1. كل شيء لنا على التحقيقِ

    من عدو مخالف وصديقِ

    Everything is ours in truth,

    from an opposing enemy to a friend,

  2. ومضر ونافع وهو إما

    خادم حال وسعة أو ضيق

    the harmful and the helpful; each is either

    a servant of a state, of abundance or hardship.

  3. حكم كلها جميع أموري

    وأمور الورى بحكم دقيق

    All of these govern every one of my affairs

    and the affairs of humankind with precise judgment.

  4. يا ابن ودي هي الشئون تجلت

    فتحلت بها صفات رفيقي

    O son of my affection, these affairs have appeared,

    and my companion’s qualities were adorned by them.

  5. تقتضي دورة الشقاء لقوم

    ولقوم سعادة التوفيق

    The turning of misfortune is decreed for some,

    and for others, the happiness of divine aid,

  6. طبق ما يعلم الإله قديماً

    نفسه في نفوس كل فريق

    according to what God has known eternally

    of Himself in the souls of every group.

  7. حيرة بل هداية أنتجتها

    صبغة الغيب عند أهل الطريق

    Bewilderment, or rather guidance, was brought forth

    by the unseen’s coloring among the people of the path.

  8. فاعلمونا أو فاجهلونا هنا لا

    جهل والكل علم حق حقيقي

    So know us or be ignorant of us; here there is no

    ignorance, and all is true, genuine knowledge.

  9. هو جمع وإن تفرق قومي

    فأنا لا أقول بالتفريق

    It is a gathering, though my people have scattered;

    I do not speak of separation.

  10. يا لأمر مقدس غاب عنا

    يقذف الخلق من مكان سحيق

    What a sacred matter, hidden from us,

    that casts creation from a distant place!

  11. نتفانى به فنفنى فنبقى

    منه نشتمُّ طيب مسكٍ فتيق

    Through it we give ourselves up, pass away, then remain;

    from it we smell the scent of aged musk.

  12. قيدتنا التوجهات علينا

    منه كيف اقتضت بحكم طليق

    The orientations imposed upon us have bound us,

    coming from it as free judgment required.

  13. وهدانا إليه برق التجلي

    في دياجي إمكاننا بالبريق

    The lightning of revelation guided us to Him,

    flashing through the darkness of our possibility.

  14. فشربنا هواه ممن وجدنا

    عنده بالدنان والإبريق

    So we drank His love from one we found

    with wine jars and a pitcher.

  15. وأقمنا على المحبة نلقى ال

    غير عنها بحفظ عهد وثيق

    And we remained in love, turning the

    other away from it, keeping a firm covenant.