إِن قُلتَ حَلِّ بِذا وَحا

إِن قُلتَ حَلِّ بِذا وَحا

لَ أَحِلتَهُ عَن كَونِهِ

لَ أَحِلتَهُ عَن كَونِهِ

If you say, 'He dwelt in this and

If you say, solve this enigma

changed,' you have turned him away from his being.

You do not free it from its being

أَوقُلتَ في وَفي سِوا

أَوقُلتَ في وَفي سِوا

يَ حَصَرتَهُ في أَينِهِ

يَ حَصَرتَهُ في أَينِهِ

Or say, 'In me and in what is other than

Or say, in fidelity or perfidy

me,' you have confined him to his 'where.'

You restrict it to its whereness

أَو قُلتَ عَيني عَينُهُ

أَو قُلتَ عَيني عَينُهُ

فَالعَجزُ بُؤتَ بِبَينِهِ

فَالعَجزُ بُؤتَ بِبَينِهِ

Or say, 'My essence is his essence,'

Or say, my eye is its eye

then you have incurred helplessness through separation from him.

Then frustration is manifested in its essence

وَلَو اِرتَأَيتَ رَأَيتَهُ

وَلَو اِرتَأَيتَ رَأَيتَهُ

في العَينِ مِنكَ بِعَينِهِ

في العَينِ مِنكَ بِعَينِهِ

And if you reflected, you would see him

And if you judge you see it

in your own eye, as his very self.

In the eye from you with its eye