يا مدعي العرفان فجرك كاذبُ

يا مدعي العرفان فجرك كاذبُ

لم يدخل الوقت الذي هو واجبُ

لم يدخل الوقت الذي هو واجبُ

O claimant to gnosis, your thinking is false;

O claimant to gnosis, your dawn is false.

the appointed time that must come has not yet arrived.

The time that is due has not yet begun.

فالنفس منك هي التي كذبت ولم

فالنفس منك هي التي كذبت ولم

تصدق وأنت مخاطب ومخاطب

تصدق وأنت مخاطب ومخاطب

For it is the ego within you that lied and did not

For it is your self that lied and did not

speak true, while you are both addressed and addressing.

speak truth, while you are both addressed and addressing.

أين الصابح وأين شمسك بعده

أين الصابح وأين شمسك بعده

روح تنير وليس ثم غياهب

روح تنير وليس ثم غياهب

Where is the dawn, and where, after it, is your sun—

Where is the morning visitor, and where is your sun after him—

a spirit that illumines, with no depths of darkness there?

a spirit that shines, with no darkness there?

فيضيء كونك باسم ربك كله

فيضيء كونك باسم ربك كله

وتغيب عنك مشارق ومغارب

وتغيب عنك مشارق ومغارب

Then your whole being shines by your Lord’s name,

So your whole cosmos shines by your Lord's name,

and all easts and wests vanish from your sight.

and easts and wests vanish from you.

إن الحقيقة والشريعة واحد

إن الحقيقة والشريعة واحد

والفرق بينهما ضلال غالب

والفرق بينهما ضلال غالب

Truly, the Reality and the Sacred Law are one,

Indeed, reality and sacred law are one,

and division between them is a rampant delusion.

and the distinction between them is prevailing error.

فأقم لدين الله وجهك إنه

فأقم لدين الله وجهك إنه

وجه الحبيب له هناك حبائب

وجه الحبيب له هناك حبائب

So set your face toward God’s religion, for it is

So set your face toward God's religion; it is

the Beloved’s face; there He has beloved ones.

the Beloved's face; He has beloved ones there.

واطلب وكن متوجهاً أبداً به

واطلب وكن متوجهاً أبداً به

يحظى ويظفر بالمراد الطالب

يحظى ويظفر بالمراد الطالب

Seek, and remain forever turned toward Him:

And seek, and be ever directed through Him;

the seeker wins favor and attains the desired goal.

the seeker finds favor and attains what is desired.

لكن بدعواك الوجود حجبت عن

لكن بدعواك الوجود حجبت عن

من يُدَّعى والعارفون مشارب

من يُدَّعى والعارفون مشارب

Yet by your claim to existence you were veiled from

But by your claim to existence, you have been veiled from

the One invoked; the gnostics are spiritual drinking-founts.

the One you claim to know; and the knowers are drinking-places.

والله أعطانا منازل قربه

والله أعطانا منازل قربه

وله شكرنا والعطاء مواهب

وله شكرنا والعطاء مواهب

And God granted us stations of nearness to Him;

And God has given us stations of nearness to Him,

to Him belongs our thanks, and His giving is pure bounty,

and to Him belongs our gratitude; the bounty comes as gifts.

حتى رأينا وجهه كالشمس قد

حتى رأينا وجهه كالشمس قد

أبدى المثال بها إلينا الضارب

أبدى المثال بها إلينا الضارب

until we beheld His face like the sun, for

Until we saw His face like the sun—indeed,

the Coiner of similitudes had revealed the likeness to us through it,

the maker of the comparison showed us the likeness through it—

في جنة الخلد التي هي لم تزل

في جنة الخلد التي هي لم تزل

موجودة بوجود من هو صاحب

موجودة بوجود من هو صاحب

in the Garden of Eternity, which has never ceased

in the Garden of Eternity, which has never ceased

to exist through the Being of Him who is its Master.

to exist through the existence of Him who is a companion.

هو صاحب لك إن رحلت مسافراً

هو صاحب لك إن رحلت مسافراً

عما سواه فما سواه أجانب

عما سواه فما سواه أجانب

He is your companion if you set out as a traveler

He is your companion if you depart as a traveler

away from all but Him—for all but Him are strangers—

from all but Him; for all but Him are strangers.

طبق الذي قد قاله لك مرسل

طبق الذي قد قاله لك مرسل

وهو النبي عليه صلَّى الواهب

وهو النبي عليه صلَّى الواهب

in accord with what a Messenger has told you;

In accord with what a messenger has already told you—

he is the Prophet—may the Bestower bless him.

and he is the Prophet—may the Bestower bless him.