1. Knowledge is the noblest thing one can attain and acquire
Through righteous deeds done with acceptance in manners

2. While innate gifts in knowledge are not sound, for what
I see of predisposition and ways in them

3. So if a sublime, sacred trait comes to you
Like giving good news to newcomers and to all you meet

4. I do not mean for the visitor what they claimed
Other than good names that come in sequence

5. Like His good names I learned
Each class of them descending in order

6. I seek refuge in them from them, as the Knower said
As one seeks refuge for people in the daybreak

7. And from the ignorance of those steeped in ignorance
And from the intrusions of those who come desiring you in the night

8. When you see a saint finding comfort
In one constantly yearning, burning with passion

9. Befriend him, perhaps he will escape by seeing you
For attaining it is in advice and care

10. He is of the witnessing of the Essence in stillness
And he is of the veil of the eye in anxiety

11. Thoughts stream through his mind at every moment
With the exalted angels in the open space

12. His way of life follows the straight path
Uninterrupted by material hindrances

13. And whatever comes that does not please him
From God, he attributes to destiny

14. If man were to feel in his inner self
The soul in perishing, the throat in choking

15. So in summary of colors, though numerous
In the black of your state and the white of certainty

16. Do not deceive the God of creation in anyone
For following Him without question hangs from the neck