صار بفؤاد الوجد نحو ربوعها

صار بفؤاد الوجد نحو ربوعها

لأنس نار الطور في طيبها خفا

لأنس نار الطور في طيبها خفا

He went with ecstasy's heart toward her dwellings,

My heart inclined towards her abode

seeking the solace of the Mount's fire, he vanished in her fragrance.

For the intimacy of Mount Sinai’s fire in its goodness secretly

وما أبصرت عيني سواها لأنها

وما أبصرت عيني سواها لأنها

أماطت لثام الحسن عن وجهها كشفا

أماطت لثام الحسن عن وجهها كشفا

And my eye saw none but her, for she

And my eyes did not see anyone but her for she

removed beauty's veil from her face, unveiling it.

Unveiled the veil of beauty from her face openly

تراءت لعيني في الصبا بمظاهر

تراءت لعيني في الصبا بمظاهر

سواها لقد أبدت جمالا به أشفا

سواها لقد أبدت جمالا به أشفا

She appeared to my eye in youth, in manifestations

She appeared to my eyes in the morning with attributes

other than herself; indeed, she revealed a beauty by which I am healed.

Other than her, she indeed manifested a beauty by which I recovered

وكنت بوهم أرتقي عرش سرها

وكنت بوهم أرتقي عرش سرها

لكي تنجلي بالذات قالت قفا قفا

لكي تنجلي بالذات قالت قفا قفا

And through imagination I was ascending the throne of her mystery,

And I was in delusion climbing the throne of her mystery

so that she might be unveiled in her essence; she said, "Halt, you two! Halt, you two!"

That she may appear in her essence, she said stop, stop!

فصليت في المحراب كي ما أرى به

فصليت في المحراب كي ما أرى به

جمال جمال الوجه قالت صفا صفا

جمال جمال الوجه قالت صفا صفا

So I prayed in the prayer niche, that I might see in it

So I prayed in the shrine that I may see in it

the beauty of the face's beauty; she said, "Purity, purity."

The beauty of the beauty of the face, she said pure, pure!

أبانت لعيني في الصباح فأعدمت

أبانت لعيني في الصباح فأعدمت

دياجي السوى عند الفناء بها صرفا

دياجي السوى عند الفناء بها صرفا

She revealed herself to my eye in the morning, and obliterated

She manifested to my eyes in the morning and so annulled

the darkness of otherness, at utter annihilation in her.

My imaginations other than with her completely

وقبل الفنا في الذات لا بد من فنا

وقبل الفنا في الذات لا بد من فنا

بإنسان عين الحق فيه كفا كفا

بإنسان عين الحق فيه كفا كفا

And before annihilation in the Essence, there must be annihilation

And before annihilation in the essence, one must be annihilated

in the pupil of the Real's eye; in him is enough, enough.

By the human eye of Truth in him enough, enough!

فمن لم ير أن الوجود بأسره

فمن لم ير أن الوجود بأسره

محمد الحق الكريم على شفا

محمد الحق الكريم على شفا

And whoever has not seen that existence in its entirety

So whoever did not see that the entire existence

is Muhammad, the noble Real—upon a brink

Is Muhammad the Truthful Generous clearly

غدا طول دهره

غدا طول دهره

يشاهد ذات الحق حقا لدى الصفا

يشاهد ذات الحق حقا لدى الصفا

he has come to be for the whole of his lifetime,

Will spend his entire life

truly beholding the essence of the Real in purity,

Seeing the essence of Truth truly in purity

ولم يشهد العين المحيط فإنه

ولم يشهد العين المحيط فإنه

على بسط بالنقص يبدو لها خفا

على بسط بالنقص يبدو لها خفا

yet not witnessing the all-encompassing Eye; for he

And did not witness the all-encompassing eye for he

upon an expanse, appears to her deficient and concealed.

Appears to it deficiently with shortcoming secretly

لأنه عين العين والنقطة التي

لأنه عين العين والنقطة التي

أديرت بسر الباء فيها بدا صفا

أديرت بسر الباء فيها بدا صفا

For he is the eye of the Eye, and the point that

Because He is the eye of the eye and the point around which

was made to revolve by the secret of bāʾ; within it purity appeared.

The secret of the letter baa revolved in it purely

بكلي بها منها إليها غدا

بكلي بها منها إليها غدا

لأني بها عني ذهلت فما جفا

لأني بها عني ذهلت فما جفا

With all of me, through her, from her, toward her, he went,

Totally by it from it to it tomorrow

because through her I lost awareness of myself, and he did not turn away.

Because by it about it I became perplexed and did not dry out