إنَّ الوجودَ وجودُ الحقِّ ليس لنا

إنَّ الوجودَ وجودُ الحقِّ ليس لنا

فيه مجالٌ إذا ما كنتُ أعنيه

فيه مجالٌ إذا ما كنتُ أعنيه

Indeed, existence is the Real's existence; we have no

Indeed, existence is the existence of the Truth, we have

scope in it, if that is what I mean.

No place in it, if I mean it

إني لأشهدُه والحقُّ يشهدني

إني لأشهدُه والحقُّ يشهدني

إني أشاهده بما أنا فيه

إني أشاهده بما أنا فيه

I do indeed witness him, and the Real witnesses me.

I bear witness to Him, and the Truth testifies to me

I behold him through the state I am in.

I witness Him in what I am

فليس للكونِ إلا ما يشاهده

فليس للكونِ إلا ما يشاهده

وأما نُعتُّ بمعنى من معانيه

وأما نُعتُّ بمعنى من معانيه

Creation, then, has nothing but what it beholds.

So the universe has only what it witnesses

And as for my having been described by one of his meanings,

And as for being attributed with any meaning

لذا أكون به في ظاهري علماً

لذا أكون به في ظاهري علماً

وباطني ألم مما أعانيه

وباطني ألم مما أعانيه

thus, through him, I am a sign in my outward form,

Therefore through Him I become, outwardly, knowledge

while my inward self is pain from what I endure.

And inwardly pain from what afflicts me

بيني وبينك عهدٌ منك قرَّره

بيني وبينك عهدٌ منك قرَّره

شرعٌ أتانا فنوفيه وأوفيه

شرعٌ أتانا فنوفيه وأوفيه

Between me and you is a covenant from you, established

Between me and you is a covenant you established

by a sacred law that came to us; we fulfill it, and I fulfill it.

A law that came to us, so we fulfill it and accomplish it

فما ترى العينُ من شيء تسربه

فما ترى العينُ من شيء تسربه

الإ وفي الحال يخفيه ويحميه

الإ وفي الحال يخفيه ويحميه

The eye sees nothing in which it delights,

Thus, the eye does not see anything it imagines

but he immediately conceals and protects it.

Except, at that moment, He hides and protects it

فلست أدرك من شيءٍ حقيقته

فلست أدرك من شيءٍ حقيقته

وكيفَ أدركه وأنتم فيه

وكيفَ أدركه وأنتم فيه

Thus I do not grasp the reality of anything.

So I do not perceive the reality of anything

And how could I grasp it, when you are within it?

And how can I perceive it, while you are in it

بل عينه ولذا قامَ الدليلُ لكم

بل عينه ولذا قامَ الدليلُ لكم

عليَّ قطعاً فتبديه وتخفيه

عليَّ قطعاً فتبديه وتخفيه

Rather, you are its very essence; hence the proof stands for you

Rather, His eye, and thus evidence stood for you

against me, conclusively; so you reveal it and conceal it.

Against me definitively, so disclose it and conceal it

وما علمت بهذا الأمرِ من جهتي

وما علمت بهذا الأمرِ من جهتي

بل الكلامِ الذي سمعتُ من فيه

بل الكلامِ الذي سمعتُ من فيه

I did not learn of this matter from myself,

And I did not know this matter from my side

but through the speech I heard from his mouth.

But from the words I heard from the One in it

فإنه عينُ نطقي إذ أكلمكم

فإنه عينُ نطقي إذ أكلمكم

مع اللسانِ وهذا القدرُ يكفيه

مع اللسانِ وهذا القدرُ يكفيه

For he is my very utterance when I speak to you,

For it is the essence of my speech when I speak to you

together with the tongue; this much suffices him.

With the tongue, and this amount suffices

إني لأخفي أموراً من حقائقه

إني لأخفي أموراً من حقائقه

مبيناتٍ لأمرٍ كان يرضيه

مبيناتٍ لأمرٍ كان يرضيه

I do indeed conceal matters drawn from his realities,

I conceal matters from its realities

elucidating a matter that pleased him—

Clarifications, for a matter that pleased Him

عمن وما ثَمَّ إلا واحدٌ فلذا

عمن وما ثَمَّ إلا واحدٌ فلذا

أقاسي منه الذي مني يقاسيه

أقاسي منه الذي مني يقاسيه

From whom? There is only one there; therefore

Who and what then, other than the One, so I endure

I suffer from him what he suffers from me.

From Him what from me endures it

شوقي شديدٌ وشوقُ الحقِّ أعظمُ من

شوقي شديدٌ وشوقُ الحقِّ أعظمُ من

شوقي كذا جاء فيما كان يوحيه

شوقي كذا جاء فيما كان يوحيه

My longing is intense, and the Real's longing is greater than

My longing is intense, and the Truth's longing is greater than

mine; thus it was stated in what he revealed.

My longing, so it came in what He was revealing

إني خليفيه داود وأضوأ من

إني خليفيه داود وأضوأ من

قد كان في قبضة الرحمن يبديه

قد كان في قبضة الرحمن يبديه

Indeed, I am his two deputies [unclear wording]—David and the most radiant one who

I am His deputy David, and more brilliant than

was in the All-Merciful's grasp as he brought him forth.

What was in the Grip of the Merciful displaying it

هبَّت علينا رياحُ الجودِ من كَرَمٍ

هبَّت علينا رياحُ الجودِ من كَرَمٍ

أتتْ به رُسْله لدى تجلِّيه

أتتْ به رُسْله لدى تجلِّيه

The winds of bounty blew upon us out of generosity.

The winds of generosity blew upon us from a generosity

His messengers brought it at his self-disclosure.

That came with His messengers at His manifestation

فناله العارفُ النِّحرير من كتب

فناله العارفُ النِّحرير من كتب

بما يكون عليه من تحليه

بما يكون عليه من تحليه

Thus the consummate knower attained it from books,

So the liberated knower attained it from books

in keeping with his state of self-adornment.

With what would be upon it from its preparations

إنْ كان في ملأ فالحالُ يخجله

إنْ كان في ملأ فالحالُ يخجله

لذا يرى مائلاً إلى تخليه

لذا يرى مائلاً إلى تخليه

If he is in an assembly, the state embarrasses him.

If it was in company, the state would shame it

Thus he is seen inclined toward divesting himself.

Thus, it is seen inclined to its isolation

إن الجهولَ الذي للغير يثبتها

إن الجهولَ الذي للغير يثبتها

وفيّ منكرها جَهراً يُباريه

وفيّ منكرها جَهراً يُباريه

Indeed, the ignorant one who affirms them in others,

The ignorant one who affirms it for others

while openly denying them in me, rivals him.

And openly contests it

وإنْ درى انني بالورث أملكها

وإنْ درى انني بالورث أملكها

لقامَ من حدٍّ للنورِ يطفيه

لقامَ من حدٍّ للنورِ يطفيه

And if he knew that I possess them by inheritance,

And if he knew I possess it by inheritance

he would rise in fury [uncertain wording] to extinguish the light.

He would stand from a limit for the light extinguishing it

فما لنا حيلة نرجو الخلاصَ بها

فما لنا حيلة نرجو الخلاصَ بها

إلا لنسألَ من أطغاه يهديه

إلا لنسألَ من أطغاه يهديه

So we have no means by which we may hope for deliverance,

So we have no stratagem we hope for salvation through

except to ask the one who made him transgress to guide him.

Except to ask the One who overwhelmed him to guide him