تولّدwas born ماlinking particle بينbetween الطبيعةِnature والأمرand the Command
تولّد ما بين الطبيعةِ والأمر
وجودan existence يسمىis called عالمthe world الخلقِof creation والأمرِand the Command
وجود يسمى عالم الخلقِ والأمرِ
Between nature and the Command was born
Between nature and command, an existence is born
an existence called the world of creation and the Command.
Called the world of creation and command
أهيمI am love-struck بهwith it دهريmy lifetime لصورةِfor the form خالقيmy Creator
أهيم به دهري لصورةِ خالقي
ولولاand were it not for وجودُthe existence الدهرِtime لمdid not أفنI vanish فيin الدهرِtime
ولولا وجودُ الدهرِ لم أفن في الدهرِ
I am lost in love with it all my life, for my Creator’s form.
I wander in it all my life for the image of my Creator
And but for time’s existence, I would not vanish in time.
Without the existence of time, I would not perish in time
أذوبُI melt وأفنىand I vanish رقةًtenderness وصبابةًand ardent longing
أذوبُ وأفنى رقةً وصبابةً
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle ذكرتُI remembered اللهGod فيin السرِّsecret والجهرand aloud
إذا ما ذكرتُ الله في السرِّ والجهر
I melt and vanish with tenderness and ardent longing,
I melt and vanish in tenderness and youth
whenever I remember God, in secret and aloud.
When I mention God in secret and aloud
وفيand in صورةِthe form الأكوانcreated beings أبصرتُI beheld صاحبيmy companion
وفي صورةِ الأكوان أبصرتُ صاحبي
لذاtherefore كثرتْmultiplied أسماءthe names حبيmy beloved فيin شعريmy verse
لذا كثرتْ أسماء حبي في شعري
And in the form of created beings I beheld my companion;
In the image of the universes I saw my Companion
thus my beloved’s names multiplied in my verse.
So my love's names abound in my poetry
فإنso if قلتُI uttered شعراًverse فيabout شُخيصٍa little figure معينٍparticular
فإن قلتُ شعراً في شُخيصٍ معينٍ
فماthen not هوhe إلاexcept ماwhat تضمنهcontains it صدريmy breast
فما هو إلا ما تضمنه صدري
So if I utter verse about a particular little figure,
If I recite a poem about a specific beloved
he is nothing but what my breast contains.
It is but what my heart contains
هوhe الحقthe Real لكنbut قيدَتْهhave bound him حقائقrealities
هو الحق لكن قيدَتْه حقائق
تقومُsubsist بهthrough him منfrom عقلٍintellect أوor حسٍّsense أوor فكرthought
تقومُ به من عقلٍ أو حسٍّ أو فكر
He is the Real, but realities have bound him,
It is the Truth, but realities restrict it
which subsist through him, from intellect or sense or thought.
Through intellect, senses or thought
يناجيهcommunes with him فيin سرّيmy secret ضميريmy inner self وشاهديand my witness
يناجيه في سرّي ضميري وشاهدي
بأسمائهby his names فيin الشفعthe even كانhe is أوor الوترthe odd
بأسمائه في الشفع كان أو الوتر
My inner self and my witness commune with him in secret,
My conscience and witness converse with Him
by his names, whether he is in the even or the odd.
In His names, paired or single
أقولI say لهto him حبيmy love فأسمعُthen I hear ردَّهhis reply
أقول له حبي فأسمعُ ردَّه
بماwith what قلتهI said it مثلَlike الصدىthe echo حكمهhis rule يجريoperates
بما قلته مثلَ الصدى حكمه يجري
I speak my love to him, and hear his reply
I say to Him my love and hear His reply
with what I said: his rule operates like an echo.
Echoing my words, His decree flows
Sol 6.1