1. If the matter cannot be done, then pretend it is done
For the essence of my words is to be as if it were

2. Thus came the text of the law in more than one place
So whoever does not believe me will know that he

3. Is turned away from the truth to other than its direction
And from witnessing the verification, my Lord avert it

4. And I know the meaning that stood up straight
Upon its supreme throne when He arranged it

5. And it is nothing but His nearness, there is nothing else
And if it had distance, His ear would hear

6. Eloquent speech, its voice piercing the hearing
And it would deposit in the one speaking to His ear

7. A deposit of truth, not a deposit of trickery
So he spends his morning chastising himself for what has passed

8. As did the archer who missed his arrow
So his prey escaped and sorrow seized his heart

9. So expand the place of constraint within yourself with wisdom
For one whom the Merciful expands, his sorrow is eased

10. And things are only set right by their own selves
For escape may be reversed into a time of gathering

11. If you are one with knowledge of what you are doing
Then let us know so we may attain its excellence

12. Consider when a person presents an egg
Which is everything from a person presenting his body

13. And he prefers the like of it and more
This is evidence if you verify with your eye

14. So take with the existence of truth as long as you are here
And leave nothing behind you to gather

15. For whoever institutes good obtains from each aggressor
His good in action when it was his tradition