اختلسناwe seized stealthily منfrom كراماgraces (word continues)
اختلسنا من كراما
تِcompletion of 'graces' الكيانbeing الأبديّeverlasting
تِ الكيان الأبديّ
We snatched some of the graces
We stole from the virtues
of everlasting being,
Of eternal existence
وجيناand we came بمقاماwith stations (word continues)
وجينا بمقاما
تِcompletion of 'stations' العيانdirect vision الأزليّbeginningless
تِ العيان الأزليّ
and we came with the stations
And came with statuses
of beginningless vision;
Of the primordially witnessing
ورفعناand we were raised عنaway from تكاليobligations (word continues)
ورفعنا عن تكالي
فِcompletion of 'obligations' الوجودexistence العمليّpractical
فِ الوجود العمليّ
and we were raised above the obligations
And we rose above the costs
of practical existence,
Of functional existence
لمضاهاةto mirror استواءenthronement
لمضاهاة استواء
فوقabove عرشٍa throne فلكيّcelestial
فوق عرشٍ فلكيّ
to mirror an enthronement
To match the leveling
above a celestial throne.
Above a celestial throne
فرأيناso we saw منthe One who تعالىis exalted
فرأينا من تعالى
بالوجودin existence الخلقيّcreated
بالوجود الخلقيّ
So we saw Him who is exalted
So we saw from the Exalted
in created existence,
With created existence
فيin لطيفٍa subtle form ملكيّangelic
في لطيفٍ ملكيّ
وكثيفand a dense form بشريّhuman
وكثيف بشريّ
in a subtle, angelic form
In a subtle angelic
and a dense, human form.
And dense humanly
وسألناهand we asked Him بأسراby secrets (word continues)
وسألناه بأسرا
رِcompletion of 'secrets' المقامِthe station القدسيّholy
رِ المقامِ القدسيّ
And we asked Him, by the secrets
And we asked Him with the secrets
of the holy station,
Of the holy status
نيلattainment ماwhat قدalready نحنwe ourselves نلattained (word continues)
نيل ما قد نحن نل
ناهwe ... it (verb ending) لبدرِfor Badr الحبشيِّal-Habashi (the Abyssinian)
ناه لبدرِ الحبشيِّ
for the attainment of what we ourselves had attained
To attain what we do attain
for Badr al-Habashi.
For the full moon of the Abyssinian
Sol 6.1