1. My sight has shown me light to be fire, and dawn
To be night, with a sea of horizons within me.
١. بَصَري أَراني النورَ ناراً وَالضُحى
لَيلاً وَفي جَهَتي مُحيطُ جِهاتي
2. So the act of calling out has revealed to me
What was external to myself, deep in my essence.
٢. فَالنُطقُ مِنهُ بِالنَداءِ أَبانَ لي
ما كانَ عَنّي خارِجاً في ذاتي
3. And so my heart did not lie in what it saw -
To affirm it is to deny my attributes.
٣. فَلِذاكَ لَم يَكذِب فُؤادي ما رَأى
إِثباتَهُ مَنفىً صِفاتِ