الشيء مختلفُ الأحكام والنسب

والعينُ واحدةٌ فانظر إلى السبب

Things have different rulings and relations,

Yet the essence is one, so look to the cause,

واحكم عليه به إن كنتَ ذا نَصَفٍ

فإنما العلمُ والتحقيق في النسب

And judge it accordingly, if you are perceptive,

For knowledge and verification lie in relations.

ألا ترى الله لا شيء يماثله

وقد تنزل للمخلوق بالنسب

Do you not see that nothing resembles Allah,

Yet He relates to the creation in ways?

فقل إن له في خلقه نسَباً

وهو التقي فأنا في الكدِّ والنَصَب

So say that He has relations in His creation,

And He is the Holy, while I suffer toil and grief,

عسى أفوز به حتى يورثني

أسماءه كلها الحسنى بلا تَعَب

Maybe I will succeed with Him until He grants me,

All His good names without any toil.

فلا يرى الحق عيناً في مشاهدة

من لا يرى الحقَّ في الأزلام والنصب

So the Truth sees not an eye in witnessing,

One who sees not the Truth in hardships and grief.

فما رأيت مسمى في الوجودِ سوى

ربّ البرية بالحاجات والطلب

I have not seen anything named in existence,

Except the Lord of creation, with needs and wants,

وكلما قلت خلق قال خالقه

ما ثَمَّ إلا أنا فاحذر من الرَّهَب

And whenever I said a "creation," its Creator said,

"None but I, so beware of monasticism."

الخلق حقٌ وعينُ الخلقِِ خالقه

فاثبت ولا تهرب إنَّ الجهلَ في الهرب

Creation is true, and the eye of creation is its Creator,

So persist and do not flee, ignorance lies in fleeing.