لأخلعَنّ عذَارى في مَحبتَّكُمْ

لأخلعَنّ عذَارى في مَحبتَّكُمْ

بِحوَلكم لا بِحولي لا ولا حِيَلي

بِحوَلكم لا بِحولي لا ولا حِيَلي

I shall surely cast off my bridle in my love for you.

I will take off my adornments out of love for you

By your might, not by mine—no, nor by my stratagems.

By your power, not mine, I have no stratagems

وأتركُ الكوْنَ حَتَّى لا أراهُ ولا

وأتركُ الكوْنَ حَتَّى لا أراهُ ولا

أرى اللحوْظَ لترَكِ الترَكِ من قبَلِي

أرى اللحوْظَ لترَكِ الترَكِ من قبَلِي

And I shall abandon the universe until I see neither it nor

And I will leave the universe until I no longer see it

see even the glances, so as to relinquish my own relinquishment.

Nor see my glancing due to my abandoning of glances

الخلقُ خَلقكمُ والأمْرُ أمْركُمُ

الخلقُ خَلقكمُ والأمْرُ أمْركُمُ

فأيُّ شيء أنا لا كُنتَ مِنْ طَلِلَ

فأيُّ شيء أنا لا كُنتَ مِنْ طَلِلَ

Creation is your creation, and the command is your command.

Creation was created for you, and the matter is your matter

So what am I? May you not exist, mere ruined remnant!

So what thing am I if I was not from your loci?

الحقّ قُلتُ وما في الكوِن غيركُم

الحقّ قُلتُ وما في الكوِن غيركُم

أعوذُ باللهِ منْ عِلمي ومِنْ عَمَلي

أعوذُ باللهِ منْ عِلمي ومِنْ عَمَلي

I spoke the truth: there is nothing in the universe but you.

I spoke the truth - there is nothing in the universe but you

I seek refuge in God from my knowledge and from my deeds.

I take refuge in God from my knowledge and my deeds

ما للحِجَاب مكاَنُ فِي وجودِكُمْ

ما للحِجَاب مكاَنُ فِي وجودِكُمْ

إِلاَّ بِسر حروف انظُرْ إِلى الجبلِ

إِلاَّ بِسر حروف انظُرْ إِلى الجبلِ

There is no place for the veil in your existence,

The veil has no place in your existence

Except through the secret of the letters: 'Look at the mountain.'

Except by the mystery of letters - look to the mountain

ظهرْتُمُ فَخفِيتمْ مِنْ ظُهورِكُم

ظهرْتُمُ فَخفِيتمْ مِنْ ظُهورِكُم

أنتمُ دَللتمْ علَيْكُم لِلدّليل ولِي

أنتمُ دَللتمْ علَيْكُم لِلدّليل ولِي

You appeared, and so became hidden through your very appearing.

You appeared but then were hidden by your appearance

You yourselves guided the guide and me to yourselves.

You pointed to yourselves for the pointer and for me

أنتم دَللتمْ عليكمُ منكمُ بكمْ

أنتم دَللتمْ عليكمُ منكمُ بكمْ

ديمُومةً عبرَّتْ عن غَامِض الأزلِ

ديمُومةً عبرَّتْ عن غَامِض الأزلِ

You yourselves pointed to yourselves, from yourselves, through yourselves—

You pointed to yourselves through yourselves and by yourselves

An everlastingness that expressed the mystery of beginningless eternity.

An everlastingness that expressed the ambiguous eternity

عرفْتُمُوكم فمنْ هذا الخبِيرُ بكُمْ

عرفْتُمُوكم فمنْ هذا الخبِيرُ بكُمْ

أنتمْ هُمُ وحياةِ الحب يا أملي

أنتمْ هُمُ وحياةِ الحب يا أملي

You knew yourselves—so who is this one well acquainted with you?

I knew you yet who is this expert in you?

You are they—by the life of love, O my hope!

You are them and the life of love, O my hope!

كمْ ينكرُ النكر لا والعرْفُ عُرْفكُمُ

كمْ ينكرُ النكر لا والعرْفُ عُرْفكُمُ

وإِنما النكرّ للمخلوقُ منْ عجل

وإِنما النكرّ للمخلوقُ منْ عجل

How often denial denies! No—and recognition is your recognition.

How much denial denies - no, and the acquaintance is your acquaintance -

And denial belongs only to the creature made of haste.

Denial is only for the hastened created being

بالوْهم يثبتُن والتّحقِيق يُعدمُهُ

بالوْهم يثبتُن والتّحقِيق يُعدمُهُ

أنَّى لضعف الفرَاش الصّبرُ للشعل

أنَّى لضعف الفرَاش الصّبرُ للشعل

Through illusion it surely subsists, and realization annihilates it.

With delusion they prove and verification negates it

How can the frail moth endure the flames?

How can the weak moth have patience for the flame?

قدْ أحرَقْت سُبُحاتُ المجد كل حجي

قدْ أحرَقْت سُبُحاتُ المجد كل حجي

أقرّ بالعجزِ والاذعانِ والكسلِ

أقرّ بالعجزِ والاذعانِ والكسلِ

The radiances of glory have indeed burned away all my reason.

The splendors of glory burned every veil

I confess to helplessness, submission, and lethargy.

I admit to powerlessness, submission, and laziness