ياO صدقtruth القومthe people عنof جمالكyour beauty قدindeed روواthey recounted
يا صدق القوم عن جمالك قد رووا
وعلىand upon بديعwondrous صفاتqualities سيرتكyour way احتوواthey encompassed
وعلى بديع صفات سيرتك احتووا
Ah, the people spoke truly when they told of your beauty.
O truth of the people, they have told of your beauty.
And encompassed the wondrous qualities of your way.
And they have encompassed the wondrous qualities of your way.
لبسواthey donned ثيابrobes النورthe light نوركyour light فيin الدجىnight's darkness
لبسوا ثياب النور نورك في الدجى
ومشواand they walked بهاin them وإليكand toward you عنهمaway from themselves قدindeed لوواthey turned
ومشوا بها وإليك عنهم قد لووا
They donned robes of light—your light amid the darkness.
They donned robes of light—your light in the darkness of night.
And walked in them; toward you, away from themselves, they turned.
And walked in them, turning toward you and away from themselves.
كشفواthey lifted القناعthe veil ولاand no قناعveil سوىexcept السوىotherness
كشفوا القناع ولا قناع سوى السوى
وبعذبand with the sweet water منهلكyour spring الرويِّabundant in water قدindeed ارتوواthey drank their fill
وبعذب منهلك الرويِّ قد ارتووا
They lifted the veil—and there is no veil save otherness.
They lifted the veil, and there is no veil but otherness.
And at your sweet, thirst-quenching spring they drank their fill.
And drank their fill of the sweet water of your abundant spring.
وبواوand through the letter wāw ودكyour love نحوكtoward you انعطفواthey turned وماand did not
وبواو ودك نحوك انعطفوا وما
سمعواthey heard كلامthe words العاذلينthe reproachers وإنand even if عوواthey howled
سمعوا كلام العاذلين وإن عووا
And with the wāw of your love they curved toward you, and did not
And through the wāw of your love they turned toward you, and did not
heed the reproachers’ words, though they howled.
Hear the words of the reproachers, even if they howled.
قامتstood forth بسركthrough your secret فيin العيانplain sight ذواتهمtheir selves
قامت بسرك في العيان ذواتهم
وهمand they الذينthose who إلىtoward الفناannihilation بكthrough you قدindeed هوواthey fell
وهم الذين إلى الفنا بك قد هووا
Through your secret, their very selves stood forth in the visible realm.
Their selves stood forth in plain sight through your secret.
They are the ones who, through you, fell into annihilation.
And they are those who, through you, have fallen into annihilation.
شخصواthey gazed إلىأنوارtoward the lights ذاتكyour essence فيin الورىcreation
شخصوا إلىأنوار ذاتك في الورى
فإذاthen behold الجميعall عنfrom المغايرةseparateness انزوواthey withdrew
فإذا الجميع عن المغايرة انزووا
They journeyed toward the lights of your essence amid creation,
They gazed toward the lights of your essence in creation.
and behold, all withdrew from separateness.
Then behold, all withdrew from separateness.
أنتyou المدادthe ink وهمand they حروفكyour letters خططتwere inscribed
أنت المداد وهم حروفك خططت
بكthrough you فيكin you فوقabove عروشthrones نشأتكyour creation استوواthey took their place
بك فيك فوق عروش نشأتك استووا
You are the ink, and they your letters; you inscribed them
You are the ink, and they are your letters, inscribed
with yourself, within yourself; upon the thrones of your unfolding they came to rest.
Through you, in you; above the thrones of your creation they took their place.
وإذاand when انحرفتyou turned aside وأنتand you واوthe letter wāw وجودناour existence
وإذا انحرفت وأنت واو وجودنا
ظهرappeared العدىthe foes وبنارهمand by their fire فيكin you اكتوواthey were seared
ظهر العدى وبنارهم فيك اكتووا
And if you turn aside—you, the wāw of our existence—
And when you turn aside—you, the wāw of our existence—
the foes emerge, and in you are seared by their own fire.
The foes appear, and in you they are seared by their fire.
Sol 6.1