1. ذكرت ولم أذكر حقيقة ذكره

    ولكن بداوي الحق تبدو فأنطق

    I remembered, yet did not remember the true nature of His remembrance.

    But the manifestations of the Real appear, and so I speak.

  2. إذا ما بدا ذكر لذكر ذكرته

    يغيبني عن ذكر ذكري فأغرق

    Whenever a remembrance of a remembrance I have remembered arises,

    It makes me oblivious to remembering my remembrance, so I drown.

  3. وأغرق بالذكر الذي قد ذكرته

    عن الذكر بالذكر الذي هو أسبق

    And I drown through the remembrance that I have already remembered,

    Away from remembrance, through the remembrance that is prior.