هذا بُروزٌ سابقٌ

هذا بُروزٌ سابقٌ

بهِ عَطاءٌ سابقُ

بهِ عَطاءٌ سابقُ

This is a prior manifestation;

This is an early emergence

In it is a prior gift.

With it, an early gift

حارَ الرِّجالُ سابقٌ

حارَ الرِّجالُ سابقٌ

بِشأنهِ ولاحِقُ

بِشأنهِ ولاحِقُ

Men were bewildered, those who came before,

Men were confused about it

At its nature, and those who came after.

Regarding its matter and subsequent

أخْلاقُ حَقٍّ لألأتْ

أخْلاقُ حَقٍّ لألأتْ

بِنِمْطِها الحَقائِقُ

بِنِمْطِها الحَقائِقُ

Virtues of truth—there glittered

The morals of truth have adorned

In their pattern, the realities.

With their authentic pattern

خالِقُها أكْمَلَها

خالِقُها أكْمَلَها

فَلْتَجْهَلِ الخَلائِقُ

فَلْتَجْهَلِ الخَلائِقُ

Their Creator perfected them;

Its Creator has perfected them

So let created beings remain ignorant.

So let the creatures be ignorant

وأنَّها ظاهرةٌ

وأنَّها ظاهرةٌ

أنوارُها شوارقُ

أنوارُها شوارقُ

And they are manifest;

And that it is an apparent phenomenon

Their lights shine forth.

Its lights are brilliant

حَقائقٌ ثابِتَةٌ

حَقائقٌ ثابِتَةٌ

يُجْلى لها بَوارقُ

يُجْلى لها بَوارقُ

Firmly established realities,

Fixed truths

For which flashes of lightning are unveiled.

For which insights are unveiled

لم يَنْتظمْ بِسِلْكها

لم يَنْتظمْ بِسِلْكها

إِلاَّ المُرادُ الصَّادقُ

إِلاَّ المُرادُ الصَّادقُ

None was strung upon their thread

None have joined its path

Except the sincere chosen one,

Except the sincere desired one

ومن زَوى عن نَفْسهِ

ومن زَوى عن نَفْسهِ

ما أوْهَمَ العَلائقُ

ما أوْهَمَ العَلائقُ

And whoever kept away from himself

And one who deviates from himself

What attachments falsely suggested,

What relations have deluded

ومن إذا ذَكَرْتهُ

ومن إذا ذَكَرْتهُ

قلتُ الحَكيمُ الحاذقُ

قلتُ الحَكيمُ الحاذقُ

And the one of whom, whenever I speak,

And when he is mentioned

I say: 'The sage, the adept.'

I say the wise, prudent one