يا مَنْ يُفيدُ الطّينَ كلَّ صورَهْ

يا مَنْ يُفيدُ الطّينَ كلَّ صورَهْ

عنْ مثَلٍ في عِلْمِهِ محْصورَهْ

عنْ مثَلٍ في عِلْمِهِ محْصورَهْ

O you who impart to clay every form,

O You who gives clay every shape of its form

From a model contained within his knowledge;

From an example in His knowledge confined

والفَلَكُ الدّوّارُ منْ دَوّارِهِ

والفَلَكُ الدّوّارُ منْ دَوّارِهِ

والنارُ تمْضي حُكْمَهُ ضَرورَهْ

والنارُ تمْضي حُكْمَهُ ضَرورَهْ

And the revolving wheel is moved by its turner,

And the revolving sphere from its revolution

And fire necessarily carries out his decree.

And fire that necessarily follows its decree

فهَذِهِ تحْمِلُ طِيباً طاهِراً

فهَذِهِ تحْمِلُ طِيباً طاهِراً

وهذه تُلْقى بِها قاذورَهْ

وهذه تُلْقى بِها قاذورَهْ

So this one carries pure perfume,

This one carries wholesomeness and purity

And this one has filth cast into it:

While that one casts filth

أوْصافُ حقٍّ في مِثالِ باطِنٍ

أوْصافُ حقٍّ في مِثالِ باطِنٍ

وآلةٌ مَنْهيّةٌ مأمورَهْ

وآلةٌ مَنْهيّةٌ مأمورَهْ

Attributes of the Real in an inward image,

Attributes of the Truth in the example of the unseen

And an instrument subject to prohibition and command.

And an apparatus commanded and forbidden