الحمد لله حمدَ من لم
يجد جزاءً ولا شُكورا
Praise be to God—the praise of one who has not
found any recompense or thanks.
وإنما العبد قيل له قل
فقال ما قاله خبيرا
And the servant was merely told, “Say,”
so he said what he said, fully aware
بانه فيه عبد قَنٍ
ممتثلا امره الكثيرا
that, in doing so, he was a bondslave,
obediently carrying out His many commands.
لم يتخذ دونه ولياً
في حمده لا ولا نصيرا
He took no patron apart from Him
in praising Him—no, nor any helper.
من علم الحقَّ علمَ ذوقٍ
يعلمه ناقداً بصيرا
Whoever knows the Real through tasted knowledge
knows Him discerningly and clear-sightedly.
من حكم العلم في هواه
كان على نفسه قديرا
Whoever makes knowledge judge over his passion
has mastery over his own self.
يعرفه كلُّ من رآه
بنعته سيِّداً حصورا
Everyone who sees him recognizes him
by his distinguishing mark: a master, chaste and self-restrained.
Sol 5.6