1. وُجُودُ مَنْ قدْ وَجَدْنا

    عَنْهُ يَسْبِقْ

    The being of the One we have found

    comes first from Him.

  2. بِذَا قالْ كُلُّ حَد

    وبِهْ صَدَّق

    Thus has everyone spoken,

    and believed in it.

  3. ومَوْجُودُ الْوُجَود

    سِرَّكَ الْحَقْ

    And the Existent of existence

    is your secret, the Real.

  4. نَرَى ضَرْبَةَ لاَزم

    سِرَّكَ الْحَق

    We see an inevitable blow.

    Your secret is the Real.

  5. نَرَى ضَرْبَةَ لاَزم

    وُجُودُنا تَرَاجِم

    We see an inevitable blow.

    Our being consists of interpretations.

  6. وقُلْ للْفَيْلَسُوفْ

    كَمْ ذَا تُسَلْسل

    And say to the philosopher:

    "How long will you pursue this regress?

  7. لا بُدَّ أن تَقِف

    لا بُدَّ أن تُعَلَّل

    You must come to a stop;

    it must be traced to a cause.

  8. فَمَعلُولُ الْحُدُوث

    وُجُود لُو أوِّل

    For the effect of origination

    is an existence with a beginning."

  9. وإِنَّك يا مُخَاصِم

    في بَحْرِ اللَّوْمِ عايِمْ

    And indeed you, O disputant,

    are swimming in a sea of blame.

  10. وبَيَّنْ للطَبِيعي

    ما هُوَ أوْلَى

    And explain to the natural philosopher

    what is more fitting.

  11. وَقُلْوا الانْفِعَال

    عَنْ فاعِل أمْ لاَ

    And tell him: "Is being acted upon

    due to an agent, or not?"

  12. فإنْ جَاك باسْم

    مَنْ تَهْوَى فأهْلا

    Then if he comes to you with the name

    of the one you love—then welcome!

  13. هَذَاكْ ه اسم دايمْ

    قلوا دعني يا ظَالِم

    That is an enduring name.

    Tell him: "Leave me, O wrongdoer!

  14. بذا الاسمِ عليك

    بِالله دعني يا ظَالِم

    By this name, I implore you—

    by God, leave me, O wrongdoer!"

  15. وهل يُنْكِرْ أحد

    لوجودِ فاعلْ

    And does anyone deny

    that existence has an agent?

  16. ظَهَر سرْ الخِلاَف

    بِينِ الأوائِل

    The secret of disagreement has appeared

    among the ancients.

  17. ومَرْقُوم الأراقم

    بِه يشْهد يا نايِم

    And the serpents' markings

    bear witness to it, O sleeper.

  18. حرُوف هي ذِي النُّفُوس

    تجمعها الاسما

    These souls are letters;

    the names gather them together.

  19. والاسْمَا والنُفُوس

    اسْم المُسَمَّى

    And the names and the souls

    are the name of the Named.

  20. ولكنّ الخِلاف

    قدْ جَا في عمّا

    But the disagreement

    has arisen over "ʿammā",

  21. كما هي في الطواسيم

    كنُوز للطَّلاسيم

    as it has over the Ṭā-Sīn-Mīm sequences—

    treasures for talismans.

  22. مَحَلُّ الاتحَادْ

    في ذِي القضّيهْ

    The locus of union

    in this matter

  23. يَجُّلُ عَنْ مَقَالْ

    بالمَثْنَوِيَّهْ

    is beyond any talk

    in terms of duality.

  24. بذا قال من لو

    ذِكْرٌ وَرَوِيُه

    Thus spoke one endowed with

    remembrance and reflection.

  25. فَمَنْ يَسْتَلُ صارِم

    يَقْرَا هَذِي المَلاَحِم

    So whoever unsheathes a keen sword

    should read these epics.