Sol 6.1

  1. تَفَرَّدتُ لما أَن جُمِعتُ بِذاتي

    وَأُسكنتُ لما أَن بَدَت حَرَكاتي

    I stood alone when I was gathered within my own self.

    And I was stilled when my movements appeared.

  2. فَلَم أَرَ في الأَكوانِ غَيري لأَنَّني

    أَزَحتُ عَن الأَغيارِ روحَ حَياتي

    So I saw none but myself in the worlds, because I

    withdrew the spirit of my life from all others.

  3. وَقَدَّستُها عَن رُتبةٍ لَو تَعَيَّنَت

    لَها دائِماً دامَت لَها حَسَراتي

    And I held it too sacred for a station that, were it fixed

    for it forever, my sorrows for it would endure.

  4. فَها أَنا قَد أَصعَدتُها عَن حَضيضها

    إلى رُتبةٍ تَقضي لَها بِثَباتِ

    So here I am: I have raised it from its lowest depths

    to a station that ordains constancy for it.

  5. تُشاهِدُ مَعنىً رَوضُهُ أَذهَبَ العنا

    وَأَيقَظَني لِلحَق بَعدَ سِناتي

    It beholds a meaning whose garden banished weariness

    and awakened me to the Truth after my slumbers.

  6. أَقامَت زَماناً في حِجابٍ فَعِندَما

    تَزَحزح عَنها رامتِ الخلواتِ

    It dwelt for a time behind a veil; then, when

    the veil receded from it, it sought secluded retreats,

  7. لِنقضي بِها ما فاتَ مِن طِيبِ أُنسِنا

    بِها وَنَنالَ الجَمع بَعدَ شَتاتِ

    so that in them we might make up what we missed of the sweetness of our companionship

    with it, and attain union after dispersion.