1. يساعد تعظيم الإزار ردائي

    بتكبيره فالقول قول إمائي

    My cloak aids the exaltation of the waist-wrapper,

    By magnifying it; thus the utterance is my handmaids’ utterance.

  2. كنفسي وما لي من صفات تنزَّهَتْ

    عن الكيفِ والتشبيه فهو مرائي

    Like my soul and the attributes I possess, exalted

    Above modality and likeness; so he is my mirrors.

  3. يرى ناظري فيها الوجودَ بأسرِه

    وذلك عند الكشفِ كشفِ غطائي

    My eye sees all existence in them,

    And that is at the unveiling—the unveiling of my veil.

  4. فقلتُ ومن قد جاد لي بعطائه

    فقال لي المطلوب ذاك عطائي

    So I said, “And who has lavished his gift upon me?”

    Then the one sought said to me, “That is my gift.”

  5. فخفتُ على نفسي لسبحة وجهه

    فجاد على نفسي بأخضَرَ ماءِ

    So I feared for my soul because of his face’s splendor.

    Then he lavished green water upon my soul,

  6. من العلم ما يحيى به ما أماته

    يفكر جهلي إذ وفى لوفائي

    Of knowledge, whereby what he had slain comes to life.

    My ignorance ponders, since he kept faith in return for my fidelity.

  7. أنا عبده ما بين عالٍ وسافلٍ

    كما هو في أرض له وسماء

    I am his servant between the high and the low,

    Just as he is in his earth and heaven.

  8. فيوقفني ما بين نورٍ وظلمةٍ

    بما كان عندي من سنا وسناء

    So he stations me between light and darkness,

    Through the radiance and eminence I possessed.

  9. ويشهدني حباً لنا وعناية

    بما أنا فيه من حياً وحياء

    And he grants me vision, out of love for us and care

    For the life-giving rain and modesty in which I abide.

  10. فنوري كنور الزبرقان إذا بدا

    ملاء بما يعطيه نورُ ذُكاء

    So my light is like that of Zibriqān, the moon, when it appears,

    Full with what the light of Dhukāʾ, the sun, gives it.

  11. فأصبحت في عيشٍ هنيء وغبطةٍ

    يقلبني فيه رخاءُ رخائي

    So I came to dwell in a pleasant life and bliss,

    The ease of my ease turns me about within it.

  12. فيخدمني من كان إذ كنت في الثرى

    بجانب ذاتي خدمة لثرائي

    So I am served by one who, when I was in the soil, was

    Beside my very self—a service for my wealth.

  13. ألا ليت شعري هل أرى رسمَ دارٍ من

    يرى ذا هوى فيه صريعُ هواء

    Ah, would that I knew: shall I see a dwelling’s trace? Whoever

    Is seen longing for it is struck down by a breeze,

  14. من أجل سلامٍ ساقه في هبوبه

    من الملأ الأعلى من النجباء

    Because of a greeting it carried as it blew,

    From the Highest Assembly, from the noble ones.