1. I am the ancient meaning
I am the great tidings

2. And I am the hidden secret
And I am the straight path

3. The truth is with me, all-knowing
And of itself it is the Knower

4. Existence itself has no meaning
That existence is the Ancient

5. So if you know, then the meaning
Is a meaning for an enduring meaning

6. It is another attribute of His
Which we did and He is the Lasting

7. And the one whom He has favored
With His abundant grace saw Him through it

8. O essence without essence
But it is a generous description

9. Its manifestations carried out by Him
And by His benevolence came the breeze

10. We yearned so we said thus
And the essence is rain, O sagacious one

11. The unseen of the unseen, glorified
Is what hearts are preoccupied with

12. We point to You, not to
Something existent, we are but the non-existent

13. And the Truth is not an expression
From us to Him and He is the Companion

14. He draws near and distances whom He wills
He is the punishment, He is the bliss

15. We are its meaning, but
Its meaning is grasped by the discerning

16. And He is all existence
And the cave and the inscribed

17. God is Greater, none other
For He is the perfect wisdom

18. And the wire, and He is beyond everything
All is Forgiving, Forbearing

19. And I am the ill one who has seen
Incapacity, and the ill are not cured

20. And the universe is like me in this way
But an infant or one who is weaned