1. I looked into the eye of existence, but did not see
The ancient, rather I saw the new

2. I think what was between it and me
Was a veil called uncleanliness

3. So I likened myself in seeking my truth
To a night that came hastily seeking the day

4. To take from it sometimes and return it
To the unseen, so it would not be seen scattered

5. Does anything lack defects except the eternal?
Yet we see it in existence as new

6. So it extended to us a rope from the most high descending
And it was not among rope’s attributes wretchedness

7. It has a strength that covers the sleep of our eyes
It has tongues within us, how abundant and fine

8. And gives me little of my existence, because I
Am little, and gives us existence generously

9. I laugh on the day of joy, blessings
And kiss on the gloomy day fiercely

10. We heard a good talk in Rusafa
And if the wicked heard, it would be malice