1. صنوان ضدان أب واحد

    رباهما في الزمن الذاهبِ

    Two kindred scions, two opposites—a single father

    Reared them both in bygone time.

  2. بينهما بعد فمن طالع

    في أفق الشرق ومن غاربِ

    Distance lay between them: one rising

    On the eastern horizon, and one setting.

  3. قد ظفر الطالب بالهارب

    وتمّ منه بغية الطالبِ

    The pursuer has triumphed over the fugitive,

    And through him the pursuer's desire was fulfilled.

  4. فصاحب المشرق من جانب

    وصاحب المغرب من جانبِ

    So he of the east, from one side,

    And he of the west, from the other,

  5. صارا جميعا نحو وسط السما

    فالتقيا في الوسط الغالبِ

    Went together toward the middle of the sky,

    And met in the prevailing middle.

  6. فاصطحبا فيه وزالت به

    عداوة المصحوب والصاحبِ

    So they became companions there, and through it vanished

    The enmity between the accompanied one and the companion.

  7. ومن حراك النافر المرتقي

    ومن سكون الثابت الراسبِ

    And from the motion of the fleeing, ascending one,

    And from the stillness of the fixed, sunken one,

  8. طبيعة خامسة ولّدت

    فيها انبساط الغائص الذائبِ

    A fifth nature was engendered:

    Within it, the diving, melting one expands,

  9. كالذهب الإبريز باقٍ على ال

    نار صبور ليس بالهاربِ

    Like pure gold, enduring in the

    Fire—steadfast, not a fugitive.