بِنُطقِ سَمعي جَرى لِساني

بِنُطقِ سَمعي جَرى لِساني

وَعَن فُؤادي رَوى عَياني

وَعَن فُؤادي رَوى عَياني

My tongue flowed with the speech of my hearing.

My tongue flowed with my hearing,

And my vision recounted what came from my heart.

And my inner heart narrated to my eyes.

وَفي خَفاهُ عَنّي إِلَيهِ

وَفي خَفاهُ عَنّي إِلَيهِ

لَمّا بَدى لي مِنّي دَعاني

لَمّا بَدى لي مِنّي دَعاني

And in his concealment from me, to himself,

And He called me to Him,

when he appeared to me from within me, he called me.

When He appeared to me from me, though hidden from me before.

فَصارَ بَسطُ الوَرى بِقَبضي

فَصارَ بَسطُ الوَرى بِقَبضي

وَالخُلُقُ وَالأَمرُ في كِياني

وَالخُلُقُ وَالأَمرُ في كِياني

So the unfolding of all creatures lay in my grasp.

So the expanse of the earth became grasped in my palm,

And character and command are within my being.

And creation and command became my essence.

فَلا وُجودٌ سِوى وُجودي

فَلا وُجودٌ سِوى وُجودي

وَكُلُّ باقٍ سِواهُ فانِ

وَكُلُّ باقٍ سِواهُ فانِ

So there is no existence but my existence,

So there is no existence except my existence,

and all that endures besides it is perishing.

And all that remains other than it is transient.

لِلناسِ عَن مَشهَدي مَغيبٌ

لِلناسِ عَن مَشهَدي مَغيبٌ

أَضَلَّهُم عَن هُدى بَياني

أَضَلَّهُم عَن هُدى بَياني

People are absent from my witnessing;

People are veiled from witnessing me,

that absence led them astray from the guidance of my exposition,

Misguided from the guidance of my lucidity,

إِذ بِالأَسامي أَروا اِختِصاصاً

إِذ بِالأَسامي أَروا اِختِصاصاً

لِما تَخَصَّصتُ بِالمَعاني

لِما تَخَصَّصتُ بِالمَعاني

for through names they displayed distinction,

Since with names they saw specificity,

because I became distinguished through meanings.

To what I had specified through meanings.