إنني إن أمت فما أنا ميتُ

إنني إن أمت فما أنا ميتُ

أنا حي بمن إليه اهتديتُ

أنا حي بمن إليه اهتديتُ

Indeed, if I die, I am not dead.

I am not dead if I die

I am alive through Him to whom I was guided.

I live in whom I was guided to

وأنارت مشكاة ذاتي بمصبا

وأنارت مشكاة ذاتي بمصبا

ح علومي وفي الزجاجة زيتُ

ح علومي وفي الزجاجة زيتُ

And the niche of my being shone with the lamp

And the lamp of my essence lit up with wisdom

of my knowledge, and in the glass is oil.

And in my flask there was oil

رمت من رامني بصدق وداد

رمت من رامني بصدق وداد

وإذا ما دعا له لبيت

وإذا ما دعا له لبيت

I sought whoever sought me with sincere affection,

I was hit by the one who loved me truly

And whenever he called, I answered him.

And if he supplicates for me in any abode

ولروحي الحضور في كل حي

ولروحي الحضور في كل حي

فيلذ التصبيح والتبنيت

فيلذ التصبيح والتبنيت

And my spirit is present in every living being,

And my soul's presence in every living

So morning greetings and inquiries after well-being are sweet.

So the dawn and the dusk are delightful

إن لله في ابن آدم ملكاً

إن لله في ابن آدم ملكاً

لا زوال له ولا تفويت

لا زوال له ولا تفويت

Indeed, God has a dominion within the son of Adam,

Indeed, God has in the son of Adam an angel

Which neither passes away nor can be lost.

That does not perish or miss

سر ذات به الخلافة قامت

سر ذات به الخلافة قامت

وعليه الأحياء والتمويت

وعليه الأحياء والتمويت

A secret of the Essence, through which vicegerency was established,

The secret of the entity with which the caliphate continued

And upon it depend the giving of life and the causing of death.

And with it is the enlivening and the causing of death

نظري في ظواهر الكون فخر

نظري في ظواهر الكون فخر

والتفاتي إلى البواطن صيت

والتفاتي إلى البواطن صيت

My gaze upon the cosmos's outward forms is glory,

My sight in the phenomena of the universe made me proud

And my turning toward its inward realities is renown.

And my reflection on the essences is my voice

من سواه افتقرت لما تبدى

من سواه افتقرت لما تبدى

لي جهراً حتى به استغنيت

لي جهراً حتى به استغنيت

Of all but Him I was bereft when He appeared

Other than Him, I was in need of what

to me openly, until through Him I was freed from need.

Appeared to me openly until with it I became self-sufficient

ولعقلي بسره تكميل

ولعقلي بسره تكميل

ولقلبي بأمره تثبيت

ولقلبي بأمره تثبيت

And my intellect is perfected through His secret,

And to my mind its completion in secret

And my heart is made steadfast by His command.

And to my heart its stability in its matter

إن تأملت فالجميع معان

إن تأملت فالجميع معان

ولنطق الوجود هم تصويت

ولنطق الوجود هم تصويت

If you contemplate, all are meanings,

If I contemplate, everything is meanings

And they give voice to existence's speech.

And the speech of existence is their voicing

عطس الكون بي وقد كنت حمداً

عطس الكون بي وقد كنت حمداً

منه حتى له أنا التشميت

منه حتى له أنا التشميت

The cosmos sneezed through me, and I had been praise

The universe sneezed with me and I was praise

from it, until I became its blessing after the sneeze.

From it until I am its sneezing

من يزرني يزر أشعة نور ال

من يزرني يزر أشعة نور ال

مصطفى ضمها ضريح نحيت

مصطفى ضمها ضريح نحيت

Whoever visits me visits rays of the light of the

Whoever visits me, visits the rays of the light of

Chosen One; a carved tomb has gathered them.

Al-Mustafa which his shrine gathered

وهو حي في قبر جسم محب

وهو حي في قبر جسم محب

بغذاء الهوى له تقويت

بغذاء الهوى له تقويت

And he is alive in the tomb of a lover's body,

And he is alive in the grave of a loving body

Sustained by the nourishment of love.

With the food of love for him is its strengthening

وله قلبي المدينة كشفاً

وله قلبي المدينة كشفاً

أين منها بغداد أو تكريت

أين منها بغداد أو تكريت

And through unveiling, my heart is Medina for him;

And for him my heart openly revealed

Where are Baghdad or Tikrit in comparison with it?

Where is Baghdad or Tikrit compared to it

عالماً كن أو طالباً أو محباً

عالماً كن أو طالباً أو محباً

مثل ما قال تلق ما قد لقيت

مثل ما قال تلق ما قد لقيت

Be a scholar, or a student, or a lover,

Learner or seeker or lover

As he said, you will find what I have found.

Take what you found as he said

لا تكن رابعاً فتهلك جهلاً

لا تكن رابعاً فتهلك جهلاً

بالذي قد أمرت أو قد نهيت

بالذي قد أمرت أو قد نهيت

Do not be a fourth, lest you perish in ignorance

Do not be fourth so you perish ignorantly

of what you have been commanded or forbidden.

With what you were ordered or prohibited

يا شبيهي بصورة الجسم قد أس

يا شبيهي بصورة الجسم قد أس

معت حياً لو أنني ناديت

معت حياً لو أنني ناديت

O you who resemble me in bodily form, I would have made

My lookalike in bodily form, if I called

a living person hear, had I called.

Living, would that this far from you is near

ليت هذا البعيد منك قريب

ليت هذا البعيد منك قريب

ليت لو قربت بعيدك ليت

ليت لو قربت بعيدك ليت

If only this one far from you were near!

Would that if I brought your farness near, would that

If only you brought your distant one near—if only!

Stop at these forms for they are either

قف على هذه الشخوص فإما

قف على هذه الشخوص فإما

ملك في الثياب أو عفريت

ملك في الثياب أو عفريت

Consider these figures: either

An angel in clothes or a demon

an angel in clothing, or an ifrit.

And abstain from embodiments and realize

وتجنب عن الحلول وحقق

وتجنب عن الحلول وحقق

كل شيء فذاك للحق بيت

كل شيء فذاك للحق بيت

And shun indwelling, and discern the reality of

Everything for that is the house of truth

each thing, for it is a house for the Real.

And contemplate that the difference, by God, is a gathering

وتأمل فالفرق بالله جمع

وتأمل فالفرق بالله جمع

واجتماع على السوى تشتيت

واجتماع على السوى تشتيت

And reflect: separation through God is union,

And unity on moderation is separation

And gathering around anything besides Him is dispersal.