1. مصور أشكال الوجود معدل ال

    ذوات على ما شئت في أي صورة

    O Fashioner of the forms of existence, giver of due proportion to the

    Beings as You willed, in whatever form.

  2. الهي زينت الظواهر مطلقاً

    وأعطت بالتخصيص نور السريرة

    My God, You adorned outward appearances without restriction,

    And bestowed, selectively, the light of the inner heart.

  3. وميزت من بين البهائم خلقنا

    وزكيت بالاخلاص نفساً تزكت

    And distinguished our created form from among the beasts,

    And through sincerity purified a soul that became pure.

  4. وصورت فينا الغي والرشد والهوى

    فكل له ميل بحكم المشيئة

    And fashioned within us error, right guidance, and desire;

    So each has an inclination under the decree of the will.

  5. وصورت تكميل القوى كل قوة

    لما خصها في ذاتها من وظيفة

    And fashioned the perfection of the faculties—each faculty

    For the function allotted to it within its own nature.

  6. وصورت عرفان النفوس لربها

    فجدت وقامت واستقامت وتمت

    And fashioned the souls’ recognition of their Lord;

    So they strove, arose, became upright, and became complete.

  7. وصورت فيها صورة الخوف والرجا

    فذابت وطابت واختفت وتجلت

    And fashioned within them the form of fear and hope;

    So they melted, grew pure, vanished, and became manifest.

  8. وصورت أشكال المقامات فانتهت

    إليك بها سلاكها واستعدت

    And fashioned the forms of the spiritual stations; thus came

    Their wayfarers to You through them, and readied themselves.

  9. وصورت حب الحق في أنفس صفت

    تجلت له فيه به وتحلت

    And fashioned love of the Truth in souls that grew pure;

    They became manifest to Him, in Him, through Him, and adorned themselves.

  10. الهي كما أحسنت صورة ظاهري

    فاحسن بحب اللّه باطن صورتي

    My God, just as You beautified my outward form,

    So beautify the inward aspect of my form through love of God.

  11. فإنك لم تنظر إلى حسن صورة

    ولكن إلى حسن القلوب المضيئة

    For You have not looked at the beauty of a form,

    But at the beauty of radiant hearts.