إذا الأمر لم يمكن فكنه فإنه

قصارى حديثي أن أكونَ كأنهُ

If the matter cannot be done, then pretend it is done

For the essence of my words is to be as if it were

بذا جاء نصُّ الشرع في غير موضعٍ

فمن لم يصدقني فيعلم أنهُ

Thus came the text of the law in more than one place

So whoever does not believe me will know that he

عن الحقِّ مصروفٌ إلى غير وجهه

وعن مشهد التحقيق ربي أكنه

Is turned away from the truth to other than its direction

And from witnessing the verification, my Lord avert it

وأعلمُ ما المعنى الذي قام واستوى

على عرشه العلويِّ حين اجنَّه

And I know the meaning that stood up straight

Upon its supreme throne when He arranged it

وما هو إلا قربه ليس غيره

ولو كان ذا بعد لأسمعَ أذنه

And it is nothing but His nearness, there is nothing else

And if it had distance, His ear would hear

خطاباً بليغاً يخرق السمعَ صوتُه

ويودعُ فيه من تكلم أذنه

Eloquent speech, its voice piercing the hearing

And it would deposit in the one speaking to His ear

وديعةَ حقٍّ لا وديعةَ حيلةٍ

فيضحى لما قد فات يقرعُ منه

A deposit of truth, not a deposit of trickery

So he spends his morning chastising himself for what has passed

كما صنع الرامي الذي جاز سهمه

فريسته فاستلزم القلبَ حزنه

As did the archer who missed his arrow

So his prey escaped and sorrow seized his heart

فوسع مكانَ الضيقِِ منك تخلقا

فمن وسعَ الرحمن سهل حزنه

So expand the place of constraint within yourself with wisdom

For one whom the Merciful expands, his sorrow is eased

ولا شطر الأشياء الا بعينها

فقد يقلبُ الفرار وقتاً مجنه

And things are only set right by their own selves

For escape may be reversed into a time of gathering

إذا كنت ذا خبر لما أنت صانعٌ

له فعلمنا أنْ ستدرك حسنه

If you are one with knowledge of what you are doing

Then let us know so we may attain its excellence

تأمل إذا ما قرَّبَ الشخصُ بيضة

هي الكل من شخص يقرّب بدنه

Consider when a person presents an egg

Which is everything from a person presenting his body

ويفضل عنها مثلها وزيادة

وهذا دليلٌ إن تحققت عينه

And he prefers the like of it and more

This is evidence if you verify with your eye

فخذ بالوجودِ الحقِّ ما دمت ههنا

ولا تبق شيئاً خلفكم لتجنه

So take with the existence of truth as long as you are here

And leave nothing behind you to gather

فمن سنّ خيراً حاز من كل معتد

به خيره بالفعلِ إذ كان سنه

For whoever institutes good obtains from each aggressor

His good in action when it was his tradition