1. في الذكر ذكري أُنزلا تتلوه روحي أزلا

    والروح فيه نزلا عليّ مذ تنزّلا

    In the Remembrance my remembrance was sent down; my spirit recites it from eternity.

    And within it the Spirit descended upon me, ever since it came down.

  2. أنزله روح القدس بالنفث للروع يبس

    تُجلَى به منه عرس والحبّ بالحسن انجلى

    The Holy Spirit sent it down, diffusing it into the heart with a breath.

    Through it a bride from him is unveiled, and love shone forth through beauty.

  3. سواه فينا لا نرى به فنينا في الورى

    سمعاً غدا وبصرا لنا يداً وأرجلا

    Within us we see none but him; through him we were effaced among creation.

    He became our hearing and sight, our hand and feet.

  4. لمّا خلعت النعلا وقد طردت الكلا

    شهدت حقّاً يُجلَى وكلّ شيءٍ بطلا

    When I took off the sandal and had driven everything away,

    I beheld the Real unveiled, and everything came to nothing.

  5. ولاح سرّ السُّوَرِ تتلى بلوح الصُّوَرِ

    عينٌ بدت في الأثر بها ضربنا المثلا

    And the secret of the surahs shone forth as they were recited on the tablet of forms.

    An essence appeared in the trace; through it we set forth the likeness.

  6. إنّي إليه مَثَلُ مصوّرٌ ممثّلُ

    لنور روحي هيكلُ ونجم نفسي أفلا

    I am indeed a likeness of him, fashioned and embodied.

    I am a temple for my spirit's light; the star of my self has set.

  7. أنا له ثوب الهدى لا لحمةً ولا سدى

    نسج غزال مذ بدا غزلت فيه الغزلا

    I am his robe of guidance, with neither weft nor warp.

    A gazelle's weaving—since he appeared, I have spun love verses about him.

  8. يا أيّها العذّال لا تلحو على ريم الفلا

    كفّوا ولا في ذا البلا تلقوا بأيديكم إلى

    O reproachers, do not chide me over the gazelle of the wilderness.

    Desist, and do not cast yourselves by your own hands into this affliction.

  9. محبوبنا كلّ الوجود منه تحلّى بالعقود

    ووردنا العذب الورود به تصفى منهلا

    Our beloved: all existence has adorned itself with necklaces from him.

    And our watering place, sweet to approach, became a clear spring through him.

  10. أدار كأساً رائقا بمسك ختمٍ عابقا

    يريك فجراً صادقا والغير فجراً أوّلا

    He passed round a limpid cup, fragrant with the musk of its seal.

    He shows you a true dawn, and others a first dawn.