لَو كُنتَ مِنّي ما غَبتَ عَنّي

لَو كُنتَ مِنّي ما غَبتَ عَنّي

وَلا تَغَيَّرتَ عَن كَياني

وَلا تَغَيَّرتَ عَن كَياني

Had you been of me, you would not have been absent from me,

If you were of me, you would not be absent from me

Nor would you have become different from my being.

Nor would you change from my essence

وَلَم أَزَل سامِعاً بَصيراً

وَلَم أَزَل سامِعاً بَصيراً

أُجيبُ بِالنُطقِ مَن دَعاني

أُجيبُ بِالنُطقِ مَن دَعاني

And I would have continued to hear and see,

I would still be hearing and seeing

Answering in speech whoever called me.

Answering with speech those who call upon me

وَلَم أَجِد بِالرُقادِ فَقدي

وَلَم أَجِد بِالرُقادِ فَقدي

مِنّي وَذو يَقظَةِ يَراني

مِنّي وَذو يَقظَةِ يَراني

Nor would I have found in sleep my own absence

I would not find, with slumber, my loss

From myself, while someone awake sees me.

Of me, while the wakeful one sees me

وَلَم تَسِر بي نوقُ المَنايا

وَلَم تَسِر بي نوقُ المَنايا

عَن رَبعِ سِربي دونَ الأَماني

عَن رَبعِ سِربي دونَ الأَماني

Nor would the she-camels of death have borne me away

The stars of death would not travel with me

From my flock's abode, leaving hopes unfulfilled.

Beyond the quarter of my encampment, short of wishes

وَكانَ مَن راحَ لي مُطيعاً

وَكانَ مَن راحَ لي مُطيعاً

يَقهَرُ بي كُلَّ مَن عَصاني

يَقهَرُ بي كُلَّ مَن عَصاني

And whoever set out obedient to me

And whoever went far from me obedient

Would, through me, subdue everyone who disobeyed me.

Would overcome through me all who disobeyed me

بَل أَنا مِمَّن إِلَيَّ لَمّا

بَل أَنا مِمَّن إِلَيَّ لَمّا

ضَلَلتُ عَنّي بِهِ هَداني

ضَلَلتُ عَنّي بِهِ هَداني

Rather, I am of the one who, back to myself—when

Rather, I am of those whom when

I strayed from myself—guided me through him.

I went astray from myself, He guided me

وَلِيُّ فَضلٌ عَلى البَرايا

وَلِيُّ فَضلٌ عَلى البَرايا

يَنشُرُني كُلَّما طَواني

يَنشُرُني كُلَّما طَواني

A guardian—a blessing upon created beings—

My Lord has bounty over the wilderness

Unfolds me whenever he folds me.

He spreads me out whenever difficulties constrict me

بِهِ أَراني كَما أَراهُ

بِهِ أَراني كَما أَراهُ

فَأَثبَتُ النَقِيَّ بِالعَيانِ

فَأَثبَتُ النَقِيَّ بِالعَيانِ

Through him I see myself, just as I see him;

Through Him I see myself as I see Him

Thus I affirm the pure one through direct sight—

So I prove the pure with vision

وَعَن حُلولٍ وَعَن أُفولٍ

وَعَن حُلولٍ وَعَن أُفولٍ

وَعَن تَناءٍ وَعَن تَدانِ

وَعَن تَناءٍ وَعَن تَدانِ

Free from indwelling and from setting,

And above descent, setting,

And from remoteness and from nearness.

Thinning out and approaching