أقول وقد بانت شواهد علتي

أقول وقد بانت شواهد علتي

بأني محبوبٌ لموجد علتي

بأني محبوبٌ لموجد علتي

I say, now that the signs of my affliction have appeared,

I say, as the proofs of my plight have become clear,

that I am beloved of the one who brought my affliction into being.

That I am beloved to the Maker of my plight.

فمن هو نفسي أو مغاير عينها

فمن هو نفسي أو مغاير عينها

ومن هو اجزائي ومن هو جملتي

ومن هو اجزائي ومن هو جملتي

So who is my self, or distinct from its essence?

So who is myself or who is identical to it?

And who is my parts, and who is my whole?

And who are my parts and who is my whole?

إذا عاينتْ عيني سبيلَ وجودها

إذا عاينتْ عيني سبيلَ وجودها

بفكري وذاتا لم تكن غير نشأتي

بفكري وذاتا لم تكن غير نشأتي

When my eye beholds the path of its existence

When my eyes perceived the way of their existence

through my thought, and an essence that was none other than my own coming into being,

Through my intellect and selfhood, they were none other than my origination.

أقول لها من أنت قالت مكلمي

أقول لها من أنت قالت مكلمي

فقلت أرى ثنتين من خلف كلتي

فقلت أرى ثنتين من خلف كلتي

I say to her, 'Who are you?' She replies, 'The one speaking to me.'

I say to it, "Who are you?" It said, "My speaker."

So I said, 'I see two from behind my veil.'

So I said, "I see two from behind both my shoulders."

فقالت وكثر مما تشاء فإنني

فقالت وكثر مما تشاء فإنني

وإن كنت فرداً أنتمُ أصل كثرتي

وإن كنت فرداً أنتمُ أصل كثرتي

So she said, 'And multiply them as you wish, for I—

It said, "And increase from what you wish, for I

though I am one, you all are the source of my multiplicity.'

Even if I'm an individual, you are the origin of my multiplicity."

فيا من هو المقصود في كلِّ وجهة

فيا من هو المقصود في كلِّ وجهة

بوجهي إذا ما كنت لي عين قبلتي

بوجهي إذا ما كنت لي عين قبلتي

So O you who are sought in every direction

So O He who is meant in every orientation

with my face, whenever you are my very direction of prayer:

With my face when I was an eye of my aspiration for You.

فما عاينت عيناي فرداً مقسما

فما عاينت عيناي فرداً مقسما

إلى عدد إلا الذي هو علتي

إلى عدد إلا الذي هو علتي

my eyes have beheld no single one divided

My eyes perceived no individual divided

into a plurality except the one who is my cause.

Into numbers except the One who is my plight.

هو الكل والأجزاء عينُ وجودِه

هو الكل والأجزاء عينُ وجودِه

فيا مثبتي بي لست غير مثبتي

فيا مثبتي بي لست غير مثبتي

He is the whole, and the parts are his existence itself.

He is the All and the parts, the eye of His existence.

So O you who establish me through me, you are none other than what I establish.

So O You who affirm me, I am none other than You who affirm me.

لقد حرتُ في أمر تقسم واحداً

لقد حرتُ في أمر تقسم واحداً

فأين وجودي قل لي أم أينَ وحدتي

فأين وجودي قل لي أم أينَ وحدتي

I have indeed been bewildered by a matter divided, yet one.

I became confused about a matter of dividing the One.

Then where is my existence? Tell me—or where is my oneness?

So where is my existence? Tell me, or where is my oneness?

فيا من يرى عقدي وحيرة خاطري

فيا من يرى عقدي وحيرة خاطري

ويسرع بالتقريب في حَلِّ عقدتي

ويسرع بالتقريب في حَلِّ عقدتي

So O you who see my knots and my mind's bewilderment,

O You who sees my knot and the confusion of my mind

and hasten, by drawing me near, to untie my knot:

And hastens to unravel the knotting of my plight!

علمتُ بأني عبده وهو سيدي

علمتُ بأني عبده وهو سيدي

وسلم لي علمي وأنشأ حيرتي

وسلم لي علمي وأنشأ حيرتي

I have learned that I am his servant, and he is my master.

I learned that I am His servant and He is my Master.

And my knowledge remained sound for me and gave rise to my bewilderment.

And He gave me my knowledge and originated my confusion.

وأعلم أني حائر وهو فارغ

وأعلم أني حائر وهو فارغ

كما هو في شغل فيا حسرتي التي

كما هو في شغل فيا حسرتي التي

And I know that I am bewildered, while he is unoccupied,

And I know that I am confused and He is free,

even as he is occupied. O my anguish, whose

As He is occupied, so what a loss is my

تباعدني في عين قربي شهودها

تباعدني في عين قربي شهودها

فما حسن أفعالي وما سوء فعلتي

فما حسن أفعالي وما سوء فعلتي

sight drives me far away in the very midst of my nearness!

Distance from Him in the eye of witnessing His nearness!

So what is the goodness of my actions, and what is the evil of my deed?

So how good are my deeds and how evil is my doing!

لقد علمتْ نفسي وجوداً محققاً

لقد علمتْ نفسي وجوداً محققاً

وغابتْ به عني فلم تدر حكمتي

وغابتْ به عني فلم تدر حكمتي

My soul has indeed known a fully realized existence,

Indeed my soul learned of an established existence,

and through it was lost to me, so it did not know my wisdom.

And through it was veiled from me, so it did not know my wisdom.