إذا التركيب سميناه باسم

وفيه سواه فهو لنا وتيره

If we name the structure with a name

And liken it to something else, it is ours and its loss is slight

كما قيل العوالم لاجتماع

حوت أشياء لا تحصى كثيرة

As it is said worlds exist for the gathering

Of countless, innumerable things

فمن در الرموز على الاسامي

ففيهن الحقيرة والخطيره

So whoever ponders names and symbols

Will find among them the petty and the momentous

فمن در وياقوت ثمين

وأملاح وزاجات حقيره

So whoever ponders gems and treasures

As well as salts and worthless compounds

سواء سمّي الأخلاط فيه

نحاساً أرصاصاً أو شحيره

It makes no difference whether the mixtures in it

Are called copper, lead or rubbish

فلا تستعظم التدبير واعمل

إذا ما كنت منه على بصيره

So do not magnify the act of creation but rather work

If you have insight into it

يسيرٌ فيه تدبير يسير

بلا تعب مؤوتته يسيره

There is little effort in it, its passing being slight

Without toil, its end is trivial

تكاتم سره الحكماء ضنّاً

بما علموا وفي الكتمان خيره

The wise conceal its secret unwillingly

Knowing concealment is best though they discerned