1. الله أكبر ما بالدارِ من أحدٍ

    وما خَلَتْ وهي عندي عينُ مستندي

    God is greatest: there is no one in the house.

    Yet it has not stood empty; to me, it is my very support.

  2. دار الوجودِ تسمى وهو مظهرها

    وما الوجودُ سواها عندها وقد

    It is called the House of Being, and being is its locus of manifestation.

    And being is nothing other than it, in its own view—and that suffices.

  3. ما إنْ ذكرتك باسمٍ لستُ أعرفه

    إلا ويوجد لي معناه في خَلَدي

    Never have I invoked you by a name unknown to me,

    But its meaning is found for me within my mind.

  4. وكان فيّ ولم أشعر بموضعه

    كموضعِ الروح لا يدري به جسدي

    And it was within me, though I did not perceive its place,

    Like the spirit's place, unknown to my body.

  5. شواهد الحالِ في الأشياء تعلمني

    بها فأصبح في معلومةٍ جددِ

    The signs of the state in things instruct me

    About it; so I awaken amid knowledge renewed.

  6. يمسي عليها رجالٌ ما لهم عددٌ

    يغني الأمان الذي فيها عن العدد

    Men beyond number spend the evening upon it;

    The safety within it makes numbers needless.

  7. هي السبيلُ إليها فهي غايتها

    مثل التردفِ في الأسماء بالعدد

    It is the path to itself, and thus its own goal,

    Like the succession of names in enumeration.

  8. علمتُ منها علوماً لم يكن أحدٌ

    يدري بها غير أهلِ العلم بالرصدِ

    From it I learned sciences that no one

    Knew, except those versed in observation.

  9. لهم رقيبٌ عليهم من نفوسهمُ

    لا يعلمون به يهدي إلى الرُّشَد

    They have a watcher over them, from their own souls,

    They do not know of him; he guides toward the right course.

  10. ضخم الدسيعةِ وهَّابٌ أخو كرمٍ

    ربُّ الجزورِ وربُّ الوهب والرفدِ

    Great in bounty, a lavish giver, endowed with generosity,

    Master of the slaughter-camel, and master of giving and aid.

  11. إذا تحركه الأنواء تحسبه

    كأنه البحر يرمي السيف بالزبد

    When the seasonal rains stir him, you would think him

    Like the sea, pelting the shore with foam.

  12. إن كانَ ينصره من كان يخذله

    فلا تناقضَ بين الفردِ والأحد

    If he who used to forsake him gives him aid,

    Then there is no contradiction between the Single and the One.

  13. أنهى إليكم كتاباً فيه ذكركمُ

    لتعقلوا عنه ما يلقى بلا سَنَد

    He has conveyed to you a book in which you are mentioned,

    So you may understand from him what is uttered without warrant,

  14. من الأوقاولِ من فقرٍ ومن بخلِ

    من أجل قرض وإمساك عن المدد

    Of sayings concerning poverty and miserliness,

    Because of a loan and the withholding of aid.