1. تختفى خلف العالم المنظور

    حركات لعالم مستور

    Hidden behind the visible world

    Are movements of a concealed world.

  2. وارى بين العالمين جدارا

    ما على العقل خرقه بيسير

    And I see a wall between the two worlds,

    Breaching it is no easy task for the mind.

  3. تربط العالمين هذا بهذا

    حلقات الاثير في جنزير

    The two worlds, this one to the other, are linked

    By rings of ether in a chain.

  4. ولعل الحياة بعد بوار

    للخلايا منضمة للاثير

    And perhaps life, after the demise

    Of the cells, is joined to the ether.

  5. انه مصدري الذي جئت منه

    واليه بعد الهلاك مصيري

    Indeed, it is my source, from which I came,

    And it is my destination after death.

  6. ولعل الاثير يبصر مالا

    تبصر العين من وراء الستور

    And perhaps the ether sees what

    The eye does not see behind the veils.

  7. ولعل الاثير يسمع ما لا

    تسمع الاذن من مكان شطير

    And perhaps the ether hears what

    The ear does not hear from a distant place.

  8. ولعل الاثير يعلم مالا

    تعلم النفس من خفي الامور

    And perhaps the ether knows what

    The soul does not know of hidden matters.

  9. ولعل الاثير اصل التروي

    ولعل الاثير اصل الشعور

    And perhaps the ether is the source of deliberation,

    And perhaps the ether is the source of consciousness.

  10. ولعل الاثير هذا على الهدم

    وبدء الاكوان جد قدير

    And perhaps this ether can destroy

    And create universes, with immense power.

  11. ولعل الاثير في كل ارض

    وسماء كاللَه في التأثير

    And perhaps the ether, in every land

    And sky, is like God in its influence.

  12. ولعل الذاتين واحدة في ال

    أصل والخلف جاء في التعبير

    And perhaps the two essences are one at the

    Root, and the difference arose in expression.

  13. مذهبي وحدة الوجود فلا كا

    ئن غير اللَه القديم القدير

    My creed is the unity of existence, so there is no be-

    ing other than God, the Eternal, the Almighty.

  14. ان هذا فلا ابالي اذا ما

    اجمعت ثلة على تكفيري

    If this is so, I do not care if

    A group unanimously agrees to declare me an unbeliever.

  15. اهل عصري لا يفقهون حديثي

    حبذا لو اتيت بعد عصور

    My contemporaries do not understand my words;

    If only I had come ages later!

  16. ان هذا الوجود بحر خضم

    ما له من شواطئ كالبحور

    Indeed, this existence is a vast sea,

    It has no shores, unlike other seas.

  17. انا فقاعة على الوجه منه

    وخفائي في وجهه كظهوري

    I am a bubble on its surface,

    And my vanishing on its surface is like my appearing.