عين الدليلِ على اليقينِ

عين الدليلِ على اليقينِ

الزيتُ النبراسُ للناظرين

الزيتُ النبراسُ للناظرين

The very proof of certainty:

The oil of guidance for those seeking certainty

the oil is the lamp for those who gaze.

Is a lantern for the beholders.

لأنه النائب

لأنه النائب

في سَتره

في سَتره

For he is the deputy

For it is the substitute,

in his veiling,

In its veil,

وهديه الغائب

وهديه الغائب

في كفره

في كفره

and his guidance is absent

And its absentee's guidance

in his disbelief,

In his disbelief,

وسهمه الصائب

وسهمه الصائب

في نحره

في نحره

and his arrow strikes true

And its piercing arrow

in his throat.

In his throat.

حقاً أقولُ يا غافلين

حقاً أقولُ يا غافلين

معارفُ الأكياسِ على فنون

معارفُ الأكياسِ على فنون

Truly I say, O heedless ones:

Truly I say, O heedless ones,

the insights of the discerning take many forms.

The gnosis of the wise is manifold.

لله ما أحلى

لله ما أحلى

طعم المذاق

طعم المذاق

How sweet, by God,

How sweet is the taste

the flavor one tastes,

Of the perspective from above,

بالمنظر الأعلى

بالمنظر الأعلى

عند المساق

عند المساق

at the highest vantage,

When the course continues.

when one is led onward.

His signs are recited

آياتُه تُتلى

آياتُه تُتلى

على اتِّساق

على اتِّساق

His signs are recited

In succession.

in ordered sequence.

A long night, a clear morning,

ليلٌ طويلٌ صبحٌ مبينُ

ليلٌ طويلٌ صبحٌ مبينُ

كأنه إلياس في المرسلين

كأنه إلياس في المرسلين

A long night, a clear dawn,

As if he were Elijah among the messengers.

as though he were Elijah among the messengers.

If Idris,

لو أنّ إدريساً

لو أنّ إدريساً

إذ أعرضا

إذ أعرضا

Had Idris,

When offered

when he turned away,

The Torah of Moses,

عليله يوسى

عليله يوسى

ما مرَّضا

ما مرَّضا

had his ailing one tended [reading uncertain],

Had not fallen ill,

he would not have nursed him;

And Jesus had come to him

وجاءه عيسى

وجاءه عيسى

مع القضا

مع القضا

and Jesus came to him

With judgement,

with the decree,

On the path he would have moaned.

على السبيل يُبدي الأنين

على السبيل يُبدي الأنين

من عِلة الإفلاسِ مع القرين

من عِلة الإفلاسِ مع القرين

on the path he gives voice to moaning

From the malady of destitution, along with the companion.

from the affliction of destitution, with the companion.

They both spoke,

قد قالا من قالا

قد قالا من قالا

بعلمه

بعلمه

Whoever spoke has indeed said,

With his knowledge,

through his knowledge,

That they had attained

بأنه نالا

بأنه نالا

من حكمه

من حكمه

that he attained

From his wisdom,

something of his judgment,

And ceased not

وعنه ما زالا

وعنه ما زالا

في زعمه

في زعمه

and never departed from him,

In his opinion.

so he claims.

So he says, while holding assumption.

كذا يقول وهو الظنين

كذا يقول وهو الظنين

وساوس الخناس عند الظنون

وساوس الخناس عند الظنون

Thus he speaks, though he is suspect:

The insinuations of the sneaky, amidst assumptions.

the whisperings of the slinking one amid conjectures.

When the critic saw

لما رأى العاذلَ

لما رأى العاذلَ

ما أمَّلا

ما أمَّلا

When he saw the reproacher,

What he hoped for,

he did not hope,

And said to the questioner,

وقال للسائلِ

وقال للسائلِ

هذا سلا

هذا سلا

and said to the questioner:

"This is easy."

"This one has found solace."

I recited to the speaker,

أنشدت للقائلِ

أنشدت للقائلِ

إذ علا

إذ علا

I recited to the speaker,

When he was exalted:

when he rose:

"I have no inclusion except for yearning."

ما لي شَمول إلا الشُّجون

ما لي شَمول إلا الشُّجون

مزاجها في الكأس دمع هَتون

مزاجها في الكأس دمع هَتون

"I have no wine but sorrows;

Its temperament in the cup is mellowed tears.

its admixture in the cup is streaming tears."