إن صادف الإنسان علماً من الحق

فليس بعلم عنده وهو في الذوق

If a man comes upon a truth of knowledge,

It is not knowledge to him, and he is in mere taste,

لمن قاله بالكشف علم محقق

به يقعد الإنسان في مقعد الصدق

For the one who said it by unveiling, it is verified knowledge,

By which man sits in the seat of truth.

وما حازه إلا إمامٌ مجرَّدٌ

نزيه عن الثوبِ المحيّر والريق

And none has attained it except an abstracted imam,

Pure from misleading garb and vanity.

به يشربُ الإنسان ماء حياته

به تفتق الأسماع إنْ كُنَّ في رَتقِ

By it man drinks the water of his life,

By it ears split open, if they are bound.

إذا طلعت شمسٌ من الرب صيّرت

بمطلعها الغرب المحقق في شرق

When a sun rises from the Lord, it makes

Its rising turn the realized west into east.

كفار وقنا والمنتقى وخليفته

وقد عاد حكم الله فيه لذي السَّبق

The unbelievers of Cana and the elect, and his caliph,

And the judgment of God in him returns to the first.

فلو كان عن كشف لما كان باكياً

ولو كان عن ظنٍّ لما قال بالعتق

So if it were from unveiling he would not be weeping,

And if it were from assumption he would not speak of manumission.