1. The soul's discourse flows to souls effortlessly,
And hearts perceive it without toil.

2. I cried it out, and it flew without wings,
Ripping through the expanse of space.

3. Its origin is my earthly being, yet
The language of the heavens flowed in its diction.

4. Tears of passion have streamed from me
In a discourse that was sublimely vociferous.

5. So it soared to the pinnacle of the spheres until
It stirred the highest cosmic world with my weeping,

6. And the galaxy responded to a specter
That floated secretly among the stars.

7. And the moon said, “This is a doubting heart
That continues its singing at nightfall.”

8. And it knew only the bliss of my voice
And how impassioned I was in my devotion.

9. Were my lamentations or joy in this gloom
And were the stars of my night my enviers or my consolers?

10. I have lived in the past as though
Time had cut off yesterday's path from tomorrow's.

11. While the birds, mourning their transient lives,
Bemoan the thickets with their recurring song.

12. My sighing has grown long, and its melody so prolonged,
And my tears are like the dripping from the supple branch.

13. How long will my silence last, as if I'm a flower
Dumb, granted no eloquence for singing?

14. My lyre is filled with the sighs of ardency—
The suppressed must overflow.

15. Thoughts of my fervor have risen to my lips
To elucidate in speech and with my tongue

16. That I have not transgressed contentment and acceptance,
But this is the tale of passions,

17. Which complain to You, O God, of a heart that
Has not lived except to praise You among beings.

18. When faith is lost, there is no safety;
And no life for one who does not enliven religion.

19. Whoever accepts life without religion
Has made annihilation its companion.

20. And in oneness there is unification of resolve;
Never will the lofty be built by the divided.

21. Was not a prophet sent to your nation
To unite you upon the path of harmony?

22. Both your scripture and your qiblah collectively
Are a beacon for brotherhood and peace.

23. And above all is the Merciful, the Compassionate,
One God...Lord of all people.