1. يا نسبة أدخلت سلمان في النسب

    يقول طه رسول الله خير نبي

    O bond that brought Salman into the lineage!

    Ta-Ha, God's Messenger, the best of prophets, says:

  2. سلمان منا بآل البيت ألحقه

    مع أنه فارسي ليس بالعربي

    “Salman is one of us”—he joined him to the Household,

    Though he was Persian, not an Arab.

  3. وأخرجت عمه الأدنى إليه كما

    أتاه تبت يدا وحياً أبي لهب

    And it excluded the Messenger's uncle, nearest to him, as

    Revelation came to him: “May the hands of Abu Lahab perish!”

  4. فابحث عن النسبة المرفوع جانبها

    ما تلك واعمل عليها فيك وانتسب

    So inquire into the bond whose standing is exalted:

    What is it? Cultivate it within yourself, and claim its kinship.

  5. ومجمل القول في معنى حقيقتها

    بأنها ملة الإسلام فاحتسب

    And the gist of what is said of its true meaning

    Is that it is the faith of Islam—so seek God's reward.

  6. إسلام روح وعقل للإله معا

    بلا شعور ولا قصد ولا أرب

    The surrender of spirit and intellect together to God,

    Without awareness, intention, or desire.

  7. هذا وتفصيله إن رمت تعرفه

    فإنها حالة مجموعة الأدب

    Such is it; as for its details, if you wish to know them:

    For it is a state in which all proper conduct is gathered.

  8. سر من الغيب سار في سريرة من

    له يريد بلا سعي ولا سبب

    A secret from the unseen that flowed into the inmost heart of one

    For whom He wills it, without striving or cause.

  9. فإن بدت لك من فيض الإله هنا

    فاسجد لمولاك في دنياك واقترب

    So if it appears to you here from God's outpouring,

    Then prostrate yourself to your Lord in your earthly life, and draw near:

  10. سجود قلب أنار الغيب طلعته

    فلم يدع عنده ريباً من الريب

    The prostration of a heart whose countenance the unseen illumined,

    And so left him with no doubt of any kind.

  11. وأسلمت نفسه طوعاً لخالفها

    وآمنت بالذي فيها من الرتب

    And his soul willingly surrendered to its Creator,

    And believed in the ranks within itself.

  12. وأصبحت سائر الأكوان تطلبه

    لأنه سرها المخصوص بالقرب

    And all created worlds began to seek him,

    For he is their secret, singled out for nearness:

  13. تنزلات كلام لا حروف له

    ولا عروض معاني جملة الكتب

    Descents of speech that has no letters,

    Nor the arising of the meanings of all the books.

  14. حق تنزه عن روح وعن جسد

    وعن ظهور وعما في البطون خبى

    A reality exalted beyond spirit and body,

    And beyond manifestation, and beyond what lay concealed in hiddenness.