1. إنَّ الغمامَ مطارحُ الأنوارِ

    ولذاك أضحى أقربَ الأستارِ

    Indeed, the cloud is where lights alight,

    and thus it has become the nearest of veils.

  2. منه تفجرتِ العلومُ على النهى

    وبه يكون الكشف للأبصار

    From it, knowledge gushed forth upon the minds,

    and through it comes unveiling for the eyes.

  3. فيه البروقُ وليس يذهِبُ ضَوءُها

    أبصارَنا لتقدسَ الأبصار

    In it are lightning flashes, yet their light does not take away

    our sight, owing to the sanctity of vision.

  4. فيه الرعودُ وليس يذهبُ صوتها

    أسماعَنا لتنزُّهِ الأسرارِ

    In it are peals of thunder, yet their sound does not take away

    our hearing, owing to the transcendence of the inner secrets.

  5. فيه الصواعقُ ليس يذهبُ رسمنا

    إحراقها لعنايةِ الآثار

    In it are thunderbolts; our form is not effaced

    by their burning, owing to care for the traces.

  6. فيه الغيوم وليس يهلك سيلها

    أشجارنا لتحقيقِِ الإيثار

    In it are clouds, yet their torrent does not destroy

    our trees, so that selflessness may be realized.

  7. ما بعدَه شيء سوى مطلوبِنا

    ربُّ الأنام مع اسمِه الغفَّار

    Beyond it is nothing but the One we seek,

    the Lord of all beings, with His name the Ever-Forgiving.

  8. فإذا انجلى ذاك الغمام فذاته

    تبدو إلى الأنوار في الأنوار

    So when that cloud clears, His Essence

    appears to the lights within the lights.

  9. والنورُ يدرج مثله في ضوئه

    كالشمسِ لا تُفني ضياءَ النار

    And light enfolds its like within its radiance,

    like the sun, which does not extinguish the radiance of fire.

  10. فترى البصائرُ والعيونُ جلالَه

    وجمالَه في الشمسِ والأقمارِ

    Thus inner vision and the eyes behold His majesty

    and His beauty in the sun and the moons.

  11. فافهم إشارتنا تفز بحقائق

    تخفى على العقلاء والنظَّارِ

    So grasp our allusion, and you will attain realities

    hidden from rational minds and speculative thinkers.