1. خَلَق السمواتِ والأرضَ التي

    منها أنا أكبر من خلقي

    The creation of the heavens and the earth, from which

    I come, is greater than my creation,

  2. لمن درى أني منها أنا

    كما أنا أيضاً من الخلقِ

    for one who knows that I myself am from it,

    just as I too belong to creation,

  3. بوجهي الخاص الذي لاح لي

    وحزته في قدمِ الصدقِ

    through my particular face, which shone forth to me,

    and which I attained in a station of truth.

  4. حزتُ به كلُّ من ناله

    وجودَ ذوقٍ قَصَبَ السبق

    Through it I won—as did all who attained it

    through direct tasting—the reed of precedence.

  5. أشبه من أوجدني جوده

    في النعت والأسماء والخلقِ

    I resemble Him whose generosity brought me into being,

    in attributes, names, and character.

  6. سبحان من يعلم أني به

    في بيضة التكوين في حق

    Glory to Him who knows that through Him I am

    within the egg of formation, inside a casket.

  7. أشاهد الإنشاء فيّ كما

    شاهده المذكور في النطق

    I witness creation within me, just as

    the one mentioned in speech witnessed it.

  8. لم يتغير صفو مشروبه

    للأمد الأبعد بالرَّتقِ

    The clarity of his drink did not change

    over the longest span, through sealing.

  9. شاهد لحماً قبله أعظما

    تربط بالأعصابِ والعرقِ

    He saw flesh, and before it bones,

    bound together with sinews and veins.

  10. وهو الذي مرَّ على قريةٍ

    معترفا بالملك والمرق

    And he is the one who passed by a village,

    acknowledging sovereignty and the broth,

  11. خاوية ليس بها عامر

    قد غابَ بالرتق عن الفتقِِ

    desolate, with no inhabitant.

    He had vanished through closure, away from opening.

  12. شكراً لمن أنشأه بعدما

    أماته بالقصد لا الوفق

    Thanks to Him who brought him forth after

    He had made him die by design, not by chance.