أنظر في مرآك الذي ترى

أنظر في مرآك الذي ترى

فيها هوَ ذاك

فيها هوَ ذاك

Look into your mirror: what you see

Look into your mirror: the one you see

within it is that.

in it is that one.

إرفع المرآة وانظر

إرفع المرآة وانظر

يظهَر كلّ شيء

يظهَر كلّ شيء

Lift the mirror and look:

Lift the mirror and look:

everything appears—

everything appears.

ترى الخالي والمعمور

ترى الخالي والمعمور

وميتاً وحي

وميتاً وحي

the empty and the inhabited,

You see the empty and the inhabited,

the dead and the living.

and the dead and the living.

ما يبدو لكالمستور

ما يبدو لكالمستور

إلّا بالمري

إلّا بالمري

What is hidden does not appear to you

The concealed does not appear to you

except in the mirror.

except through the mirror.

ينكشف غطاك تبقى في الوجود وحدك

ينكشف غطاك تبقى في الوجود وحدك

لا ترى سواك

لا ترى سواك

Your veil falls away; you remain alone in existence,

Your veil is lifted; you remain alone in existence.

seeing none but yourself.

You see none but yourself.

لا تنظر عيوب غيرك

لا تنظر عيوب غيرك

إنَّ لكَ عيوب

إنَّ لكَ عيوب

Do not look at the faults of others,

Do not look at the faults of others;

for you have faults of your own.

indeed, you have faults.

كلّ العيبِ من نفسك

كلّ العيبِ من نفسك

إرتجع وتُب

إرتجع وتُب

Every fault comes from your own self;

All fault comes from your own self.

turn back and repent.

Turn back and repent.

لو فُتحَ على قلبكَ

لو فُتحَ على قلبكَ

تخرقُ العُجب

تخرقُ العُجب

If an opening were granted to your heart,

If your heart were opened,

you would pierce through conceit.

you would pierce self-conceit.

ترى ذا وذاك تتفرّج في علمِ الغيب

ترى ذا وذاك تتفرّج في علمِ الغيب

تشكرُ من أعطاك

تشكرُ من أعطاك

You would see this and that, beholding the knowledge of the unseen,

You see this and that, gazing into knowledge of the unseen;

and thank the one who gave to you.

you thank the one who has given to you.

معكَ الكلام كلّه

معكَ الكلام كلّه

ولك الحديث

ولك الحديث

All speech is with you,

All the speech is with you,

and the telling is yours.

and the discourse is for you.

خُذ من المليح جلّه

خُذ من المليح جلّه

واترُك الخبيب

واترُك الخبيب

Take the greater part of what is beautiful,

Take the greater part of what is good,

and leave the ugly.

and leave the deceitful.

والذي جهِلَ قُل له

والذي جهِلَ قُل له

بجهلكَ عميت

بجهلكَ عميت

And to the one who is ignorant, say:

And tell the one who is ignorant:

“Your ignorance has blinded you.”

Through your ignorance you have gone blind.

لو أراد هداك لحقّقت في

لو أراد هداك لحقّقت في

أمري وفيما نهاك

أمري وفيما نهاك

Had He desired your guidance, you would have investigated

If He willed your guidance, you would have looked closely into

my affair and what He forbade you.

my affair and what He forbade you.

إعرف يا فقير اللَه

إعرف يا فقير اللَه

حقّ المعرفه

حقّ المعرفه

Know, O faqir of God,

Know God, O poor one,

with true knowledge.

with true knowledge.

ولا ترجُ إلّا اللَه

ولا ترجُ إلّا اللَه

وكن ذا وفا

وكن ذا وفا

Hope in none but God,

And put your hope in God alone,

and be faithful.

and be faithful.

ألم تعلم أنّ اللَه يحبُّ

ألم تعلم أنّ اللَه يحبُّ

الصّفا

الصّفا

Did you not know that God loves

Do you not know that God loves

purity?

purity?

لا تقُل نساك في الظاهر والباطن

لا تقُل نساك في الظاهر والباطن

ما يزال يراك

ما يزال يراك

Do not say, “He has forgotten you”; outwardly and inwardly,

Do not say He has forgotten you: outwardly and inwardly,

He never ceases to see you.

He still sees you.