إذا تخلقت بالأسماء أجمعها

أسماء ربي في خَلق وفي خُلُقِ

If I am characterized with all the names,

The names of my Lord in creating and in character.

علمت أنَّ مع الأمر الذي هو لي

مني وإيّاه فيما كان من نَسَقِِ

I knew that with the matter which is for me,

Between me and Him in what was of constitution.

لقد أتيتُ على خوفٍ بلا وَجَلٍ

مني ومنه وعهد الأمر في عنقي

I have come upon fear without dread,

From me and from Him and the covenant of the matter is around my neck.

لعهده فجرينا نبتغي عِوضا

على التساوي مع الأسماء في طلق

For His covenant we flowed seeking compensation,

On equality with the names in freedom.

إني تخلقتُ في أسماءٍ صورتِه

بخلقِ من خلق الإنسان من علق

I was characterized with names that shaped Him,

With a creation from the creation of man from a clot.

لولا يهيمني حتى يعجزني

فيما ادعَّيت فأمسى منه ذا ملق

If He did not restrain me until He disabled me,

In what I claimed so I spend the night with it erased.

إني لأشكو أليم الوجدِ والحرقِ

لذا تراني ذا شوقٍ وذا قلقِِ

I complain of the pain of passion and burning,

So you see me full of longing and anxiety.

لا أبتغي حِوَلاً عنه ولا عِوضاً

فإن بدا طبقٌ رحلت عن طبقِ

I do not seek to deviate from Him or compensation,

If an interpretation appeared I traveled from interpretation.

دخلت منه إليه فيه عن نظرٍ

فوافق الكشفُ في صبحٍ وفي غَسَقِ

I entered from Him to Him in Him from a look,

So the unveiling coincided in dawn and in nightfall.