ليتwould that شعريmy knowledge مذsince كررتI repeated نظراتيmy glances
ليت شعري مذ كررت نظراتي
أناI ساعstriving فيin الموتdeath أوor فيin الحياةlife
أنا ساع في الموت أو في الحياة
Would that I knew, after casting my gaze again and again,
I wish I knew, since I repeated my glances,
whether I strive in death or in life.
Whether I'm living towards death or life.
ياO غلاماًa youth إذاif اعتبرتكI considered you جسماًa body
يا غلاماً إذا اعتبرتك جسماً
أوor ترقيتI rose higher قلتI said روحspirit الذواتthe essences
أو ترقيت قلت روح الذوات
O youth—if I regard you as a body;
O boy, when I regarded you as a body,
or, if I rise higher, I say: 'Spirit of all essences.'
Or called you the spirit of beings.
وإذاand when ماemphatic particle فنيتI was effaced عنكfrom you وعنيand from myself
وإذا ما فنيت عنك وعني
قلتI said ياربO Lord فيin أتمmost perfect الصفاتthe attributes
قلت يارب في أتم الصفات
And when I lose all awareness of you and of myself,
And if I were to perish from you and myself,
I say, 'O Lord,' in the most perfect of attributes.
I'd say: O Lord of the most perfect attributes.
لكyou have عنديin my view فيin الكلeverything صورةan image وجهa face
لك عندي في الكل صورة وجه
جلis exalted عنbeyond كلevery صورةform بالتفاتwith a turn of attention
جل عن كل صورة بالتفات
To me, in all things you have the image of a face,
To me, in all things, You have the face of an image,
which transcends every form with a turn of the gaze.
Transcendent above any image in Your turning.
أنتyou غيريother than me حقيقةin truth ولوand even though اَنيthat I
أنت غيري حقيقة ولو اَني
قلتI said لماwhen فنيتI was effaced ذاتكyour essence ذاتيmy essence
قلت لما فنيت ذاتك ذاتي
You are truly other than me, even though I
You are other than me in reality, even if I
said, when I was effaced: 'Your essence is my essence.'
Said, when I perished, that Your essence was my essence.
آهah منwho ليfor me بمفردwith a solitary one يتثنىsways
آه من لي بمفرد يتثنى
فيفوهso it speaks اللسانthe tongue بالشطحاتin ecstatic utterances
فيفوه اللسان بالشطحات
Ah, who will bring me a solitary one who sways,
Oh, if only I had a singular One to pair with,
so that the tongue speaks in ecstatic utterances?
So my tongue could utter ecstasies.
نحنwe فيin كفهhis palm كؤوسcups مدامwine
نحن في كفه كؤوس مدام
دائراتcirculating فيat سائرall الأوقاتthe times
دائرات في سائر الأوقات
We are cups of wine in his palm,
In His palm we are cups of wine,
circulating at all times.
Spinning in every moment.
منwhoever يَرُمناseeks us يسكرbecomes drunk بناthrough us خارجاًgoing out عنfrom
من يَرُمنا يسكر بنا خارجاً عن
كلِّevery شيءٍthing يرىhe sees منamong الكائناتthe existing beings
كلِّ شيءٍ يرى من الكائنات
Whoever seeks us grows drunk through us, passing beyond
Whoever casts us outside, gets drunk on us,
everything he sees among existing beings.
Beyond everything of creation he sees.
عدمnonbeing ظاهرmanifest بمحضthrough pure وجودbeing
عدم ظاهر بمحض وجود
بلrather وجودbeing يغيبbecomes hidden بالغفلاتthrough heedless lapses
بل وجود يغيب بالغفلات
Nonbeing manifest through pure being—
Nonexistence appears through sheer existence,
rather, being that vanishes through heedlessness.
Though existence can be absent through heedlessness.
وإذاand when شاءit wills كانit becomes أكشفmost manifest شيءa thing
وإذا شاء كان أكشف شيء
وهوand it إنif شاءit wills أغيبmost hidden الغائباتthe hidden things
وهو إن شاء أغيب الغائبات
And when it wills, it becomes the most manifest of things,
And if He wishes, He is the most manifest thing,
and, if it wills, it is the most hidden of hidden things.
And if He wishes, the most absent of the absent.
هذهthis عادةhabit المظاهرthe manifestations تبدوthey appear
هذه عادة المظاهر تبدو
للهلاكfor destruction السريعswift أوor للنجاةfor deliverance
للهلاك السريع أو للنجاة
This is the way of manifestations: they appear
This is the way of appearances - they seem
for swift destruction or for deliverance.
Either for swift perishing or deliverance.
والذيand he who يعشقloves الملاحةbeauty يفنىis annihilated
والذي يعشق الملاحة يفنى
فيin العيونthe eyes الفواترlanguid الناعساتdrowsy
في العيون الفواتر الناعسات
And he who loves beauty is annihilated
And whoever loves coquetry perishes
in languid, drowsy eyes.
In languid, lethal eyes.
ياO وجوداًBeing وكلand every شيءthing سواهother than it
يا وجوداً وكل شيء سواه
عدمnonbeing ظاهرmanifest بهthrough it فيin الجهاتthe directions
عدم ظاهر به في الجهات
O Being! And everything other than it
O Existence, everything but You
is nonbeing, manifest through it in every direction.
Is nonexistence appearing in directions.
إنif أردناwe wish قلناwe say بأنكthat you are أناI
إن أردنا قلنا بأنك أنا
حيثsince مناfrom us لاno شيءthing ماضpast وآتand coming
حيث منا لا شيء ماض وآت
If we wish, we say that you are I,
If we want, we say You are I,
for nothing past or yet to come is from us.
Since between us no past or future is.
وإذاand when ماemphatic particle هياكلthe temples الجهلignorance لامتthey reproached
وإذا ما هياكل الجهل لامت
فالسوىthen the other نحنwe مثلهمlike them عنout of ثباتsteadfastness
فالسوى نحن مثلهم عن ثبات
And when the temples of ignorance reproach us,
And if the bodies of ignorance blame us,
then we, like them, are the 'other,' with firm conviction.
We and they are alike in fixity.
نحنwe فيin النورthe light سائرونjourneying إليناtoward ourselves
نحن في النور سائرون إلينا
وجميعand all الأنامcreatures فيin الظلماتthe darkness
وجميع الأنام في الظلمات
We journey in the light toward ourselves,
We move in the Light toward ourselves,
and all creatures are in darkness.
While all people are in darkness.
Sol 6.1