1. A body without a soul, laid low by decay
A withered branch, would that it flowered again

2. A soul without knowledge, though it is its home
For strangers to behold, when they were created

3. All were in need of His bounty
The people of falsehood, and those of truth

4. So He sent the lights traveling
Illuminating West and East

5. Thus the body shone with His lights
Revealing mysteries when it shone

6. So praise be to God who has protected
From the evil that is feared or avoided