1. My soul is utterly devoted to you
Having clung since it was an embryo

2. A droplet from Adam's food and sustenance
Formed of four concordant elements

3. Of earth then water and air
Then fire, stages set apart

4. It emerged beyond any body, and any body
From the obscure, primordial chaos

5. And that chaos emerged from attributes
Which in turn emerged from the Essence in every respect

6. So it is a soul, last in order as
First in principle, outpacing all

7. Bearing all, and all bearing it
Like an eye with a pupil

8. And for it is all a garment, so when
It knew, it attained certainty and trust

9. And it swayed and bowed in noble grace
From lofty, fragrant gardens

10. And stations and kinds beyond
What matches anything here

11. And when it was ignorant, it suffered agony
And was consumed in its ignorance

12. And it is in kinds of disgrace and harm
And it is in this world and the next, restless

13. So understand the first and the last, do not
Be ignorant of the Sustainer and the sustained

14. And recognize sustenance and verify it through Him
He is the Truth, so hold fast to Him

15. Of existence descending in ranks
With trusts for it, or pilfered away