إني أنا جسم فنفس فروحْ

إني أنا جسم فنفس فروحْ

ثلاثة فيهن أغدو أروحْ

ثلاثة فيهن أغدو أروحْ

Indeed, I am a body, then a soul, then a spirit.

I am a body, a soul, and a spirit

Three, within which I go forth at dawn and return at dusk.

Three in which I come and go

وهن أصل واحد حادث

وهن أصل واحد حادث

يخفى سريعاً وسريعاً يلوحْ

يخفى سريعاً وسريعاً يلوحْ

And they are one created root,

And they are one original source created

Which quickly disappears and quickly appears.

That disappears quickly and appears quickly

وراءه الأمر الذي يقتضي

وراءه الأمر الذي يقتضي

حقيقة تجهلها كل روح

حقيقة تجهلها كل روح

Beyond it lies the command that entails

Behind it is the matter that requires

A reality unknown to every spirit.

A truth that every soul ignores

تنزهت في غيبها عندنا

تنزهت في غيبها عندنا

فما لها إلا شميم يفوح

فما لها إلا شميم يفوح

To us, it is transcendent in its hiddenness,

It transcended in its absence from us

So it has only a fragrance that wafts.

So it has nothing left but a scent that diffuses

كاللمح من أبصارنا أمرها

كاللمح من أبصارنا أمرها

وهو الذي منه يكون الفتوح

وهو الذي منه يكون الفتوح

Its affair is like a flash of our sight,

Like a glimpse from our sights is its matter

And it is from this that spiritual openings arise.

And it is that from which conquests come from

يا واحداً وهو كثير كما

يا واحداً وهو كثير كما

قلنا ولكني به لا أبوح

قلنا ولكني به لا أبوح

O One who is many, as

O One and He is many as

We have said—yet I do not speak openly of it,

We said but I do not profess it in fear

خوفاً على حرمته عند من

خوفاً على حرمته عند من

يجهله أو يعتريه جموح

يجهله أو يعتريه جموح

Fearing for its sanctity before one who

Of violating its sanctity to those

Does not know it, or is seized by waywardness.

Who are ignorant or overcome by madness

فإن كل الفانيات التي

فإن كل الفانيات التي

بها الوجود الحق كان السموح

بها الوجود الحق كان السموح

For all the perishable things through which

For all perishable things in which

True Being has been bountiful

The true existence was sublime

ما غيرته مذ تجلى بها

ما غيرته مذ تجلى بها

وباطل في نور حق يطوح

وباطل في نور حق يطوح

Have not changed it since it manifested through them;

Have not changed it since it manifested through them

And falsehood is flung away in truth's light.

And falsehood vanishes in the light of true might

خذ لي أماناً منك يا سيدي

خذ لي أماناً منك يا سيدي

جوانحي للقرب فيها جنوح

جوانحي للقرب فيها جنوح

Secure for me a pledge of safety from you, O my master;

Take for me a promise from You my Master

Within my ribs is a yearning for nearness.

My wings yearn in it for nearness

وإنني أرجوك في كل ما

وإنني أرجوك في كل ما

أدعوك من خير وقلبي لحوح

أدعوك من خير وقلبي لحوح

And I put my hope in you for all

And I hope in You for all

The good I call on you for; my heart is insistent.

That I call You to of good and my heart aspires

حقيقتي أنت ولكن غداً

حقيقتي أنت ولكن غداً

من بعد موتي لي بهذا وضوح

من بعد موتي لي بهذا وضوح

You are my reality, but tomorrow,

You are my reality but tomorrow

After my death, this will be clear to me.

After my death this will be clear to me

يوم اللقا مرجعنا كلنا

يوم اللقا مرجعنا كلنا

إليك يا مرجع أنوار يوح

إليك يا مرجع أنوار يوح

On the day of meeting, we all return

The day we meet our return all of us

To you, O destination of Yūḥ's rays.

Is to You O destination of shining lights

طوبى لمن يفهم أقوالنا

طوبى لمن يفهم أقوالنا

كفهمنا فهو طروب صدوح

كفهمنا فهو طروب صدوح

Blessed is whoever understands our words

Happy is he who understands our words

As we do: he is enraptured and sings aloud.

As we understand so his joy is pure

أو يترك الإنكار إن لم يكن

أو يترك الإنكار إن لم يكن

يدري ويصغي لكلام النصوح

يدري ويصغي لكلام النصوح

Or refrains from denial if he does not

Or he leaves denial if he does not

Know, and listens to a sincere adviser's words.

Know and listens to the words of advice

فإن حانات دواويننا

فإن حانات دواويننا

خمارها يولي الغبوق الصبوح

خمارها يولي الغبوق الصبوح

For the taverns of our poetry collections—

For the taverns of our collections

Their vintner bestows evening and morning draughts.

Their wine makes the gloomy mornings radiant

ولا ينال الكأس إلا فتى

ولا ينال الكأس إلا فتى

فيه لأسرار المعاني صلوح

فيه لأسرار المعاني صلوح

And none obtains the cup except a youth

And none attains the cup except a lad

Who is fitted for the secrets of meanings.

In whom aptitude for the meanings of secrets exists

عليه ما نرمز لا يختفي

عليه ما نرمز لا يختفي

وعنده من كل لفظ شروح

وعنده من كل لفظ شروح

What we express in symbols is not hidden from him,

What we allude to does not become hidden from him

And he has explanations for every word.

And he has elucidation from every expression

وسر هذا أنه مؤمن

وسر هذا أنه مؤمن

بالغيب من معنى النظام السنوح

بالغيب من معنى النظام السنوح

And the secret of this is that he believes

And the secret of this is that he is

In the unseen that dawns from the meaning of the verse.

A believer in the unseen from the meaning of sublime order

يحفظ من طوفان وسواسه

يحفظ من طوفان وسواسه

سفينة كان بها حفظ نوح

سفينة كان بها حفظ نوح

He is protected from the flood of his whisperings

He protects from the flood of his obsession

By an ark through which Noah was kept safe.

The ship in which was the preservation of Noah

لا تقرب المنكر يا مسلماً

لا تقرب المنكر يا مسلماً

فربما تعديك منه القروح

فربما تعديك منه القروح

Do not approach the denier, O Muslim,

Do not approach wrongdoing O Muslim

For his sores may infect you.

Lest wounds from it afflict you

وربما سالت جراحاته

وربما سالت جراحاته

فنجست منك الفؤاد الطموح

فنجست منك الفؤاد الطموح

And his wounds may ooze,

And perhaps its injuries will flow

Then defile your aspiring heart.

And from you the aspiring heart becomes impure

كم عصبة من جهلهم حالنا

كم عصبة من جهلهم حالنا

كادوا علينا يلبسون المسوح

كادوا علينا يلبسون المسوح

How many a band, through ignorance of our state,

How many groups in their ignorance of us

Has plotted against us, clad in haircloth!

Nearly attributed turbans to us

ما آمنوا بالغيب حتى على

ما آمنوا بالغيب حتى على

قلوبهم فيض التجلي يسوح

قلوبهم فيض التجلي يسوح

They have not believed in the unseen, so that upon

They did not believe in the unseen until

Their hearts the outpouring of self-disclosure might flow.

The overflow of revelation poured upon their hearts

بل صوروه في خيالاتهم

بل صوروه في خيالاتهم

وعندهم فيما رأوه رجوح

وعندهم فيما رأوه رجوح

Rather, they pictured it in their imaginations,

Rather they imagined it in their thoughts

And what they saw carries greater weight for them.

And to them in what they saw was delusion

وهو بعيد غاية البعد عن

وهو بعيد غاية البعد عن

أن يشبه الغيب الحقيق النزوح

أن يشبه الغيب الحقيق النزوح

And it is far, utterly far, from

And it is extremely far from

Resembling the true, far-removed unseen.

Resembling the true unseen vanishing

والله مع هذا عليم بهم

والله مع هذا عليم بهم

وإنه ذو العفو وهوالصفوح

وإنه ذو العفو وهوالصفوح

Yet God, despite this, knows them well,

And Allah despite this is All-Knowing of them

And He possesses pardon, and He is ever-forgiving.

And He is Possessor of forgiveness and He is Most Forbearing