يا مَنْ يُفيدُ الطّينَ كلَّ صورَهْ

عنْ مثَلٍ في عِلْمِهِ محْصورَهْ

O You who gives clay every shape of its form

From an example in His knowledge confined

والفَلَكُ الدّوّارُ منْ دَوّارِهِ

والنارُ تمْضي حُكْمَهُ ضَرورَهْ

And the revolving sphere from its revolution

And fire that necessarily follows its decree

فهَذِهِ تحْمِلُ طِيباً طاهِراً

وهذه تُلْقى بِها قاذورَهْ

This one carries wholesomeness and purity

While that one casts filth

أوْصافُ حقٍّ في مِثالِ باطِنٍ

وآلةٌ مَنْهيّةٌ مأمورَهْ

Attributes of the Truth in the example of the unseen

And an apparatus commanded and forbidden