Sol 6.1

  1. بالخفا تبديك معاني

    تقتضي طلب العيان

    In secret, meanings reveal you,

    calling for the pursuit of direct vision.

  2. نظرةً يرجو كليم

    كلمته لن تراني

    Moses longs for a glimpse;

    You told him: “You shall not see Me.”

  3. دكّت أطوار اصطباري

    في سنا سينا اضطراري

    The mountains of my endurance were crushed

    in the radiance of the Sinai of my utter need.

  4. ولقد طال انتظاري

    ومرامي قد رماني

    And long indeed has my waiting lasted,

    and my aim has struck me.

  5. قال كم تعنو عيونا

    أو لم تلحظ شؤونا

    He said, “How many eyes bow in submission!

    Or have you not perceived the workings?

  6. وفتنّاك فتونا

    فيه قد نلت الأماني

    And We tested you with trials;

    in it you have attained your wishes.”

  7. مرج البحرين دمعي

    برزخ الكونين جمعي

    My tears are the mingling of the two seas;

    my union is the barrier between the two worlds.

  8. كلّ جسمي عين سمعي

    لصدى تلك الغواني

    My whole body is the very eye of my hearing,

    for the echo of those beauties.

  9. هذه آياتُ نوري

    تنجلي تحت الستور

    These are the signs of my light,

    revealed beneath the veils,

  10. عند ربّات الخدود

    وبرنّات المثاني

    among the fair-cheeked ladies,

    and in the ringing of lute strings.

  11. عنك فضّاح الغصون

    بالتثنّي ما ثنوني

    From you, O shamer of the boughs,

    they have not turned me with their swaying.

  12. ولقد طال شجوني

    وجنوني في فنوني

    And long indeed have my sorrows lasted,

    and my madness is in my arts.

  13. صلّى مولانا وحيّا

    روضة الهادي وحيّا

    May our Lord bless and greet

    the Guide’s garden, and greet

  14. من بها ما زال حيّا

    خير من للقرب داني

    him who still lives within it,

    the best of those who draw near.