1. إذا كانت الأشياء صنع حكيم

    فحكمته فيها لكل عليمِ

    If things are the handiwork of a wise one,

    then his wisdom in them is for every knower.

  2. فتعلمها الأرواح في كل حالة

    وتجهلها أرواحُ كلِّ جسوم

    Thus spirits know it in every state,

    while the spirits of all bodies are ignorant of it.

  3. أرى ظلمةَ الطبعِ المحكم فيهم

    لتعمى قلوبٌ قيدتْ بعلوم

    I see the darkness of nature made sovereign within them,

    so that hearts shackled by learning grow blind.

  4. وما هم إلاّ أنّ في الطبع نكتة

    لها ظلمةٌ في قلبِ كلِّ ظلوم

    And the only concern is that within nature lies a speck,

    whose darkness lies in every habitual wrongdoer’s heart.

  5. فأوّلُ مظلومٍ بها عينُ ذاتِه

    وليس يرى ما قلتُ غيرُ فهيم

    So the first wronged by it is his very self,

    and only a discerning person sees what I have said.

  6. إذا قصَّرتْ أفهام كلِّ محققٍ

    فما قصَّرتْ عنها وعنه فهومي

    If the insights of every investigator fall short,

    then my insights have not fallen short of them or of him.