فأنا الذي لا عينَ لي موجودُ

فأنا الذي لا عينَ لي موجودُ

وأنا الذي لا حكَم لي مفقودُ

وأنا الذي لا حكَم لي مفقودُ

So I, who have no distinct being of my own, exist;

I am the one who has no eye of discernment,

And I, who have no sway of my own, am absent.

And I am the one who has no judgment that is lost.

عنقاءُ مُغربٍ قد تعورفَ ذكرها

عنقاءُ مُغربٍ قد تعورفَ ذكرها

عُرفاً وبابُ وجودها مسدودُ

عُرفاً وبابُ وجودها مسدودُ

ʿAnqāʾ Mughrib, the fabulous phoenix—her mention has become familiar

A wild deer whose fame is known,

As common lore, though the gate to her existence is barred.

Known through custom, yet the door of its existence is barred.

ما صيِّر الرحمنُ ذِكري باطلاً

ما صيِّر الرحمنُ ذِكري باطلاً

لكنْ لمعنى سرِّه مقصودُ

لكنْ لمعنى سرِّه مقصودُ

The All-Merciful did not make mention of me vain,

The Merciful did not render my mention in vain,

Rather, it is intended for the meaning of His mystery.

But for the meaning of its mystery I am intended.

هو أنني وهابه أسرارهم

هو أنني وهابه أسرارهم

عرفانها فِصراطُنا ممدود

عرفانها فِصراطُنا ممدود

It is that I bestow it upon their innermost selves—

It is that I was given their secrets as a gift,

Knowledge of her; thus our path stretches forth.

Comprehending them, so our path is outstretched.

والسالكون على مراتبِ نورهم

والسالكون على مراتبِ نورهم

فأجلهم من نورِه التجريد

فأجلهم من نورِه التجريد

And the wayfarers proceed according to the degrees of their light;

And those walking according to the degrees of their light-

So, for the noblest among them, detachment comes from his light.

The greatest of them is the one stripped of his light.