1. I gave drink—and hearts may indeed be watered by ardent longing—

    to my heart: a draught of love, the opening letters of al-Raʿd.

  2. Then by God, the angels, and the messengers, all of them,

    by the opening letters of al-Aʿrāf, give me drink of ecstasy.

  3. Or else, with this rebuff of yours, the heart—

    by the opening letters of the Virgin’s sūra—may it attain union, with no separation.

  4. And by the opening of al-Aḥqāf and of the six before it:

    Succor, succor, O consummate one—no mere promise!

Sol 5.6