1. If a man comes upon a truth of knowledge,
It is not knowledge to him, and he is in mere taste,

2. For the one who said it by unveiling, it is verified knowledge,
By which man sits in the seat of truth.

3. And none has attained it except an abstracted imam,
Pure from misleading garb and vanity.

4. By it man drinks the water of his life,
By it ears split open, if they are bound.

5. When a sun rises from the Lord, it makes
Its rising turn the realized west into east.

6. The unbelievers of Cana and the elect, and his caliph,
And the judgment of God in him returns to the first.

7. So if it were from unveiling he would not be weeping,
And if it were from assumption he would not speak of manumission.