أولinterpret منامكyour dream هذاthis
أول منامك هذا
لاnot أنتyou أنتyou ولاand not ذاthis
لا أنت أنت ولا ذا
Interpret this dream of yours:
This first sleep of yours
You are not yourself, nor is this itself.
You are not you, nor that one
وإنماand only الكلall حقthe Real
وإنما الكل حق
فيin صورةa form تتحاذىcorresponds
في صورة تتحاذى
And all is nothing but the Real,
Rather, all is truth
in a form that corresponds.
In a form that contends
وتلكand those أفعالacts ربيmy Lord
وتلك أفعال ربي
تأتيcome وتمضيand pass away جذاذاin fragments
تأتي وتمضي جذاذا
And those are my Lord’s acts,
And those are the acts of my Lord
coming and passing in fragments.
That come and go swiftly
والناسand people قالsaid نيامasleep
والناس قال نيام
نبيناour Prophet الأستاذاthe master
نبينا الأستاذا
And “people are asleep,” said
And people said, sleep
our Prophet, the master.
Our Prophet the mentor
فخذso hold بماto what قالhe said واحكمand judge
فخذ بما قال واحكم
فلستfor you are not تلقىfind نفاذاa way through
فلست تلقى نفاذا
So hold to what he said and judge;
So take what he said and judge wisely
for you will find no way through.
For you will not find escape
وكلand every شيءٍthing تراهyou see it
وكل شيءٍ تراه
اطلبseek لهfor it استنقاذاdeliverance
اطلب له استنقاذا
And everything you see—
And everything you see
seek deliverance for it
Seek its deliverance
منfrom لبسهits obscurity فهوfor it is حقthe Real
من لبسه فهو حق
أرضاكpleased you أوor ذاكthat آذىharmed
أرضاك أو ذاك آذى
from its obscurity, for it is the Real,
From its disguise, be it truth
whether it pleased you or caused you harm.
Pleasing you or harming you
إنif ذقتyou tasted شيئاًsomething أليماًpainful
إن ذقت شيئاً أليماً
أوor ذقتyou tasted فيهin it لذاذاpleasure
أو ذقت فيه لذاذا
If you tasted something painful,
If you taste something painful
or tasted pleasure in it,
Or if you taste in it pleasure
فالكلthen all فانٍpassing away ولكنand yet
فالكل فانٍ ولكن
أماas for الإلهGod فهذاthen this
أما الإله فهذا
then all is passing away; yet
All is ephemeral, except
as for God, this is He.
God, He is eternal
وماand not السوىall else غيرother than شيءa thing
وما السوى غير شيء
ملاعبtoying لكfor you هاذىbantered
ملاعب لك هاذى
And all else is nothing but a thing
And naught besides is aught
toying with you in idle banter.
But playthings misleading you
Sol 6.1