1. إذا وضع الميزان في قبةِ العدلِ

    ترجَّح ميزان السماحةِ بالفصلِ

    When the balance is set in the dome of justice,

    The balance of generosity weighs heavier in judgment.

  2. وإن لم يكن بالفضل فالوزنُ خاسرٌ

    وإنْ كان إيثاراً بما كان مِن بذلِ

    And if it is not from surplus, the weighing falls short,

    Even if it is selflessness in whatever is given.

  3. فاوّلُ حقٍّ فيه حقُّ إلهه

    وحقُّ رسولِ الله ذي المجدِ والفضلِ

    So the first right within it is the right of his God,

    And the right of God's Messenger, endowed with glory and bounty.

  4. ومن بعدِه حقُّ المكلِّفِ نفسه

    وحق فراشِ الشخصِ إنْ كان ذا أهل

    And after him, the right of the one who charges himself with duty,

    And the right of a person's bed, if he has a family,

  5. وحقُّ بنيه ثم حقُّ خديمه

    ومن بعده حقُّ القرابة بالعدلِ

    And the right of his sons, then the right of his servant,

    And after him, the right of kinship, with justice,

  6. إلى جاره الأدنى إلى أهل دينه

    إلى كلِّ ذي حقٍّ ويجري على الأصلِ

    To his nearest neighbor, to the people of his faith,

    To everyone with a right, proceeding according to the original principle.

  7. لهذا الذي قد قلته وزن شرعه

    وأما الذي للكل فاضربه في الكل

    What I have said has the measure of His law.

    And as for what belongs to the whole, multiply it by the whole.

  8. فيخرج كل الكل من ضرب كله

    كما تخرج الأمثال من واحد المثل

    So the whole of the whole emerges from multiplying its entirety,

    As likenesses emerge from the single likeness.

  9. فإن كان ذا فضلٍ فيوصَل فضله

    وما ثَم من وصل وما ثَم من فصل

    So if it has a surplus, its surplus is joined on,

    And there is no joining, and there is no separation.

  10. إذا ضرب الإنسان واحدَ عينه

    بعينِ وجودِ الأصل لم يبدُ للمثلِ

    When the human being multiplies the unit of his essence

    By the essence of the source's existence, nothing appears to the likeness

  11. سوى نفسِه فافهم حقيقة ضربه

    فما ثَم إلا الحقُّ إذ أنت كالظلِّ

    But itself—so understand the reality of his multiplication.

    So there is nothing but the Real, since you are like a shadow.