إني وسعتُ الكيانَ طرّاً

إني وسعتُ الكيانَ طرّاً

لما وسعتُ الذي براني

لما وسعتُ الذي براني

Indeed, I encompassed all being,

I expanded the abode widely

when I encompassed the One who fashioned me.

For the One who expanded me

فكنتُ بيتاً له مُسوَّى

فكنتُ بيتاً له مُسوَّى

مهيئاً للذي بناني

مهيئاً للذي بناني

So I became a well-fashioned house for him,

So I became a house built for Him

prepared for the One who built me

Prepared for the One who built me

له فلم يرتضي سواي

له فلم يرتضي سواي

أراه مثل الذي يراني

أراه مثل الذي يراني

for him; so he accepted none but me.

For Him, so none other but Him I wanted

I see him as the One who sees me.

I see Him as the One who sees me

مذ وسعَ الحقُّ قلبَ كوني

مذ وسعَ الحقُّ قلبَ كوني

ما زلتُ في لذةِ العيانِ

ما زلتُ في لذةِ العيانِ

Since the Real encompassed the heart of my being,

Since the Truth expanded the heart of my being

I have remained in the delight of direct vision.

I remain in the bliss of beholding

أشهدُه فيه كلَّ حينٍ

أشهدُه فيه كلَّ حينٍ

ذا كرمٍ مطلقِ العنانِ

ذا كرمٍ مطلقِ العنانِ

I witness him within it at every moment,

I witness Him in it all the time

possessed of unbridled generosity.

With unconditional generosity

في كلِّ وصفٍ تراه عيني

في كلِّ وصفٍ تراه عيني

على الذي وحيه أراني

على الذي وحيه أراني

In every attribute my eye sees him,

In every attribute my eyes see

according to what his revelation has shown me.

As He inspired me to see Him

ما علم الله غيرَ عبدٍ

ما علم الله غيرَ عبدٍ

أضحى من السرِّ في أمان

أضحى من السرِّ في أمان

God has known none but a servant

God knows no servant

who has become safe from the mystery.

Except one immersed in the secret in security

ليس لنا مشهدٌ سواه

ليس لنا مشهدٌ سواه

أراه فيه ولا أراني

أراه فيه ولا أراني

We have no sight but him;

We have no spectacle but Him

I see him in it, and do not see myself.

I see Him in it yet I see Him not

أرنو إليه بقدر علمي

أرنو إليه بقدر علمي

من غير أين ولا زمانِ

من غير أين ولا زمانِ

I gaze toward him in proportion to my knowledge,

I look to Him to the extent of my knowledge

without a 'where' or a time.

Beyond where or when

ولا ترى عينه سواي

ولا ترى عينه سواي

إلا إذا كان في الجنان

إلا إذا كان في الجنان

And his eye sees none but me,

No eye sees Him but mine

except when he is in the gardens of Paradise,

Unless it be in Paradise

أو صار في حلبة المنايا

أو صار في حلبة المنايا

قد سبق القومَ للرهانِ

قد سبق القومَ للرهانِ

or has entered the racecourse of deaths,

Or has preceded people in death

having already outstripped the people in the race.

And won the wager