ظهر الحق للعيان وبَيْنا

ظهر الحق للعيان وبَيْنا

نحن فيه إذ صار بعداً وبَيْنا

نحن فيه إذ صار بعداً وبَيْنا

The Real appeared to sight, and while

The truth has become clear and evident

we were within Him, He became distance and separation.

While we are in it, it became far and distant

نقطة الإنفصال من كل نفس

نقطة الإنفصال من كل نفس

تجعل العين في الشهادة غينا

تجعل العين في الشهادة غينا

The dot of separation from every soul

The point of separation from every soul

turns ʿayn into ghayn in the realm of witnessing.

Makes the eyes in witnessing, bleary

رُتَبٌ تنقضي وأخرى توافي

رُتَبٌ تنقضي وأخرى توافي

باعتبار منه لهنَّ يقينا

باعتبار منه لهنَّ يقينا

Ranks pass away and others arrive,

Ranks pass away and others arrive

through His regard for them, assuredly.

With consideration from Him for them a certainty

كل هذا نراه إذ نحن خلق

كل هذا نراه إذ نحن خلق

وهو شيء منا لنا لاح فينا

وهو شيء منا لنا لاح فينا

All this we see, since we are creatures,

All this we see as we are creation

and it is something from us that shone forth for us within us.

And it is something from us, shone in us

والعظيم العظيم جل تعالى

والعظيم العظيم جل تعالى

أين من يعرف الحقيقة أينا

أين من يعرف الحقيقة أينا

And the Great, the Great—majestic and exalted!

And the Great, the Magnificent, Glorious is He

Where is one who knows Reality—where?

Where is the one who knows the reality, where

لكن الأمر هكذا هو ستر

لكن الأمر هكذا هو ستر

وتجلٍّ مبيّنٌ تبيينا

وتجلٍّ مبيّنٌ تبيينا

But the matter is thus: a veiling

But the matter is thus, it is a veil

and a manifestation that makes things utterly clear.

And a manifest, elucidated manifestation

ويدي هذه يدي وهي أيضاً

ويدي هذه يدي وهي أيضاً

يده لي بها يكون معينا

يده لي بها يكون معينا

And this hand of mine is my hand, and it is also

And these hands of mine are my hands and they

His hand, through which He is a helper to me.

Are also His hands for me, with them He is a helper

وجميعي هذا وروحي وجسمي

وجميعي هذا وروحي وجسمي

فهو لي بي يفيض دنياً ودينا

فهو لي بي يفيض دنياً ودينا

And all this that is me, my spirit and my body—

And all of me, this, and my soul and body

so He pours forth worldly life and religion for me, through me.

So He is for me through me overflows the world and religion

والتصاوير والتماثيل منه

والتصاوير والتماثيل منه

لمحات تلوَّنت تلوينا

لمحات تلوَّنت تلوينا

And the images and statues from Him

And the images and statues are from Him

are glimpses that have taken on color.

Glimpses that are colored, coloring

وله الخلق مثل ما قال والأم

وله الخلق مثل ما قال والأم

ر على قدر ما يريد يرينا

ر على قدر ما يريد يرينا

And His is creation, as He said, and the com-

And for Him is creation as He said and the matter

mand; He shows us in whatever measure He wills.

According to what He wills He shows us

فتراه به كذلك طوراً

فتراه به كذلك طوراً

ويرانا طوراً بنا مستبينا

ويرانا طوراً بنا مستبينا

So at times you see Him thus, through Him,

So you see Him through it sometimes

and at times He sees us through us, clearly manifest.

And He sees us sometimes through us plainly

بصر واحد وسمع وعلم

بصر واحد وسمع وعلم

يتبدى حيناً ويُستَرُ حينا

يتبدى حيناً ويُستَرُ حينا

A single sight, and hearing, and knowledge,

One sight, hearing and knowledge

appears at times and is veiled at times.

Manifests at times and is veiled at times

والذي قال عنه في الذكر إنِّي

والذي قال عنه في الذكر إنِّي

قال عنا في الذكر إنَّ اللذينا

قال عنا في الذكر إنَّ اللذينا

And the One who said of Himself in the Reminder, 'Indeed, I...',

And the One who said about Him in the Scripture “I”

said of us in the Reminder, 'Indeed, those who...'.

Said about us in the Scripture “We took pleasure”