1. Our garden in the lands of Neyrben was watered,
Its meadows were rained on from a flowing spring.

2. O Saad, our days in it when the fragrances
Of flowers diffused ambergris and musk.

3. The time was serene with no trouble in its calm,
My heart attained the station of proximity.

4. The manifestations of existence appeared
In its light, falsehood with truth had vanished.

5. And we in it, in the intimacy of nearness, we have
No desolation, like a lover and the one loved.

6. Our spiritual ascent in it was by steps
Of divine revelation, Exalted is He who granted.

7. The face shines from behind events, bestowing
The overflowing knowledge in which is the secret of eternity.

8. God is Greatest! All this is but an effect
Of predestination, in it existence is thin.

9. The existence of Truth, when its universes fade
In the face of Truth, left no trace for them.

10. And if it appears, hidden in His light, and when
It appears, in it He is hidden, not reached by the horizon.

11. The universes cannot attend with
His attendance, as they are opposites, not agreeing.

12. Had He not revealed Himself through deeds, our minds
Would not have conceived Him as the Truth that originated.

13. But we see Him with our eyes,
Behind His predestined nonexistence when encountered.

14. How many communities before us
Used to witness Him without knowing, beyond their bondage.

15. Had they through annihilation of their universes known,
They would have seen His uncovered face shining.

16. But it made them oblivious of His beauty,
So they saw His ephemeral veil that vanished.

17. And they remained as they were,
Until His predestination, the preceded, was completed.