1. قرأنا معاني السر فالحكم ظلهر

    به رونقٌ من باطن الحال باهر

    We read the meanings of the secret, so the wisdom became apparent

    With it a splendor from the essence of the state dazzling

  2. أفاد بأن البارزات لسمتها

    بطلَّسم أحاكام الغيوب مظاهر

    It benefited that the prominent ones, their trait

    Is clad with the rulings of the hidden, manifestations

  3. فهذا بماضي قسمة الغيب مؤمنٌ

    وهذا كما قد تشهد العين كافر

    So this one believes in the partition of the unseen

    And this one is an unbeliever, as the eye can attest

  4. جلا مظهر الإبراز كلَّ خفيةٍ

    وحينا عن الأسرار تعمى البصائر

    The manifestation of prominence has revealed every hidden thing

    And the insights are sometimes blind to the secrets

  5. أما ومعانيها وغامض سرها

    وما هو مبدٍ للشؤن وساتر

    As for its meanings and its ambiguous secret

    And what initiates affairs and veils them

  6. ضربنا عن الآثار صفحاً ولبُّنا

    إلى الواحد الفرد المؤثر طائرُ

    We turned away from traces and yearned

    Towards the One, the Singular, the Effecter flying

  7. وغبنا به عن كل بادٍ وطامسٍ

    وفيه لنا سرٌّ مع الصدق حاضر

    And missed with Him every fading and concealing

    And in Him we have a secret along with truth present

  8. نرى واردات الكون منه وعنه لا

    سواه وعجز الكل في الكل ظاهر

    We see the universe's occurrences from and through Him alone

    Other than Him, all are inept in all, evident

  9. فمختاره الهادي لحضرةِ قدسه

    هدانا ومحقا قد غدون الخواطر

    So His Chosen one to the sanctity of His presence

    Guided us and the thoughts have indeed become corrected

  10. عرفنا به الحقًّ المبين وإنه

    مواردنا عن علمه والمصادر

    We knew through him the clear truth, and that He

    Is our resource of knowledge and the wellsprings

  11. لقد مزَّقض الشكَّ الكثيف بعزمه

    ومدَّت علينا من هداه الستائر

    He has indeed shredded the dense doubt with his resolve

    And the veils have been lifted from us by his guidance

  12. فكل لسانٍ بالهدى المحض ناطقٌ

    وكلُّ فؤآد بالعناية عامر

    So every tongue speaks with the pure guidance

    And every heart is inhabited by the providence

  13. تلألأ نور الحق في كل مؤمن

    وقامت على العلم اليقين البشائر

    The light of truth has glittered in every believer

    And the glad tidings have been established upon knowledge

  14. له حملت سراً قديماً قلوبنا

    فحاشاه يبلى يوم السرائر

    For Him our hearts have secretly borne an ancient secret

    So it is shameful that it fade on the day all secrets are exposed