1. We have only the unity of existence,
The unity of truth, so understand what we say.
١. إنما وحدة الوجود لدينا
وحدة الحق فافهموا ما نقولُ
2. The unity of God, the only unity,
Our great men have testified to this.
٢. وحدة الله وحدة لا سواها
شهدتها منا الكبار الفحول
3. Whether we say existence or truth,
There is no difference for us, O ignorant ones.
٣. وسواء قلنا الوجود أو الح
ق فلا فرق عندنا يا جهول
4. Do not think that the existence we mentioned
Is the creation we have given.
٤. لا تظن الوجود حيث ذكرنا
ه هو الخلق عندنا المبذول
5. It is the truth after annihilation from everything else
That reveals itself, so minds are dumbfounded.
٥. هو حق بعد الفنا عن سواه
يتجلى فتضمحل العقول
6. That is why annihilation was a requirement for us
For the disciple, so that the truth descends in him.
٦. ولهذا كان الفنا هو شرطاً
عندنا للمريد فيه حلول
7. It is the purification of souls from an impurity that
Has mixed in them from the dense wanderer.
٧. وهو طهر الأرواح من نجس قد
حلَّ فيها من الكثيف يجول
8. The soul was stained when it was mixed with ignorance
And acceptance was absent from it.
٨. لطخ الروحَ حين خالطها إذ
جهلته وغاب عنها القبول
9. It was also afflicted here by an event
From every meaning the proof is busy with.
٩. واعتراها أيضاً هنا حدث من
كل معنى به الحجى مشغول
10. Impurities prevent the praying person,
As do events when they come between.
١٠. فالنجاسات مانعات المصلِّي
وكذاك الأحداث حين تحول
11. So remove them between me and my Lord,
With the sciences of heaven the arrival will be.
١١. بين ربي وبينه فارفعوها
بعلوم السما يكون الوصول