1. Existence is not as they say two
Truth and creation as they are two things
١. ليس الوجود كما يقال اثنانِ
حق وخلق إذ هما شيئانِ
2. This saying, its creed is ugly
To the investigator, its falsehood is evident
٢. هذا المقال عليه قبح عقيدة
عند المحقق ظاهر البطلان
3. The Christians were born by their saying of God
And falsehood came with that in the Qur'an
٣. ولد الإله بها النصارى قولهم
والكذب جاء بذاك في القرآن
4. And Allah was not born, so strange is he who
Said existence by their reason two divisions
٤. والله لم يولد فواعجباً لمن
قالوا الوجود بعقلهم قسمان
5. They said and existent occurrence this and in
The unseen of the unknowns existence of the True second
٥. قالوا وجود حادث هذا وفي
غيب الغيوب وجودُ حق ثاني
6. I wish I knew, this existent occurrence
From where did it come for these entities
٦. ياليت شعري ذا وجودٌ حادثٌ
من أين جاء لهذه الأعيان
7. From its Lord and the Lord was not born and did not
Emerge existence from Him for the worlds
٧. من ربها والرب لم يولد ولم
يخرج وجود منه للأكوان
8. Or came from non-existence and does not come from
Non-existence existence as they are two adversaries
٨. أو جاء من عدم وليس يجيء من
عدم وجود إذ هما ضدان
9. And the adversary does not come from it its adversary
Ever and the two adversaries do not come together
٩. والضد ليس يجيء منه ضده
أبداً وما الضدان يجتمعان
10. Rather, this is one existence
And by building it hints and everything is vanishing
١٠. بل إنما هذا وجود واحد
وبنا يلوح وكل شيء فاني