1. إن سرِّي هو قولي

    إنني عينُ وجودِه

    Indeed, my secret is my saying:

    I am the very essence of his existence.

  2. وإذا أبصر عيني

    أنني عينُ شُهودِهْ

    And when my eye beholds

    that I am the very essence of his witnessing,

  3. وبذا يكونُ شُكري

    إنْ شكرتُ من مزيده

    thus my gratitude is—

    if I give thanks—from his further bounty.

  4. أقربُ الأمر لكوني

    من يكن حبلُ وريده

    The matter is nearer to my being

    than the cord of his jugular vein can be.

  5. فأنا بين مُرادٍ

    لحبيبي ومُريده

    So I stand between being desired

    by my beloved and desiring him.

  6. عدمٌ لستُ وجوداً

    مع كوني من عبيده

    I am nonbeing, not existence,

    though I am among his servants.

  7. بوجودي أثبت النا

    ظر عندي عينَ جوده

    Through my existence the beholder has affirmed

    for me the very essence of his bounty.