إن الذي فتح الخزائن جوده

لم يبد للأبصار غير وجودِه

The one whose generosity unlocked the treasuries

Showed nothing to the eyes but his existence

والحكم للأعيان ليس لذاته

إلا القبول له بحكم شهوده

And the judgment belongs to the notables, not to his essence

Except acceptance of him by virtue of witnessing him

هو مظهر أحكامهم في عينه

لما تعين مظهراً لعبيده

He is the manifestation of their rulings in his eye

When he was manifested as a manifestation to his servants

لا وجهّ أعظمُ من غنى في نعته

بغنى تقيَّد عندنا بحدودِه

No aspect is greater than the richness in his description

With the richness that was defined for us within its limits

وإذا يكون الأمر هذا لم يزل

سلكُ القلادَة ثابتاً في جيده

And when the matter is this, he has not ceased

Wearing the necklace fixed on his neck

إنا لنبصره ونعلم أنه

حال بنا وحليّه من جوده

We do see him and know that he

Is our state, and his ornaments are from his generosity

إنا جعلنا ما علينا زينة

لوجودِه بعقودِه وعقوده

We have made that which is upon us an adornment

For his existence, with its nodes and contracts

فإذا أنا أوفيته ألزمته

ذاك الوفاء بعينه لعهوده

So when I have fulfilled it, I obliged it

To that fulfillment in itself for his pledges