1. اختلسنا من كراما

    تِ الكيان الأبديّ

    We snatched some of the graces

    of everlasting being,

  2. وجينا بمقاما

    تِ العيان الأزليّ

    and we came with the stations

    of beginningless vision;

  3. ورفعنا عن تكالي

    فِ الوجود العمليّ

    and we were raised above the obligations

    of practical existence,

  4. لمضاهاة استواء

    فوق عرشٍ فلكيّ

    to mirror an enthronement

    above a celestial throne.

  5. فرأينا من تعالى

    بالوجود الخلقيّ

    So we saw Him who is exalted

    in created existence,

  6. في لطيفٍ ملكيّ

    وكثيف بشريّ

    in a subtle, angelic form

    and a dense, human form.

  7. وسألناه بأسرا

    رِ المقامِ القدسيّ

    And we asked Him, by the secrets

    of the holy station,

  8. نيل ما قد نحن نل

    ناه لبدرِ الحبشيِّ

    for the attainment of what we ourselves had attained

    for Badr al-Habashi.