الشكر لله لا أبغي به عوضاً

الشكر لله لا أبغي به عوضاً

بل شكرنا امتثالٌ للذي فرضا

بل شكرنا امتثالٌ للذي فرضا

Gratitude is for God; I seek no recompense for it.

Gratitude is for God, I do not seek recompense

Rather, our gratitude is obedience to Him who ordained it.

Rather, our gratitude is obedience to His decree

خلي لي الأمر في الأكوان أجمعها

خلي لي الأمر في الأكوان أجمعها

وغادر القلبَ مشغوفاً به ومضى

وغادر القلبَ مشغوفاً به ومضى

He left me charge of all the worlds,

Leave me the command throughout the universes

and left the heart enamored of Him, then departed.

And abandon the heart enraptured by it, it passed away

فما رأيتُ بريقاً في جوانبها

فما رأيتُ بريقاً في جوانبها

إلا وكان هو البرقُ الذي ومضا

إلا وكان هو البرقُ الذي ومضا

So I saw no gleam in their reaches

For I did not see a glimmer in its horizons

but He was the lightning that flashed.

Except it was the lightning that flashed

وآض عني الذي قد كان يحجبني

وآض عني الذي قد كان يحجبني

لما رأى النور في آفاقهنّ أضا

لما رأى النور في آفاقهنّ أضا

And what had veiled me withdrew from me

The darkness that had obscured me cleared

when it saw the light shine in their horizons.

When it saw the light in its horizons gleam

لما سلكت سبيلَ الواصلين إلى

لما سلكت سبيلَ الواصلين إلى

بحر العماءِ رأيتُ الزاخراتِ أضا

بحر العماءِ رأيتُ الزاخراتِ أضا

When I trod the path of those who arrive at

When I took the path of the united ones to

the sea of the Cloud, I saw the surging seas as pools.

The sea of deep knowledge, I saw the seas teem

فقلت هل ثمّ بحرٌ لا يكون له

فقلت هل ثمّ بحرٌ لا يكون له

سيفٌ فقالوا نعم هذا الذي اعترضا

سيفٌ فقالوا نعم هذا الذي اعترضا

So I asked whether there is a sea with no

So I said, “Is there a sea that does not

shore; they said yes—this one, which lies

Have a sword?” They said, “Yes, it is the one we crossed

ما بيننا وهو من وجه يخيط بنا

ما بيننا وهو من وجه يخيط بنا

وما له غاية ولا عليه فضا

وما له غاية ولا عليه فضا

between us and, in one respect, stitches us together.

What is between us and it sews us

It has no limit, nor any space above it.

With no end to it or space above

ونحن فيه كغرقي يسبحون به

ونحن فيه كغرقي يسبحون به

ولا يقاسون همّاً لا و لا مضَضَا

ولا يقاسون همّاً لا و لا مضَضَا

And we are in it like the drowned, swimming in it,

And we in it are like drowning men swimming

nor do they suffer sorrow—no, nor any anguish.

Feeling no worry or distress at all

بحرُ الثبوتِ الذي أبدى جزائره

بحرُ الثبوتِ الذي أبدى جزائره

فيه ومنه بما قد شاءه وقضى

فيه ومنه بما قد شاءه وقضى

The sea of fixity, whose islands He revealed

The sea of constancy that showed its islands

within it and from it, as He willed and decreed.

In it and from it as He willed and ordained

والناسُ سَفَرٌ ولكن من جزائره

والناسُ سَفَرٌ ولكن من جزائره

إلى جزائره في شقوةٍ ورضى

إلى جزائره في شقوةٍ ورضى

And people are travelers, but from its islands

And people are journeying, but from its islands

to its islands, in wretchedness and contentment.

To its islands in misery and joy contained

الاسم يوجدنا والذاتُ تعدمنا

الاسم يوجدنا والذاتُ تعدمنا

فما ترى صحةَ إلا ترى مرضا

فما ترى صحةَ إلا ترى مرضا

The Name brings us into being; the Essence annihilates us.

The name makes us exist and the essence makes us cease

So you see no health without seeing sickness.

So you see no health except you see disease

إساتنا لم تكن إلا إساءتنا

إساتنا لم تكن إلا إساءتنا

وهي الغذاء لمن قد صحَّ أو مرِضا

وهي الغذاء لمن قد صحَّ أو مرِضا

Our remedy was nothing but our wrongdoing,

Our disobedience was only our misdeeds

and it is nourishment for whoever is healthy or sick.

And it is nourishment for whoever rose or fell ill

بها بدا عفوه عنا ورحمته

بها بدا عفوه عنا ورحمته

ومن يقومُ به إحسانه نهضا

ومن يقومُ به إحسانه نهضا

Through it His pardon of us and His mercy appeared.

Through it His pardon and mercy appeared

And one in whom His beneficence abides rises

And whoever performs His benevolence arose

إلى الوجودِ الذي ما عنده عدمٌ

إلى الوجودِ الذي ما عنده عدمٌ

وهو الذي حصَّل المأمولَ والغرضا

وهو الذي حصَّل المأمولَ والغرضا

to existence, in which there is no nonexistence,

To the existence that has no cessation

and he is the one who attained what was hoped for and the goal.

It is He who accomplished the hoped and the purpose