ظهر الوجود من العدمْ

ظهر الوجود من العدمْ

وبدا الحدوث من القدمْ

وبدا الحدوث من القدمْ

Existence emerged from nonexistence,

Existence emerged from nonexistence

and temporal becoming arose from beginningless eternity.

And occurence appeared from eternity

وتفصلت أسماء من

وتفصلت أسماء من

بالوجه أجمل والقدم

بالوجه أجمل والقدم

And the names of the one became distinct

And names branched out from

who is fairest in face and foot.

The most beautiful face and the eternal foot

وانهدَّ ما بنت العقو

وانهدَّ ما بنت العقو

ل من المعاني وانهدم

ل من المعاني وانهدم

And what the intellects had built crumbled—

And what the minds built collapsed

of meanings—and collapsed.

From meanings and was demolished

وتبدل الشخص الذي

وتبدل الشخص الذي

قد كان من لحم ودم

قد كان من لحم ودم

And the person was transformed who

And the person who

had been of flesh and blood.

Was once flesh and blood changed

وقد استحال جميعه

وقد استحال جميعه

نوراً فأوقع في الندم

نوراً فأوقع في الندم

And all of him had turned

And turned all into

into light, thereby bringing regret.

Light, causing regret

وتداخل المخدوم في

وتداخل المخدوم في

وصف المحاسن والخدم

وصف المحاسن والخدم

And the one served merged into

And the served intermingled with

the description of beauties and servants.

The description of beauty and service

وتقاصر القصر المشي

وتقاصر القصر المشي

د وبار بئرٌ وارتدم

د وبار بئرٌ وارتدم

And the lofty palace shrank,

And the magnificent palace collapsed

and a well fell into ruin and became filled with earth.

A well remained and crumbled