1. ألا فارجع إلى أصلِ الوجودِ

    لما تدريه من كرمٍ وجودِ

    Behold, then return to the origin of existence,

    for what you know of generosity and bounty.

  2. لقد منَّ الإله على فؤادي

    بما أعطاه في حالِ السجودِ

    God has indeed bestowed favor upon my heart

    through what He gave it in the state of prostration.

  3. سجودُ القلبِ إنْ فكَّرتَ فيه

    على التحقيقِ يوذنُ بالشهودِ

    The heart’s prostration, if you reflect upon it,

    in truth, heralds witnessing

  4. إلى الأبد الذي ما فيه حد

    تعالى عن مصاحبةِ الحدود

    unto eternity, in which there is no limit,

    exalted beyond association with limits.

  5. جهلتَ وما جحدتَ سبيلَ كوني

    فإنَّ الأصل فيّ من الصعيد

    You did not know, yet did not deny, the way I came to be,

    for the origin within me is from the earth.

  6. صعدتُ به إلى شرفِ المعالي

    فانزلني إلى سعدِ السعود

    With it I ascended to the height of exalted stations,

    so He brought me down to Saʿd al-Suʿūd—the felicity of felicities.

  7. وناداني وقد خلفت قومي

    ورآئي بالمقرَّب والبعيد

    And He called me—when I had left my people

    behind me—‘the one brought near and the far-off one.’

  8. وآثرتُ الجنابَ جنابَ ربي

    فالحقني بمنزلةِ العبيد

    And I preferred the court—the court of my Lord,

    so He brought me to the station of servants.

  9. وملكني الصفات فكنت مثلا

    ونزهه عن المثَل الوجودي

    And He gave me possession of the attributes, so I became a likeness;

    yet declare Him transcendent beyond any likeness in existence.

  10. وأيّ فضيلةٍ أسنى وأعلى

    يقاومها بجناتِ الخلودِ

    And what more radiant and loftier excellence

    could He match with the gardens of eternity?

  11. فضلتُ بها على الآباء حقا

    يقينا صادقاً وعلى الجدود

    Through it I was favored above the fathers, truly,

    with true certainty—and above the grandfathers.

  12. وأعلمني المهيمن أن جدي

    من أكرم ما يكون من الجدود

    And the Guardian informed me that my grandfather

    is among the noblest grandfathers there can be,

  13. سوى جد الإله فقد تعالى

    عن الكفوء المصاحب والوليد

    except for God’s majesty, for He is exalted

    above any equal companion or offspring.