شَهِدْتَ نَفْسَكَ فِينَا وهي وَاحِدَةٌ

شَهِدْتَ نَفْسَكَ فِينَا وهي وَاحِدَةٌ

كَثِيرةٌ ذَاتُ أَوْصَافٍ وَأَسْمَاءِ

كَثِيرةٌ ذَاتُ أَوْصَافٍ وَأَسْمَاءِ

You witnessed Yourself in us, though the Self is one—

You beheld your own self in us, one,

manifold, endowed with attributes and names.

Yet manifold, endowed with attributes and names.

وَنَحْنُ فِيكَ شَهِدْنَا بَعْدَ كَثْرَتِنَا

وَنَحْنُ فِيكَ شَهِدْنَا بَعْدَ كَثْرَتِنَا

عَينْاً بِهَا اتَّحَدَ المَرْئيُّ والرَّائي

عَينْاً بِهَا اتَّحَدَ المَرْئيُّ والرَّائي

And within You, after all our multiplicity, we witnessed

And in you, after our multiplicity, we beheld

one Essence, wherein the seen and the seer became one.

An essence through which the seen and the seer became one.

فَأًَوَّلٌ أَنْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِ الظُّهُورِ لَنَا

فَأًَوَّلٌ أَنْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِ الظُّهُورِ لَنَا

وَأَخِرٌ أَنْتَ عِنْدَ النَّازِحِ النَّائِي

وَأَخِرٌ أَنْتَ عِنْدَ النَّازِحِ النَّائِي

You are the First, before appearing to us,

So you are the First, before appearing to us,

and You are the Last for the distant, far-removed one.

And you are the Last for the far-removed, distant one.

وَبَاطِنٌ فِي شُهُودِ العَيْنِ وَاحِدُهُ

وَبَاطِنٌ فِي شُهُودِ العَيْنِ وَاحِدُهُ

وَظَاهِرٌ لاِمْتَيِازَاتٍ بأَسْمَاءِ

وَظَاهِرٌ لاِمْتَيِازَاتٍ بأَسْمَاءِ

You are the Inward, in beholding the Essence as one,

And hidden in the witnessing of the essence is its One,

and the Outward, distinguished through names.

And manifest through distinctions made by names.

أَنْتَ المُلَقِّنُ سِرّاً لاَ أَفُوهُ بِهِ

أَنْتَ المُلَقِّنُ سِرّاً لاَ أَفُوهُ بِهِ

وأَنْتَ نُطْقِيَ وَالمُصْغِى لِنَجْوَائي

وأَنْتَ نُطْقِيَ وَالمُصْغِى لِنَجْوَائي

You are the One who secretly prompts what I do not utter,

You are the one who imparts a secret I do not speak of,

and You are my speech and the listener to my whispered communion.

And you are my speech and the listener to my whispered confidences.