لولا قبولي ما رأيت وجودي

وبه مننت عليّ حال شهودي

Had I not accepted, I'd not have seen my being,

And through it You blessed my state of witnessing.

إياي فانظر في معالم حكمتي

يدري بهل من كان أصل وجودي

Regard me, look into the signs of my wisdom,

Who knows the source of my being and its origin?

وبها تميز من كتابي كونه

ولما قضى في علمه بمزيدِ

And through it distinguish those of my creation,

And why in His knowledge He willed my increase.

وهو الغنيُّ ولستُ أعرف ذاته

إلا به وتجلُّ عن تحديدي

He is The Rich, while I cannot know His essence,

Except through Him - transcending my limits.

لما علمنا جودَه بوجودِه

بالافتراق خرجتُ عن توحيدي

When we knew His generosity through His being,

Through otherness, I lost my unicity.

الله يعلم أنني ما كنته

أو كأنني إلا بخدِّ جدودي

God knows I’m not Him, or as though I’m not,

Except by the cheek of my ancestors.

جرَّدت عن أسمائه وصفاته

ووجودِه ووجوهه بحدودي

I’ve been stripped of His Names, Attributes,

And Being and Aspects by my limits.

لولا اعترافي بالذي هو نشأتي

ما قلتُ بالتليثِ والتفريد

Had I not confessed to Him who is my origin,

I'd not have said, “Distinction and unicity.”