1. قل لأم الأربع

    أنت في الخير معي

    Say to the Mother of the Four:

    You are with me in goodness.

  2. لولا عيني لم يكن

    لك عين فاسمعي

    Were it not for my essence, there would be

    no essence for you—so listen.

  3. إنما نحن لها

    في الوجود فدعي

    We are hers alone

    in existence; so desist.

  4. ولها الحكم بنا

    في الجهات الأربع

    And through us she holds sway

    in the four directions.

  5. فإذا علمت ذا

    فلكوني فارجعي

    So when you know this,

    then return to my being,

  6. رجعةً مرضيةً

    لرياضي وارتعي

    with a pleasing return,

    to my meadows, and graze.

  7. أنا فيما قلته

    من حديث مدَّعي

    I am, in what I have said,

    a claimant in discourse.

  8. ودليلي واضحٌ

    مثلُ لمعِ اليرمع

    And my proof is clear,

    like the gleam of white pebbles

  9. في سرابٍ فترى

    ماءَ مزانٍ فاكرعي

    in a mirage; so you see

    rain-cloud water—so stoop and drink.

  10. فإذا ما جئتَه

    لم تجد شيئاً معي

    Then, when you reach it,

    you will find nothing with me.

  11. كلّ ما جئتُ به

    عن خطيبٍ مصقعِ

    All that I have brought

    comes from an eloquent orator.

  12. وحديثي إنما

    هو مني ومعي

    And my discourse is only

    from me and with me.