The origin and the return is the Truth; being belongs to Him alone
The manifest existence of the entire universe is naught
That Absolute Being, who is the Necessary Existent:
The whole realm of existence, at its point of wisdom, is naught
This is the secret of “Küntü kenz”: love is what is essential
“Fe ahbebtü” is Muhammad; all else besides is naught
From the summit of naughtness come silent, wordless voices
Love without Muhammad is a barren quarrel, naught
On the earth, the echo was cried out without a sound
The sound of soundlessness; the being of all that exists is naught
By combining letters, by a few sentences of speech,
Can that point of wisdom ever, I wonder, be known at all?
The Messenger's intercession is divine compassion
This humble servant Hilmi is naught beside Your generosity