ألا يا قلب فارحل عن الأكوان جمله

إلى قرب المكوّن عسى تحظى بوصله

Oh heart, depart from all creation

And journey to the Creator, that you may attain union with Him

تفكر لي في الكون وانظر كيف أصله

تجده الكلّ محتاج إلى جوده وفضله

Contemplate the universe and see how it began

You will find all in need of His bounty and grace

تفكر كيف أصلك والا صرت مفتون

فهل أصل القدم كالعدم ماذا تقولون

Contemplate your own origin, lest you become enraptured

Is the origin of existence like nothingness? What do you say?

أقام الكون ربي بسرّ الكاف والنون

تلاشت جمع الاشيا وصار الكلّ فعله

My Lord established the universe through the secret of Kun (Be)

All things dissipated and became but His action

ترى جمع العوالم من الفيض الإلهي

بمدّ الروح الأعلى بالأنوار البواهي

You see all the worlds from the divine effusion

With the diffusion of the Supreme Spirit and splendid lights

سرى سرّه في الأرواح وكوّنها كما هي

تقدّس بل تعالى وحاز الجود كله

Its mystery flowed into souls and formed them as they are

Transcendent and Exalted, possessing all generosity

فسبحان الذي احتجب عنا بنوره

حجب بالنور يا صاح من شدّة ظهوره

Glory to Him who is veiled from us by His Light

Veiled by Light, oh friend, from the intensity of His manifestation

ومن صابه مطر غيث فضله يا سروره

يحوز الفوز منه يظله تحت ظله

And he who is touched by the rain of His grace and favor

Attains felicity, shaded by His shade