1. ونقطة باء في الحقيقة عينه

    فعين الورى باء وبائي نقطتي

    And the dot of bāʾ is, in truth, its very essence.

    So the essence of creation is bāʾ, and my bāʾ is my dot.

  2. فبي كان ما قد كان في الكون قبله

    وبعده بالأسماء هي في كنيتي

    So through me came to be what had already been in the cosmos before it,

    And after it; through the names, it is in my byname.

  3. وهام بها أهل الهوى في حجابها

    فكيف لها إن كان عين حقيقتي

    And the lovers were enraptured by it within its veil.

    What, then, of it, if it were the very essence of my reality?

  4. فما تمت الأكوان إلا بهمزها

    ونقطتها في الغين فهي ممدتي

    So the worlds were completed only through its hamzah.

    And its dot is in ghayn, so it is my source of support.

  5. فميم وجاء ثم ميم وحاؤه

    هي النقطة الكبرى ففكر بحولتي

    So mīm—and it came—then mīm and its ḥāʾ.

    It is the greatest dot; so ponder my power.

  6. وهمزة اسم في الحقيقة واحد

    فكن فاطنا فالسير يدخل كلتي

    And a name’s hamzah is, in truth, one.

    So be discerning, for the journey leads into my canopy.

  7. تقاصرت الأفصاح عن درك بائه

    فكن ذاكرا كيما ترى باء نقطتي

    The eloquent fell short of grasping its bāʾ.

    So practice remembrance, that you may see the bāʾ of my dot.