1. روح يذكر والأنثى طبيعته

    فكل عينٍ فمن أنثى ومن ذَكَرِ

    Spirit is deemed masculine, and its nature is feminine;

    Thus every entity comes from a female and a male.

  2. هذا فراش وذا سقف يظلله

    والأمر بينهما يجري على قدر

    This is a bed, and that a roof that shades it;

    And the affair between them proceeds according to measure.

  3. لله حكم اقتدارٍ لا يزايله

    كما القبولُ لنا فاسلك على أثري

    To God belongs the rule of might, which never leaves Him,

    Just as receptivity is ours—so follow in my footsteps.

  4. والكون عن أصلِ شفعٍ لا وجودَ له

    في الوتر فاعلم وكن منه على حذر

    And the cosmos springs from a paired origin; it has no existence

    In the unpaired—so know, and be on your guard against it.

  5. والرابطُ الفردُ لا ينفك بينهما

    لولاه ما كان ما شاهدت من صُوَرِ

    And the single link never ceases to be between them;

    Without it, the forms you have witnessed would not exist,

  6. عقلاً وشرعاً وتنزيهاً لمعرفةٍ

    وليس في العلم إنْ أنصفتَ من خطر

    By reason and sacred law, and in affirming transcendence for the sake of knowledge;

    And in knowledge there is no danger, if you are fair.