معرفتي بالإله معرفتي

بي فاطلبوا الأمر في حقائقها

My knowledge of God is my knowledge

Of myself; so seek the matter in its realities.

إن رسول الإله قال لنا

العلمُ بالنفس علم خالقها

Indeed, God's Messenger said to us:

Knowledge of the soul is knowledge of its Creator.

ما عرفوا قدر ما أتيت به

من حكمة الله في طرائقها

They did not know the worth of what I brought

Of God's wisdom along its paths.

لو علموا ذاك لم يقم حرجٌ

ف نفس من يهتدي بطارقها

Had they known that, no distress would arise

In the soul of one guided by its night-visitor.

قلتُ لها الرقيبُ يعجلني

من أنت قالت نواة فالقها

I said to her, as the watcher hurried me:

“Who are you?” She said, “A kernel of Him who splits it.

أولدني العلم بالوجود فما

تنفك ذاتي عن ذاتِ فاتقها

Knowledge of existence begot me, so never

Does my essence part from the essence of Him who splits it open.”

الرتق أصل لها به فلذا

لم يأتِ لفظٌ لنا براتقها

Being joined is her original state through Him; hence

No word has reached us naming her joiner,

مثل الذي قد أتاك في رحمٍ

فإنها شجنة لرازقها

Like what has already come to you concerning the womb,

For it is an intertwined branch of its Provider.

فبينها في وجودنا نسبٌ

وبينه ثابتٌ لعاشقها

Thus, in our existence, there is a kinship between her

And Him, established for her lover.

لطيف هذا البخار صيرها

نافجة عرفت لناشقها

The subtle part of this vapor made her

A musk-pod that made known to whoever inhales her scent

ما بين هاد لها يبين لها

طريقها نحوه وسائقها

What lies between a guide for her, who shows her

Her path toward Him, and her driver.

تتيه عجباً وتنثني طرباً

وذلك التيه من عوائقها

She struts in self-admiration and sways with rapture;

And that pride is among her hindrances.

تشرقُ شمسُ النهار إن طلعت

واحدة العينِ من مفارقها

The sun of day shines if it rises,

One in essence, from the partings of her hair.

لابدَّ للاشتراكِ من حكم

تاتي إليها له بفارقها

Commonality must have its wise purposes,

Which bring her, for its sake, what distinguishes her.