1. لقَدْ أنَا شَيءٌ عَجيبْ

    لِمَن رآنِي

    Indeed, I am a wondrous thing

    to whoever has seen me.

  2. أنا الْمُحبُّ والحبيب

    لَس ثَمَّ ثانِي

    I am the lover and the beloved;

    there is no second.

  3. يا قاصِدَ عَيْنَ الْخَبرْ

    غطَّاهْ غَيْنَك

    O seeker of the essence of the tidings,

    your veil has covered it.

  4. إِرْجَع لِذاتكَ واعْتَبِر

    ما ثَمَّ غيْرَك

    Return to your own self and reflect:

    there is none other than you.

  5. فالخيرُ مِنَّك والْخبَرْ

    والسِّرُّ عِنْدَك

    For goodness and tidings come from you,

    and the secret is with you.

  6. وأنْتَ مِرآةُ النَّظَر

    قُطْبُ الزَّمانِ

    And you are the mirror of the gaze,

    the pole of the age.

  7. وفِيك يُطْوَى ما انْتَشَرْ

    مِنَ الأوانِي

    And within you is folded what has spread

    from the vessels.

  8. اسْمَعْ كلامِي والْتَهِم

    إِنْ كُنْتَ تَفْهام

    Hear my words and devour them,

    if you are discerning.

  9. لأنَّ كَنْزَك قد عَرَى

    عن كلِّ طَلْسام

    For your treasure has been stripped bare

    of every talisman.

  10. مِنْهُ الْمُكَلِّم والْكَلِيم

    على طُور الأفْهام

    From it come the speaker and the one addressed

    upon the Sinai of understanding.

  11. اسْمَعْ نِدايَ مِن قرِيب

    بِلاَ أذانِ

    Hear my call from close by,

    without ears.

  12. وشمسُ ذاتِي لا تَغِيب

    عَنِ العيانِ

    And the sun of my essence never vanishes

    from sight.

  13. أنْظُر جَمالِي شاهداً

    في كلِّ إِنْسانْ

    Behold my beauty, manifest

    in every human being,

  14. كالماءِ يَجْرِي نافِذاً

    في أُسْ الأغصان

    like water flowing, penetrating

    through the base of the branches.

  15. يُسْقَى بِماءٍ واحِد

    والزَّهْرُ ألْوانْ

    It is watered with the same water,

    yet the blossoms are of many colors.

  16. فاسْجُد لِهَيْبَةْ ذِي الْجَلال

    عِنْدَ التَّدانِي

    So prostrate yourself in awe of the Possessor of Majesty

    when drawing near.

  17. ولْتَقْرَأ آياتِ الكمالْ

    سَبْعاً مَثانِي

    And recite the verses of perfection—

    seven, oft-repeated.