1. هذي العَزيمةُ لمَّا طارَ طائِرُها

    خلَّى بِثَوْرتِه كلَّ الوُجوداتِ

    This resolve, when its bird took flight,

    left all forms of existence behind in its surge.

  2. وراحَ والهِمَّةُ العلياءُ تدْفَعُهُ

    عن الوُجودِ إلى ربِّ السَّمواتِ

    And it went forth, with lofty aspiration driving it

    away from existence toward the Lord of the heavens.

  3. كُلُّ الحوادثِ لو حقَّقْتَها عدمٌ

    فاسْتحكِمِ الأمرَ في نفْيٍ وإثْباتِ

    All contingent things, if you discern their reality, are nothingness.

    So master the matter of negation and affirmation.

  4. وخُذْ لِقلبِكَ دَرْباً لا تُغالُ بهِ

    وارفعَ إلى الذَّوقِ أسرارَ الإشاراتِ

    And take for your heart a path on which you will not be waylaid.

    And raise the secrets of the allusions to spiritual tasting.

  5. وكنْ معَ اللهِ لا تبغِ السِّوى بدلاً

    بِعَبرةٍ أصلحَتْ سُقْمَ العِباراتِ

    And be with God; seek no other as a substitute,

    with a tear that healed the sickness of words.

  6. إشارةٌ تَجْتلي بُشرى إِذا ثَبتتْ

    إنَّ الإشاراتِ أبوابُ البشاراتِ

    An allusion reveals glad tidings when it holds true.

    Indeed, allusions are the gates of glad tidings.