إنما قلتَ لشيءٍ كن فكان

بكلامِ الحقِّ لا قولِ فلانِ

You have only said something, "Be," and it is

With the true word, not the saying of so-and-so

مهد العذر لنا صاحبه

بإشاراتٍ ورمزٍ في بيانِ

The one who gave the excuse made it clear for us

With gestures and symbols in the statement

إنما كان عن أذني لا تقل

إنه كان عن إذا لكيان

Do not say it was from my ear, no

It was from "if" and "so that" being

يتعالى الله في إيجاده

ما تراه من جميعِ الحدْثان

God transcends in His creation

What you see from all the modern

عن شريكٍ غيرِ ما أثبته

حكمُ إمكانٍ لشخصٍ ذي جنان

Without a partner other than what He affirmed

The judgment of possibility for a person of paradise

نظر الله إليه نظرةً

إذ أتاه في غمامٍ لا عيان

God looked at him with a look

When he came to Him in an unseen cloud

ما حديثي لم يكن عن لم يكن

إنما أورده عن كان وكان

My talk was not about "was not"

Rather I mentioned it from "was" and "was"

بلسانٍ ومقالٍ واضحٍ

ورقومٍ بيراعٍ وبنان

In clear, eloquent language and writing

And elegant, well-constructed verses

وكذا أورده الله لنا

في كتابٍ بلسانِ الترجمان

And so did God present it to us

In a book in the tongue of the translator