حرارةُ عشقه تعطي برودَهْ

حرارةُ عشقه تعطي برودَهْ

إذا لبس الورى فغدوا برودَهْ

إذا لبس الورى فغدوا برودَهْ

The heat of his love bestows his coolness,

His passion's warmth brings coolness

when he dons creation and they become his robes.

When the world dons coolness

وجود قدَّر الأكوان حتى

وجود قدَّر الأكوان حتى

لهم أعطى وما أعطى وجوده

لهم أعطى وما أعطى وجوده

Being ordained the worlds, until

Existence determined the universes until

he gave to them, yet did not give his being.

He gave them and didn't give his existence

عطاءُ توجُّهٍ منهم عليهم

عطاءُ توجُّهٍ منهم عليهم

بهم يعطيك مطلقُه قيوده

بهم يعطيك مطلقُه قيوده

A gift of turning, from them upon them;

The gift of his direction to them is upon them

through them, his unbounded being gives you his bounds.

With them, his absolute gives you his restrictions

كما يعطي تفكرك المعاني

كما يعطي تفكرك المعاني

بتصوير لها يبدي حدوده

بتصوير لها يبدي حدوده

Just as your reflection brings forth meanings,

As your thinking gives meanings

by depicting them, it reveals its limits.

By picturing for it, it shows its limits

وأحضرهم لهم وله بوجه

وأحضرهم لهم وله بوجه

إليه منه يولي الكل جوده

إليه منه يولي الكل جوده

And he made them present to themselves and to him, through a face

And he brought them for them and for Him in a face

toward him, from him; he bestows his bounty on all.

To Him from Him, He turns all his generosity

وليس الوجه غير توجهات

وليس الوجه غير توجهات

لما في علمه تنفي صدوده

لما في علمه تنفي صدوده

And the face is nothing but turnings

And the face is nothing but directions

toward what is in his knowledge, dispelling his turning away.

To what is in His knowledge, denying its blockages

وهذا كان منه لما اقتضته

وهذا كان منه لما اقتضته

محبته لهم فرأوا ودوده

محبته لهم فرأوا ودوده

And this came from him, since it was required by

And this was from Him when His love necessitated it

his love for them; thus they beheld his loving nature.

They saw His affection

فقوم شاهدوا الأكوان لاحت

فقوم شاهدوا الأكوان لاحت

وقوم حققوا فيها شهوده

وقوم حققوا فيها شهوده

So some beheld the worlds as they appeared,

So a people witnessed the universes unveiling

and some truly witnessed him within them.

And a people realized His witnessing in them

وقوم قد رأوه به تجلّى

وقوم قد رأوه به تجلّى

لهم ونفوا سواه فبت عوده

لهم ونفوا سواه فبت عوده

And some saw him through himself as he revealed himself

And a people who saw Him manifest to them

to them, and denied all besides him, so its return was cut off.

And negated other than Him, so His custom persisted

لقد نسجت لها الأرواح منا

لقد نسجت لها الأرواح منا

شرانقَ جسمنا فالروحُ دوده

شرانقَ جسمنا فالروحُ دوده

Indeed, the spirits have woven for themselves from us

Our spirits have woven for Him

the cocoons of our body; thus the spirit is its worm.

Our bodies' nests, so the soul is its egg

فإن فسدت هياكلها فطير

فإن فسدت هياكلها فطير

يبيض نوره الشعشاع سوده

يبيض نوره الشعشاع سوده

So if their bodily frames decay, it becomes a bird

So if their structures are corrupted, His light

whose dazzling light whitens its dark parts.

Whitens their blackness with radiant purity

وذا حكم الشهيد به الموافي

وذا حكم الشهيد به الموافي

إلى وكر الغيوب غدت وفوده

إلى وكر الغيوب غدت وفوده

And this is the rule for the martyr who arrives through him

And when the martyr judges Him as the intimate

at the nest of the unseen; his delegations have gone there.

To the burrow of the unseen, His visitors came

صدقتك يا ابن حضرتنا تواضع

صدقتك يا ابن حضرتنا تواضع

له وأطل إليه به سجوده

له وأطل إليه به سجوده

I have told you the truth, O son of our presence: be humble

You spoke truly, O son of our Lord's humility

before him, and prolong toward him, through him, his prostration.

To Him, and prolonged to Him your prostration

وكن عبداً ولاتك فيه ربّاً

وكن عبداً ولاتك فيه ربّاً

على شيء له تصلى وقوده

على شيء له تصلى وقوده

And be a servant, and do not be, within him, a lord

And be a servant, not for Him a lord

over anything of his—you would burn in its fuel.

Over something for Him you pray and fuel.