1. اسْمعُوا ذِي الحقائق

    إِنَّ فيها ما يُسْمعْ

    Listen to these truths;

    indeed, in them is something to be heard.

  2. كَيْفَ تخْفَى الْحقِيقهْ

    وشَمْسُها تُشْعْشَعْ

    How can the truth be hidden

    while its sun shines brightly?

  3. أشْرَقَتْ في سَنَاها

    لم تُرَى قَطُّ تَغْرُبْ

    It shone forth in its radiance,

    never seen to set,

  4. وبدَتْ من علاها

    لِلْقُلُوبْ كُلَّ موْهوبْ

    and appeared from its heights

    to the hearts of all the gifted.

  5. ليْسَ يُنْكِرْ سَنَاها

    إِلاَّ جاهِلْ ومحجوبْ

    None denies its radiance

    but the ignorant and the veiled.

  6. في صُدورِ الرِّجالْ

    ثُمَّ تُطْوَى وتُرْفَعْ

    It is in the breasts of men,

    then is folded away and raised up.

  7. كيْفَ تَخْفَى الحقيقهْ

    وشمسُها تُشَعْشَعْ

    How can the truth be hidden

    while its sun shines brightly?

  8. رُدْ باللهْ يا مَطْبُوعْ

    واسْتَمِعْ مِنْ كلامي

    Respond, by God, O gifted one,

    and listen to some of my words,

  9. حَتَّى نَسْقيكْ ونُرْويكْ

    مِن كُؤُوسِ الكرامِ

    so that I may give you drink and quench your thirst

    from the cups of the noble,

  10. ونُرَبِّيكْ في حِجْرِي

    حتَّى تَبْلُغْ مقامِي

    and nurture you in my lap

    until you reach my station.

  11. تَرَى ما لَم تَرى قَطُّ

    وتُشاهدْ وتسْمَعْ

    You will see what you have never seen,

    and witness and hear.

  12. كيْفَ تَخْفَى الْحقِيقهْ

    وشمْسُها تُشعْشَعْ

    How can the truth be hidden

    while its sun shines brightly?

  13. اللهْ كانْ وبَقَى اللهْ

    ولاَ في الْمُلْكِ غَيْرُوا

    God was, and God remains,

    and in the realm there is none but Him.

  14. وأشْ ما تَنْظُرْ بِعَيْنَكْ

    بِهْ صَدَرْ وبأمْرُو

    And whatever you behold with your eye

    came forth through Him and by His command.

  15. مَنْ يُحَقِّقْ الأشْيَا

    كُلُّها عِنْدَ نَظَرُوا

    Whoever truly discerns things,

    all of them, in his contemplation,

  16. يَرَاها الْكلَّ واحِدْ

    ويُشاهِد ويسْمعْ

    sees them all as one,

    and witnesses and hears.

  17. كيْفَ تَخْفَى الْحَقيقهْ

    وشمْسُها تُشعْشَعْ

    How can the truth be hidden

    while its sun shines brightly?

  18. أنا مطبوعْ في قوْمِي

    وأديبْ في مَقالِي

    I am naturally gifted among my people,

    and eloquent in my speech,

  19. وفقيرْ ومُرْبىّ

    لِمَعانِي الرِّجالِ

    and a poor man and a nurturer

    of the inner meanings of men.

  20. وإِنْ كانْ أشْ تعرفونني

    سَلِّموا لِي حالِي

    And if you know anything of me,

    allow me my state.

  21. أنا باللهِ ننْطِقْ

    ومِنَ اللهِ نَسْمَعْ

    I speak through God,

    and from God I hear.

  22. كيْفَ تَخْفَى الحقيقهْ

    وشمسُها تُشعْشعْ

    How can the truth be hidden

    while its sun shines brightly?