تباركَ الله هل بالدار من أحد

تباركَ الله هل بالدار من أحد

غير الذي هو مجهولٌ ومعقولُ

غير الذي هو مجهولٌ ومعقولُ

Blessed is God! Is anyone in the dwelling

Blessed is Allah, is there anyone in the house

Other than the one who is unknown and intelligible?

Other than He who is unknown yet known?

الله يعلمُ أنَّ الدارَ خاليةٌ

الله يعلمُ أنَّ الدارَ خاليةٌ

والزهر مبتسمٌ والروضُ مطلولُ

والزهر مبتسمٌ والروضُ مطلولُ

God knows that the dwelling is empty,

Allah knows the house is empty

And the blossoms smile, and the garden is covered with dew.

The flowers smile and the meadows are open

والغيثُ منسِكبٌ والسرُّ مرتقَبٌ

والغيثُ منسِكبٌ والسرُّ مرتقَبٌ

إلى الذي هو بالبرهان معلول

إلى الذي هو بالبرهان معلول

And the rain pours down, and the secret is awaited,

The rain pours down and the secret is awaited

Toward the one who is proved to be an effect.

By Him who is logically inferred

والله ما نزلت نفس بساحتها

والله ما نزلت نفس بساحتها

إلا الذي هو للألباب مدلول

إلا الذي هو للألباب مدلول

And by God, no soul has alighted in its courtyard

By Allah, no soul descended in its courtyard

Except the one who is signified to discerning minds,

Except the one who is implied to the wise

غيري وغير الذي ما زال يتبعني

غيري وغير الذي ما زال يتبعني

فالكشفُ لي وهو للأتباعِ منقول

فالكشفُ لي وهو للأتباعِ منقول

Other than me and other than the one who keeps following me.

None other than me and the one who still follows me

So unveiling is mine, and it is transmitted to the followers.

So the unveiling is for me and transmitted to the followers

الوصلُ منفصلٌ والضد متصلٌ

الوصلُ منفصلٌ والضد متصلٌ

وفي المعارف تحييرٌ وتضليل

وفي المعارف تحييرٌ وتضليل

Union is severed, and the opposite is joined.

The connection is disconnected and the opposite is connected

And in knowledge lie bewilderment and misguidance.

In gnosis there is confusion and misguidance

ما كنتُ مبتدئاً فيه ومُبتدعاً

ما كنتُ مبتدئاً فيه ومُبتدعاً

بل جاء فيه من الرحمن تنزيل

بل جاء فيه من الرحمن تنزيل

I did not originate it or invent it.

I was not the originator or the innovator in it

Rather, revelation concerning it came from the All-Merciful.

Rather, a revelation came in it from the Merciful

قوَّى به خبراً يحوي على صور

قوَّى به خبراً يحوي على صور

للحقِّ ليس لها بالشرعِ تفصيل

للحقِّ ليس لها بالشرعِ تفصيل

He confirmed through it a report containing forms

It confirmed a narrative that contains images

Of the Real, for which the sacred Law gives no detailed account.

Of the Truth that has no detailed exposition in the Law

فما أبتغي حِولاً عنها ولا بدلاً

فما أبتغي حِولاً عنها ولا بدلاً

وحير العقلَ تبديلٌ وتحويل

وحير العقلَ تبديلٌ وتحويل

So I seek neither departure from them nor a substitute.

So I do not seek any deviation or substitution from it

And alteration and transformation have bewildered the intellect.

Reason was confused by alteration and transformation

العقلُ قيد بلإطلاق حاكمه

العقلُ قيد بلإطلاق حاكمه

والشرعُ سرَّحه وفيه تعليل

والشرعُ سرَّحه وفيه تعليل

The intellect has fettered its ruler with absoluteness.

Reason is bound while its Judge released it

And the sacred Law has set him free, and in it lies a rationale.

And the Law liberated it and in it is justification

لولا تحولُه لم تدرِ صورته

لولا تحولُه لم تدرِ صورته

وكيفَ يدرك أمر فيه تبديل

وكيفَ يدرك أمر فيه تبديل

Were it not for his transformation, you would not know his form.

Without its transformation, you would not know its form

And how can a matter subject to alteration be apprehended?

And how can one grasp something involving change?