1. على رغم أنف الحاسدين مقامي

    وما الكل إلا خادمي وغلامي

    My station stands in defiance of the envious,

    And all are but my servant and my serving boy.

  2. أنا النور أبدو في الزيادة كلما

    تقابلني منها العدى بظلام

    I am the light; I shine ever brighter whenever

    The foes confront me with darkness in response.

  3. وأمسيت طوداً في البرية شامخاً

    وأصبحت بحراً في الحقيقة طامي

    And by evening I became a towering mountain among creation,

    And by morning, a brimming sea in truth.

  4. وعندي علوم لو وجدت لها وِعاً

    لأفرغتها فيه بحسن كلامي

    And I possess knowledge—were I to find a vessel for it,

    I would pour it into that vessel through my graceful speech.

  5. ولكن صدور الكون ضاقت فلم تجد

    مساغاً لقولي فانثنت بملام

    But the world's breasts grew narrow and found no

    Passage for my words, so they turned away with reproach.

  6. أبَى الفردُ إلا أن أكون بعلمه

    أنا الفرد حقاً والخواص عوامي

    The Unique One insisted that, through His knowledge, I should be

    Truly the unique one, with the elect my common folk.

  7. ومازلت يقظاناً لسر فهمته

    وأهل زماني عند أسر منام

    And I have remained awake to a secret I understood,

    While the people of my time are held captive by sleep.

  8. أكلت لبوب الإهتدا وتركتهم

    على قشرها غرثَى البطون ظوامي

    I ate the kernels of guidance and left them

    On its husks, hungry-bellied and thirsty.