لولاwere it not for وجودِthe existence of النفسِthe breath الأنزهthe purest
لولا وجودِ النفسِ الأنزه
ماnot لاحappeared عينthe very being of العالمِthe world المشبهbearing likeness
ما لاح عين العالمِ المشبه
Were it not for the existence of the purest breath,
Were it not for the presence of the pure soul
the very being of the likeness-bearing world would not have appeared.
The eye of the world would not shine