1. For my sake, by myself, not for you all am I manifest
And these universes are but my manifestations

2. I am bound yet free, my attribute, for I am
Over all things, when no 'when', able

3. And the station of limitation I manifested as mercy
And the station of freedom, truly I am veiler

4. That by creature, and this by Creator
Named, and in reality where is the difference

5. And I loved in imposition to show wisdom of the
Appearance, and my rule what am I in it unjust

6. And my voice for my actions from futility required
My speech, and whoever does not obey, he is unbeliever

7. Bodies and accidents appear and disappear
And they are not for the Beloved but veils

8. And behind the veil of the universe, what you seek
And from the word of the oppressed follows the subjugator

9. Contemplate the letters of the existents, for they
Point to a meaning by which you are confused

10. And the lightning of this existence and its passing gleam
But by what you reap the visions are blinded

11. So manifest in His creation and He is hidden
And hidden in His command and He is manifest

12. I appeared to me in everything and I was not
Other than You so seen as You are seer

13. And to the heart from me I appeared with all I
Appeared and did not deny You from me thoughts

14. With everything beautiful, nay with every beauty
I saw myself until I realized You conscience

15. And my doctrine is not the love of manifestations, but
I love the One to Whom the manifestations submitted

16. But the station of home and stone we knew
Turned upon it the passages of time

17. For You are the purpose and destination, O ultimate purpose
And if the two holy sites blame me for You, no matter

18. And never have I inclined for a moment to others for comfort
And how, O my light, with me You are ever present

19. And You are my companion, none other for me
And if I fall short of fulfilling Your right, no matter

20. I love You not through me, but by You grace upon me
As I by You am grateful this very moment

21. They say, "Do not risk closeness to Him"
And does the hoped for come except through risk?

22. And I know that the paths to His union
Revolve among the people the cycles

23. But to Him I surrendered myself, so if He wills
To guide it, and if He misguides, He is no tyrant

24. And what can my soul equate in the world
So for it from my Master am I averse

25. So I fled with Him from me to Him for I
Realized none other, and the matter is clear

26. So perforce my heart became monotheist
For Him and by Him, not me, am I remembering

27. I wander intoxicated by breaths of the breeze, yet I
By love's sweet wine, not by winds, am scented

28. And I pretend that I attained their knowledge
While my heart by the Beloved's essence, not knowledge, won

29. Other than You my path if it tends
Then all my life to love am I traveler

30. And be this way, like me poor of other
And from yourself will come to you from you treasures

31. Absorb from you and erase the dot of the ghayn persisting
And dive in seas of unity, gems appear

32. And be not of people whose sins killed
Souls, their bodies from them like graves

33. For path of truth, easy its treading
And clearer than it, no seer perceives

34. And not by mention or thought you attain it
But by sincerity and effacement from all difference

35. And this veil of the ego, hard its rending
And your mind from it, though to the Real a veiler

36. So die in love, you live, and close your eyes from other
Your inner sight may ascertain that face of you seers

37. You sought a station, price your soul its condition
While you as you are, ah and alas!

38. Not thus the pact of love, if you wish, wish
Annihilation of annihilation and intimacy of your remembrance

39. And habituate your soul to denial and harm
For he who desires honey, on bees is patient

40. And for Him has multiplied the jealous lovers
While few for the reality are victorious

41. So if you wish, come this pact between us
Or else do not come, for you are last