1. الصومُ لله العظيمِ بشرعه

    وإذا أضيف إليَّ كان مُحالا

    Fasting belongs to God the Magnificent, according to His law.

    And when attributed to me, it is impossible.

  2. الصومُ لله الكريمِ وليس لي

    لكن إذا ما صمته وتعالى

    Fasting belongs to God the Generous, not to me.

    Yet when I observe it—while He is exalted

  3. عن صومنا فيكون ذاك الصوم لي

    نقصاً وفي حقِّ الإله كمالا

    beyond our fasting—that fasting becomes for me

    a deficiency, but in God's case, perfection.

  4. إنّ الصيامَ له العلوُّ جلالة

    صام النهارُ إذا النهار تعالى

    Indeed, fasting possesses a majestic loftiness:

    the day stands still—'fasts'—when it reaches its height.

  5. وعلوّ قدر العبد فيه خضوعُه

    حتى يكون من الخضوع سَفالا

    And the servant's high rank in it lies in his submission,

    until, through submission, he becomes lowly.

  6. والفِطر لي بالكسر وهو حقيقتي

    فإذا فتحتجعلته المحلالا

    And breaking the fast, with an i-vowel, is mine: it is my true nature.

    Then, if you give it an a-vowel, you make it [meaning unclear].

  7. الأمر في الثقلِ الحقير كمثل ما

    هو في العظيم فدبّر الأثقالا

    The matter in a paltry burden is just as

    it is in a great one; so manage the burdens.

  8. لا ترض بالأعلى إذا لم ترتقي

    فيه من الأدنى وكن جوّالا

    Do not be content with the higher if you have not ascended

    to it from the lower; and be ever-roaming.

  9. نال المدبر رتبةً علوية

    عند الإله بحمله الأثقالا

    The steward attained a lofty rank

    with God through his bearing of burdens.

  10. من كان بدراً كاملاً في ذاته

    علماً يصيِّره المحاقُ هِلالا

    Whoever is a full moon, complete in his essence

    in knowledge, is made a crescent by the moon's darkening.

  11. عند المحقق في المحاق كماله

    في ذاته فكماله ما زالا

    For the realized knower, in the moon's dark phase his perfection

    lies in his essence; so his perfection has not ceased.

  12. الشمسُ تظهر حكمها في عنصر

    ظلماته من نورها تتلالا

    The sun reveals her sway in an element

    whose darknesses gleam with her light,

  13. من بعد ا ألقت عليه سماؤها

    ماءً له سرُّ الحياةِ زُلالا

    after [an unclear fragment] her sky has poured upon it

    clear, sweet water holding the secret of life.