1. قد لاَحَ لِيَّا مِنِّي

    سِر بَدَا عجِيب

    There has shone upon me, from myself,

    a wondrous secret, now revealed,

  2. حتَّى رأيْتُ أنِّي

    عَن حضْرتي لا نَغيب

    until I saw that I

    am never absent from my own presence.

  3. أنا ما زِلْتُ حاضِرْ

    حاضِر في كلِّ حين

    I have never ceased to be present,

    present at every moment.

  4. عيْني إليَّا ناظِر

    ناظِر طُولَ السِّنين

    My eye looks toward me,

    looking throughout the years.

  5. والحق فِيَّا ظاهِرْ

    ظاهر لِذِي يقين

    And the Real is manifest in me,

    manifest to one possessed of certainty.

  6. من قالَ أنا وإنِّي

    قد أوفي بالْمَغيب

    Whoever says 'I' and 'indeed I'

    has passed wholly into absence.

  7. إن قيلَ هذَا عَنِّي

    قد أحْرَم النَّصيب

    If this is said of me,

    he has forfeited his share.

  8. من هُ يا قَوم ولْدِي

    ولْدِي يا قوْم آنا

    Who is my son, O people?

    My son, O people, is myself.

  9. أوَ تَدْروا مَن هُو جدَّي

    جدَّي سَبقتوا أنا

    And do you know who my grandfather is?

    My grandfather—I preceded him.

  10. أنا ما زِلْتُ وحْدِي

    وحْدي ما زِلْتُ أنا

    I have always been alone,

    alone I have always been.

  11. ومن حَكَمْ بعَيْني

    أخْطا ولم يُصيبْ

    And whoever judges my essence

    errs and misses the mark.

  12. قُلُّوا إليْكَ عَنِّي

    ما أنْتَ لي نَسيبْ

    Say, 'Keep away from me;

    you are no kin of mine.'

  13. يا من يرَانِي شفْعَا

    الشَّفْعَ بيَ ظهرْ

    O you who see me as two,

    duality has appeared through me.

  14. رُدَّ الوُجُودْ جَمعا

    فالْفَرْقُ في الصُّوَرْ

    Restore existence to unity,

    for distinctions lie in forms.

  15. واحْكُم بهَذا قَطْعَا

    أنا مالِي أخَرْ

    And judge this with certainty:

    I have no other.

  16. مَلأتُ كلُّ أينِ

    ولمْ نَزَلْ مُجيبْ

    I have filled every 'where',

    and I have never ceased to answer

  17. لكلِّ من هو مَدْني

    من حضْرِتي قرِيبْ

    everyone who is close to me,

    near to my presence.

  18. إِن كُنت ممن تَحقَّقْ

    فِي الْكَوْن قَوْلَ كُونْ

    If you are among those who have realized

    within creation the word 'Be',

  19. صِحْ في الوُجُود مُطْلق

    خفى عَنِ الْعُيونْ

    proclaim absolute Being,

    hidden from the eyes.

  20. نُور الحقيقة يشرقْ

    وسرَّها مصُونْ

    The light of Reality shines,

    and its secret is guarded.

  21. لَمْ قطْ يسعْهَا أيْني

    ولاَ لها مَغِيبْ

    My 'where' has never encompassed it,

    nor is it ever absent.

  22. وقد وسِعْها كَوْنِي

    وغَيْرِي قد حُجِيب

    Yet my being has encompassed it,

    while others besides me have been veiled.

  23. لاَ تحْسِبوني نَبْلاَ

    أن نسْكُنُ القُبورْ

    Do not think that I decay

    if I dwell in the graves.

  24. سِرَّ ما زَالَ يُجْلاَ

    في بُسْتان الصُّدورْ

    A secret is ever being unveiled

    in the garden of bosoms.

  25. والحضْرة بيا أوْلَى

    ما بَيْنَ بَنين وحورْ

    And the Presence has a greater claim to me,

    among boys and houris.

  26. وهذا هُ في ظَنِّي

    وَقَصْدي لاَ يَخِيبْ

    And this is what I believe,

    and my aim will not fail.

  27. مَتَى تَرى يا عَيْنِي

    مَنازِلَ الحبيبْ

    When will you see, O my eye,

    the dwellings of the Beloved?