نَظَري في الصَفاءِ أَشهَدَني غَي

نَظَري في الصَفاءِ أَشهَدَني غَي

بي وَغَيري عَلى خِلافِ الحالِ

بي وَغَيري عَلى خِلافِ الحالِ

My gaze into the clear surface shows me another than myself—

My gaze into clarity revealed to me what is hidden

as me, yet other than me—contrary to reality.

from me, and what is other than me, contrary to their actual state;

مِثلَ ما في المِرآةِ أَشهَدُ مِن خَل

مِثلَ ما في المِرآةِ أَشهَدُ مِن خَل

في أَمامي وَعَن يَميني شِمالي

في أَمامي وَعَن يَميني شِمالي

Just as, in the mirror, I behold what lies behind—

Just as in a mirror I see what is behind

—me before me, and, on my right, my left.

me before me, and on my right, my left.

وَهيَ لَم تَستَحِل وَلا حَلَّ فيها

وَهيَ لَم تَستَحِل وَلا حَلَّ فيها

ما تَبَدّى فيها مِنَ الأَشكالِ

ما تَبَدّى فيها مِنَ الأَشكالِ

Yet it has not changed, nor have there entered into it

Yet it has not been transformed, nor have there dwelt within it

any of the forms that appeared within it.

the forms that appeared in it.