1. من به قد تكاثرت أمراضي

    لست أدري أساخط أم راضي

    He through whom my ailments have multiplied—

    I do not know whether he is displeased or content.

  2. إنني عنده كما هو عندي

    مثل أغراضه قضى أغراضي

    I am with him just as he is with me;

    He fulfilled my wishes as he did his own.

  3. هذه حالة بها ننتحّى

    عن زمان مستقبل أو ماضي

    This is a state through which we withdraw

    From time, whether future or past.

  4. لا نرى غيرها وما الغير إلا

    عينها بالجسوم والأعراض

    We see nothing else; what is other is only

    Its very self, in bodies and accidents.

  5. ثم هيهات لا جسوم ولا أع

    راض فيها فلتقض ما أنت قاضي

    Then—far from it! No bodies, and no acci-

    dents are in it; so decree whatever you will decree.

  6. يا خليليَّ هذه هي سلمى

    نحن عنها كالبرق في الإيماض

    O my two friends, this is Salma.

    We are from her, like lightning in its flashing.

  7. تارة تختفي وتظهر طوراً

    ما لنا غير جودها الفياض

    At times she vanishes, and at times she appears.

    We have nothing but her overflowing generosity.

  8. عرفتها وما رأتها نفوس

    قائمات بأمرها في التقاضي

    I knew her, though she was not seen by souls

    Subsisting by her command as they press their claims.

  9. لمتى بالسواد نكتب فيها

    وهي فينا كتابها بالبياض

    How long shall we write of her in black,

    While her writing within us is in white?