1. Nothing delights my eye but my eye,
Between me was love, and between me,
١. ما قرّةُ العينِ غيرَ عيني
فبيني كان الهوى وبيني
2. By God, were it not for my existence,
My eye would not have shone for other than my eye,
٢. والله لولا وجودُ كوني
ما لاحَ عيني لغير عيني
3. Its existence which I saw in it,
Is more perfect than my image and my existence,
٣. فكونه ما رأيتُ فيه
أكمل من صورتي وكوني
4. With existence I connected all existence,
So gratitude for existence arose within me,
٤. بالبينِ أوصلت كلَّ بين
فقام شكرُ البينِ بيني
5. God felt within my existence,
When performing obligations, supported me,
٥. قد أحسَّ الله في وجودي
عند أداءِ الفروضِ عوني
6. Made me witness within it my essence,
In this abode, before my time,
٦. أشهدني فيه علم ذاتي
في هذه الدارِ قبل حيني
7. May God not separate, my beloved,
What is between His breaths and me.
٧. لا فرَّقَ الله يا حبيبي
ما بين أنفاسِه وبيني