نعمyes سادتيmy masters قدindeed لذbecame sweet ليto me فيكمin you بكمthrough you
نعم سادتي قد لذ لي فيكم بكم
وصالىmy union وهجريand my estrangement واجتماعيand my coming together وفرقتيand my separation
وصالى وهجري واجتماعي وفرقتي
Yes, my masters, in you and through you, sweet to me are
Yes my masters, I have found pleasure in you, through you
My union and estrangement, my coming together and separation.
My union, my separation, my gathering, my parting
فمنso, from عشقكمlove of you أهوىI desire العذابtorment لأجلكمfor your sake
فمن عشقكم أهوى العذاب لأجلكم
ولوeven if نلتI attained فيكمin you منيتيmy wish بمنيتيthrough my death
ولو نلت فيكم منيتي بمنيتي
From love of you, I desire torment for your sake,
So whoever loves you desires torment for your sake
Even if, in you, I attain my wish through my death.
And if I attained my wish through you, I would die happily
فلولاكso, were it not for you ماnot كانwould exist الهوىlove والتذاذهذand its delight (irregular form)
فلولاك ما كان الهوى والتذاذهذ
وماand what همتيmy aspiration لولاكwere it not for you ألقيتI would have cast aside همتيmy aspiration
وما همتي لولاك ألقيت همتي
Were it not for you, love and its delight would not exist.
Without you there would be no passion or pleasure
And what is my aspiration? But for you, I would have cast it aside.
Nor would I have ambition if not for you
وياand O طيبsweetness أنسىmy intimacy غيرexcept أنthat متI died فيكمin you
ويا طيب أنسى غير أن مت فيكم
وماand not بهجتيmy joy إلاexcept تلافىmy ruin لمهجتيfor my soul
وما بهجتي إلا تلافى لمهجتي
And how sweet my intimacy is—except that I have died in you.
O goodness, I forget none but you though I die in you
And my joy is nothing but my soul's undoing.
My delight is only to encounter my anguish
بكمthrough you ولكمand for you فيكمin you عليكمupon you ومنكمand from you
بكم ولكم فيكم عليكم ومنكم
وادحاضكمand your refutation فيwithin حجتيmy proof غيرother than حجتيmy proof
وادحاضكم في حجتي غير حجتي
Through you, and for you, in you, upon you, and from you,
Through you, for you, in you, upon you, from you
And your refutation within my proof is other than my own proof.
Your presence in my argument, nothing else convinces me
فطوراso, at times بكمthrough you أحياI live وطوراand at times بكمthrough you أمتI die
فطورا بكم أحيا وطورا بكم أمت
وطوراand at times بكمthrough you روحاas a spirit وطوراand at times بجثتيin my body
وطورا بكم روحا وطورا بجثتي
So at times, through you, I live; at times, through you, I die.
At times revived by you, at times dead by you
And at times, through you, as a spirit; at times, in my body.
At times spirit by you, at times corpse by you
اذاwhen شئتمyou will شيئاًsomething فلاthen no شيءthing غيركمother than you
اذا شئتم شيئاً فلا شيء غيركم
وماand not نشأتيmy coming into being لولاwere it not for انتشاؤكyour rapture نشأتيmy coming into being
وما نشأتي لولا انتشاؤك نشأتي
When you will something, there is nothing other than you.
If you desire a thing, nothing else matters
And my coming into being would not be mine but for your rapture.
My livelihood owes only to your nourishing care
فمنso, from أمركمyour command كانcame to be اتباعيmy obedience لأمركمto your command
فمن أمركم كان اتباعي لأمركم
ومنand from نهيكمyour prohibition قدindeed كانcame to be نهيa restraint لشهوتيupon my desire
ومن نهيكم قد كان نهي لشهوتي
From your command came my obedience to your command,
Whoever you command, I obey your command
And from your prohibition came restraint upon my desire.
Whoever you forbid, I forbid my desires
وإياكand You alone نعبدwe worship أصلthe foundation محضpure شريعةsacred law
وإياك نعبد أصل محض شريعة
واياكand You alone ربيmy Lord نستعينwe seek help حقيقةspiritual reality
واياك ربي نستعين حقيقة
And 'You alone we worship' is the foundation of pure sacred law,
You alone we worship, the origin of pure law
And 'You alone, my Lord, we ask for help' is spiritual reality.
You alone my Lord we ask for aid, truly
ففيso, in النفيnegation نفيdenial ماwhatever سواكمis other than you بلاwithout مراdispute
ففي النفي نفي ما سواكم بلا مرا
ومنand from بعدهafter it الاثباتaffirmation أصلthe foundation تثبتيmy certainty
ومن بعده الاثبات أصل تثبتي
So in negation lies the denial of all but you, without dispute,
So in negation, negate all but you decisively
And after it, affirmation is the foundation of my certainty.
And after it affirmation, the root of my conviction
فقلso, say لاno وقفand pause إلاexcept إلهa deity مسلماin submission
فقل لا وقف إلا إله مسلما
فعرشso, raise a canopy (uncertain reading) فهذاfor this أصلthe foundation كلّevery عقيدةcreed
فعرش فهذا أصل كلّ عقيدة
So say 'No' and pause—'except a deity'—in submission.
Say no, stop but God submitted
So raise a canopy, for this is the foundation of every creed.
His throne, this the origin of all belief
حجابthe veil السوىall else كانwas البلاaffliction منهfrom it لاnot سوىanything else
حجاب السوى كان البلا منه لا سوى
وماand not المقتloathing الاexcept منfrom مقامthe station طبيعتيmy nature
وما المقت الا من مقام طبيعتي
The veil of all else—from it came affliction, from nothing else.
The veil of duality was without it no duality
And loathing comes only from the station of my nature.
Nor discontent, but from my nature's station
فمنso, from سرّthe secret سينsīn, the letter s الانسintimacy كانتwas سعادتيmy happiness
فمن سرّ سين الانس كانت سعادتي
ومنand from شينshīn, the letter sh شرّthe evil النفسthe self شاووشthe herald شقوتيmy misery
ومن شين شرّ النفس شاووش شقوتي
From the secret of the sīn of intimacy came my happiness,
The secret of human bliss was my happiness
And from the shīn of the self's evil came the herald of my misery.
The evil of the soul, the misery of my agony
فلولاso, were it not for استجابكyour answering ليto me ماnot كانwould have been ليfor me دعاprayer
فلولا استجابك لي ما كان لي دعا
فتوبواso, turn in mercy عليّtoward me حتىso that أفوزI may attain بتوبةwith repentance
فتوبوا عليّ حتى أفوز بتوبة
Had you not answered me, I would have had no prayer.
Without your responding to my call, no prayer
So turn toward me in mercy, that I may attain repentance.
So turn toward me, that I win the prize of repentance
Sol 6.1