.

  5. والشمس طلعة وجهه

    والعالمون به الهبا

    And the sun is the radiance of his face,

    and the worlds are dust motes in him.

  6. يخفى فنظهر ثم إن

    ظهر اختفينا فاعجبا

    He is hidden, so we appear; then, if

    he appears, we vanish—so marvel!

  7. عنه البرية قد لهت

    وتفرقت أيدي سبا

    Creation has indeed grown heedless of him,

    and scattered like the clans of Saba.

  8. إن غبت عنه فإنني

    من نسل أصحاب النبا

    If I am absent from him, then I am

    descended from the bearers of tidings.

  9. وإذا نسبت لأمره

    لا أم صرت ولا أبا

    And when I am ascribed to his command,

    I come to have neither mother nor father.

  10. وهو الجميع فإن بدا

    عنا الجميع تحجبا

    And he is the All; if he appears,

    all things become veiled from us.