لما نظرت إلى مجموعِ أحوالي

لما نظرت إلى مجموعِ أحوالي

علمتُ ما لم يكن يخطر على بالي

علمتُ ما لم يكن يخطر على بالي

When I looked upon the sum of all my states,

When I looked at the sum of my states,

I knew what had never crossed my mind.

I learned what had never crossed my mind.

مني علمتُ الذي في الكون من صور

مني علمتُ الذي في الكون من صور

وما به صور فالكلُّ أمثالي

وما به صور فالكلُّ أمثالي

From myself I came to know the forms within the cosmos,

From myself I learned the forms within the cosmos,

and all the forms it holds are likenesses of me.

and whatever contains forms—for all are likenesses of me.

يران بي مثلَ ما أنى أراه به

يران بي مثلَ ما أنى أراه به

نصّاً بنصِّ وأشكالاً بأشكالِ

نصّاً بنصِّ وأشكالاً بأشكالِ

He sees me through me, just as I see Him through Him,

He sees me through me, just as I see Him through Him,

text for text, and forms for forms.

text through text, and forms through forms.

فكلما قمتُ في شيءٍ يقومُ به

فكلما قمتُ في شيءٍ يقومُ به

كأنه في الذي يبدو من أشكالي

كأنه في الذي يبدو من أشكالي

Whenever I take my stand in something, He stands through it,

So whenever I subsist in something that subsists through Him,

as though He were within whatever appears of my forms.

it is as though He were in the forms of mine that appear.

علمي صحيح وحالي قد يكذبه

علمي صحيح وحالي قد يكذبه

فانظر إلى العلم لا تنظر إلى الحال

فانظر إلى العلم لا تنظر إلى الحال

My knowledge is sound, though my state may give it the lie;

My knowledge is sound, though my state may belie it.

so look to knowledge—do not look to the state.

So look to knowledge; do not look to the state.

الحقُ عيني بلا شك ولست أرى

الحقُ عيني بلا شك ولست أرى

إلا الذي هو في قيدٍ وأغلال

إلا الذي هو في قيدٍ وأغلال

The Real is my own eye, beyond all doubt; and I see

The Real is my very essence, without doubt, and I see nothing

nothing but what is confined by fetters and chains.

except what is in fetters and shackles.

والحق ليس له مثلٌ فكيف يرى

والحق ليس له مثلٌ فكيف يرى

هذا الذي جاء في سمعي من التالي

هذا الذي جاء في سمعي من التالي

And the Real has no likeness—how, then, can He be seen?

And the Real has no likeness—how, then, can He be seen?

This is what came to my hearing from the reciter.

This is what reached my hearing from the reciter.

إذا يرانا فلا شكَّ يداخلنا

إذا يرانا فلا شكَّ يداخلنا

إني أراه فإني النائبُ الوالي

إني أراه فإني النائبُ الوالي

If He sees us, He surely enters into us;

When He sees us, no doubt enters us:

I see Him—for I am the vicegerent invested with rule.

Indeed, I see Him, for I am the deputy, the governor.