إنindeed الذيthe one who أكَّدَconfirmed وعديmy promise وفاهْfulfilled it
إن الذي أكَّدَ وعدي وفاهْ
وبالمنىand with hopes خاطبaddressed قلبيmy heart وفاهْand spoke
وبالمنى خاطب قلبي وفاهْ
Indeed, he who confirmed my promise fulfilled it.
And with hopes he addressed my heart and spoke.
طلعتهhis countenance تهتكtears away أستارناour veils
طلعته تهتك أستارنا
وتثبتand confirms العينthe eye لديناfor us وفاهْhis faithfulness
وتثبت العين لدينا وفاهْ
His countenance tears away our veils,
and the eye confirms his faithfulness to us.
محتجبveiled لكنهyet he is ظاهرmanifest
محتجب لكنه ظاهر
لكلto everyone منwho عنهabout him نفىbanished الإشتباهuncertainty
لكل من عنه نفى الإشتباه
He is veiled, yet manifest
to everyone who banishes uncertainty about him.
لاmay not كانexist منwhoever ينظرlooks فيat غيرهother than him
لا كان من ينظر في غيره
ولاand may not تهنَّىfind joy منwhoever يلاقيmeets سواهother than him
ولا تهنَّى من يلاقي سواه
May whoever looks to anything other than him cease to be,
and may whoever meets another know no joy.
تعودتhas grown accustomed to أغيارهthings other than him أمةa people
تعودت أغياره أمة
لاnot تعرفknows اليقظةwakefulness والإنتباهand awareness
لا تعرف اليقظة والإنتباه
A people have grown accustomed to things other than him;
they know neither wakefulness nor awareness.
وكلand everyone منwho قدindeed تاهlost his way فيهin him اهتدىfound guidance
وكل من قد تاه فيه اهتدى
لهto him ومنand whoever فيهin him اهتدىfound guidance عنهfrom him تاهstrayed
له ومن فيه اهتدى عنه تاه
And everyone who loses his way in him is guided
to him; and whoever finds his way in him strays from him.
روضa garden جرتflowed أسماؤهhis names جدولاًas a stream
روض جرت أسماؤه جدولاً
منهfrom him فأنواعand so the kinds of البراياcreated beings مياهwaters
منه فأنواع البرايا مياه
He is a garden; his names have flowed as a stream
from him; thus, the kinds of created beings are waters.
فانظرso look إلىat هيكلناour bodily frame تلقهyou will find him
فانظر إلى هيكلنا تلقه
وكلand everything ماthat شئتyou wish ترىyou see فيin حماهhis sanctuary
وكل ما شئت ترى في حماه
Look, then, upon our bodily frame: you will find him,
and whatever you wish you will see in his sanctuary.
إسكندرAlexander العزمresolve منamong المقتفيthe follower of
إسكندر العزم من المقتفي
آثارناour footsteps يدركattains عينthe spring of الحياهlife
آثارنا يدرك عين الحياه
An Alexander in resolve, among those who follow
our footsteps, reaches the spring of life.
منwhoever زالvanished فيهin him عنaway from سواهall other than him التقىmet
من زال فيه عن سواه التقى
بهwith him ومنهand from him قدindeed أتاهcame to him مناهhis desire
به ومنه قد أتاه مناه
Whoever, lost in him, leaves all else behind meets
with him, and from him receives his heart's desire.
قدindeed سجدتprostrated themselves كلall البراياcreated beings لهto him
قد سجدت كل البرايا له
لماwhen تجلىrevealed himself رافلاًtrailing his robes فيin حلاهhis finery
لما تجلى رافلاً في حلاه
All created beings have prostrated themselves before him
when he revealed himself, proudly arrayed in his finery.
باللهby God ياO ريحwind الصباthe east wind بلِّغىconvey
بالله يا ريح الصبا بلِّغى
أحبابناour loved ones بالجزعat the valley bend وجداًlonging نراهwe feel it
أحبابنا بالجزع وجداً نراه
By God, O east wind, convey
to our loved ones at the valley bend the longing we feel.
فإنfor indeed منone whose زادgrew worse بهin him داؤهhis illness
فإن من زاد به داؤه
ريحwind الصباthe east wind منfrom نحوthe direction of سُعدىSuʿdā دواهhis cure
ريح الصبا من نحو سُعدى دواه
For the one whose sickness has worsened,
the east wind from Suʿdā's direction is his cure.
فليتso if only طيفthe phantom of الحبthe beloved لوif زارنيvisited me
فليت طيف الحب لو زارني
وأسعدand gladdened المضنىthe love-worn one وأهنىand soothed حشاهhis heart
وأسعد المضنى وأهنى حشاه
If only the beloved's phantom would visit me
and gladden the love-worn one and soothe his heart.
فإنهfor indeed he كانused to إلىtoward مثلهone like him
فإنه كان إلى مثله
يسريtravels by night ويحلوand is sweet لفؤاديto my heart سراهhis night journey
يسري ويحلو لفؤادي سراه
For he would, toward one like himself,
travel by night, and sweet to my heart was his passage.
ولكنand yet الألبابminds محجوبةveiled
ولكن الألباب محجوبة
عنهfrom him بماby what تدركthey grasp مماof what تراهthey see it
عنه بما تدرك مما تراه
But minds are veiled
from him by what they grasp of what they see.
وقدand indeed عنتbowed in submission كلall قلوبthe hearts of الورىhumankind
وقد عنت كل قلوب الورى
لهto him وقدand indeed ذلتwere humbled عليهbefore him الجباهforeheads
له وقد ذلت عليه الجباه
And all the hearts of humankind have bowed
to him, and foreheads have been humbled before him.
ومنand whoever درىknew ذابmelted away ومنand whoever لاnot درىknew
ومن درى ذاب ومن لا درى
وكلهمand all of them منطرحlying cast down فيin حماهhis sanctuary
وكلهم منطرح في حماه
And whoever knows melts away, and whoever does not know—
all lie cast down within his sanctuary.
Sol 6.1