1. I speak by Allah, not by my being
For with evidence it's clear to see

2. That the occurrence that's my existence
Has come between it and me

3. In reason's view, not my unveiling
So the distance between me is the distance between me

4. If it indicates that I'm for it without
Then when I ask for help, that's for me

5. Or if I said I'm for it specifically
Its voice and guarding belie me

6. So the matter's between me and my love
On it we build, if you want to build

7. You praised me one day in ignorance
So he said "Praise me and you will praise me"

8. So I passed from me to him through him
And that's what didn't stand by my guess

9. And I didn't know the narration in what
I composed, so look at it from me

10. So whatever poetry you see in my words
It's not poetry, take it from me

11. Rather it's what my Lord said about it
From the mention of creation in my existence

12. So everything in existence is a composition
And not poetry, and the meter is my meter

13. Al-Farahidi is not my guide
I'm his guide, for I am

14. In all I have narrated
A sign of my time, so do not praise me

15. In the Family of Imran, if you look
A house, and in Repentance a praise

16. By the stone, and know that my words
In all I have said about Him suffice

17. So the numbering's from me, and the truth dictates
Thus all I have written is not from me