بِنُطقِ سَمعي جَرى لِساني

وَعَن فُؤادي رَوى عَياني

My tongue flowed with my hearing,

And my inner heart narrated to my eyes.

وَفي خَفاهُ عَنّي إِلَيهِ

لَمّا بَدى لي مِنّي دَعاني

And He called me to Him,

When He appeared to me from me, though hidden from me before.

فَصارَ بَسطُ الوَرى بِقَبضي

وَالخُلُقُ وَالأَمرُ في كِياني

So the expanse of the earth became grasped in my palm,

And creation and command became my essence.

فَلا وُجودٌ سِوى وُجودي

وَكُلُّ باقٍ سِواهُ فانِ

So there is no existence except my existence,

And all that remains other than it is transient.

لِلناسِ عَن مَشهَدي مَغيبٌ

أَضَلَّهُم عَن هُدى بَياني

People are veiled from witnessing me,

Misguided from the guidance of my lucidity,

إِذ بِالأَسامي أَروا اِختِصاصاً

لِما تَخَصَّصتُ بِالمَعاني

Since with names they saw specificity,

To what I had specified through meanings.