1. السرُّ مني

    كافي من أني

    The secret comes from me;

    enough for me is that I

  2. رأيتُ ربي

    بالمنظر الأجلى

    have seen my Lord

    in the clearest vision.

  3. دعوتُ صحبي

    للمورد الأحلى

    I invited my companions

    to the sweetest watering place.

  4. رآه قلبي

    في الصورة المثلى

    My heart saw him

    in the most perfect form.

  5. فما ثنى

    إلا إذا ثني

    So it did not double

    except when it was doubled.

  6. إلى الكثيبِ

    دعتني أشواقي

    To the sandhill

    my longings called me,

  7. نحو الحبيب

    دعاءَ مشتاقِ

    toward the Beloved,

    with the call of one who yearns.

  8. فيا طبيبي

    هل لي من راقِ

    So, O my physician,

    is there someone to heal me with a charm?

  9. فقال خِدْني

    ذلك في عَدْن

    Then my intimate friend said,

    'That is in Eden.'

  10. رأيت صوني

    يطلبه كوني

    I saw my preservation

    sought by my being.

  11. وقال عيني

    إنَّ به عوني

    And my essence said,

    'Indeed, my help is through him.'

  12. وليس بيني

    عنه سوى بيني

    And nothing lies between me

    and him but my own separation.

  13. فقال أثن

    قلتُ إذا تثنى

    Then he said, 'Offer praise!'

    I said, 'Then you would be made two.'

  14. من لي بذاتي

    من لي بإيلافي

    Who will grant me my own self?

    Who will grant me my intimacy?

  15. وفي مماتي

    حكم لإيلافي

    And in my death

    lies a decree for my intimacy.

  16. فقلتُ آتي

    قال بأوصافي

    So I said, 'I shall come.'

    He said, 'With my attributes.'

  17. إيَّاك أعني

    بالذكرِ إذ أكني

    It is you I mean

    in remembrance, when I allude.

  18. من كان مثلي

    يبلى ولا يُبلى

    Whoever is like me

    grows worn, yet is not worn away.

  19. فقال كلي

    إنك من أهلي

    Then my whole being said,

    'You are indeed one of my people.'

  20. قد قال قبلي

    من ليس شكلي

    It had been said before me

    by one unlike me:

  21. أخلفتِ ظني

    يا كعبة الحسنِ

    'You have belied my expectation,

    O Kaaba of beauty!'