1. جمعتُ همي عليّا

    فما برحتُ لديّا

    I gathered my attention upon myself,

    so I remained with myself.

  2. إليَّ يا من تعالى

    عن الكيان النيّا

    To me, O you who are exalted

    above raw existence!

  3. فلم أجد غير ذاتي

    لما بسطتُ يديّا

    So I found nothing but my own self

    when I stretched out my two hands.

  4. فأسفلُ الكونِ يعلو

    وقتا بربي عليّا

    So the lowest of the cosmos rises

    for a time, through my Lord, above me.

  5. انظر جديثَ هبوطٍ

    تجدْه فيه جليّا

    Consider the account of a descent;

    you will find it clear therein.

  6. ما جئتُ شيئاً بقولي

    عن الإله فريَّا

    I have brought forth nothing in speaking

    of God that is fabricated.

  7. هذا حديثُ رسولٍ

    قد اصطفاه نبيّا

    This is a messenger's report,

    whom He has chosen as a prophet.

  8. ولم أكن عند قولي

    إني بربي نسيّا

    Nor was I, when I said

    "Indeed I," forgetful of my Lord.

  9. لما سريتُ إليه

    خِرتُ المكانَ العليّا

    When I journeyed by night to Him,

    I chose the lofty place.

  10. ناديتُ مولى الموالي

    ربي ناءً خفيّا

    I called the Lord of lords,

    my Lord, with a quiet call.

  11. إني ضعفتُ إلهي

    وصِرتُ شيخا عتيّا

    I have grown weak, my God,

    and become a decrepit old man.

  12. فلم أكن بدعائي

    إيّاك ربِّ شقيّا

    So I have never been, in my calling

    upon You, my Lord, wretched.

  13. أنت الوليّ الذي قد

    صيرت قلبي وليّا

    You are the Guardian who has

    made my heart a saint.

  14. فاجعلن ربي إماما

    واجعلن ربي رضيا

    So make me, my Lord, a leader,

    and make me, my Lord, well-pleasing.

  15. فقد ضعفت لما بي

    وذبتُ شيّاً فشيا

    For I have weakened from what is within me,

    and melted away little by little.

  16. سألتُ ربي أن لا

    يجعل لذاتي سميّا

    I asked my Lord not

    to give my own self an equal.

  17. قد كنتُ عبداً مطيعاً

    إذ كنتُ ملكا سَريّا

    Indeed, I was an obedient servant

    when I was a noble king.

  18. أجرى لي الله جودا

    من تحتِ عرشي سريّا

    God, in His generosity, made flow for me

    a stream from beneath my throne.

  19. وأسقط الجذعُ قوتا

    عليّ رطبا جنيّا

    And the trunk dropped sustenance

    upon me—ripe, freshly gathered dates.

  20. فكان منه غذائي

    وعشتُ عيشاً هَنيًّا

    So my nourishment came from it,

    and I lived a pleasant life.

  21. وكان بي لُطف ربي

    لذاكَ برّاً حفيًّا

    And my Lord's kindness toward me

    was thus gracious and attentive.

  22. فهل رأيتم إلها

    يقومُ شخصاً سويّا

    So have you seen a god

    standing as a well-proportioned person?

  23. هذا مُحال ولكن

    شاهدتُ أمراً نديّا

    This is impossible, and yet

    I witnessed something fresh with dew.

  24. رأيته عينَ نفسي

    من حيثُ كنتُ صبيا

    I saw it as my very self,

    insofar as I was a child.

  25. ولم أقل بحلولٍ

    بل كنتُ منه بريّا

    Nor did I profess indwelling;

    rather, I was free of it.

  26. بل لم أجد منه بدًّا

    لما هجرتُ مليّا

    Yet I found no escape from Him

    when I withdrew for a long while.

  27. وخرّ جمعي إليه

    عند الشهودِ بكيّا

    And my gathered self fell toward Him,

    weeping at the witnessing.

  28. فكنت أولى بنار

    للشوقِ فيها صليّا

    So I was most deserving of a fire

    of longing, to burn within it.

  29. إني خلصتُ إليه

    لما اقتربتُ نجيّا

    Indeed, I gained access to Him

    when I drew near as a confidant.