1. I woke at dawn to the radiant planet,
O peerless light, O full moon of the morn!

2. O my love, have I any fault
If I come asking about a truth from your wing?

3. Where is the secret of union with God? Tell me,
Is it in divorce or in marriage?

4. Can a deed be valid in bigamy?
Or raving deliriously at rosy-cheeked faces?

5. The West married the dawn; thereupon
Our Lord revealed the light of righteousness.

6. It illumined the land of existence and showed
Everything hidden in the lowlands.

7. Then the two were absent from existence a time
When the armies of proposal arrived.

8. They stayed on the hill of annihilation
Until the time came for inauguration.

9. It was said, “O two planets, shine with goodness
Like the blowing of the south wind among the winds.”

10. Delight in witnessing, now and learnedly,
And strive for prayer at the time of spirits.

11. Then when the Generous One favored them
With the union of essences after separation,

12. I said, “Would that God expand my breast
For sciences to be got without contention.”

13. The Supreme Planet came to me as a messenger
From a Wise One, All-disposing, All-unlocking.

14. He said, “O asker of the Generous One for sciences
That no knower has power over,

15. If you are good at listening to my discourse,
Take the love your God gives with composure.

16. The deeds of our bodies appear in the spirit
And so His deed appears in bodies.”

17. The Wise One prepared its groundwork, wisdom,
And built its ceiling for an accessible thing.

18. O brother, rise and see your love with an eye
Acting in bodies and spirits.