1. بديع التجلّي وسيع الجمال

    يبدي في التجلّي جمال الجلال

    Wondrous in self-manifestation, vast in beauty,

    He reveals in self-manifestation the beauty of majesty,

  2. حيث المتجلّي عزيز المثال

    شهوده في العقل محض الأوهام

    Where the self-manifesting One is beyond compare.

    Beholding Him in the intellect is sheer illusion.

  3. وهو في علاه بعيد قريب

    ولمن دعاه سميعٌ مجيب

    And in His exaltedness He is distant yet near,

    And He hears and answers whoever calls upon Him.

  4. لاح بالجمال في المعنى الرفيق

    ماس بالدلال في القدّ الرشيق

    He shone with beauty in the gentle inner meaning,

    He swayed with coquetry in the slender figure,

  5. وجيد الغزال وكأس الرحيق

    وفي المثاني يجلي حسن الأنغام

    And in the gazelle's neck and the cup of pure wine.

    And in the paired strings He unveils the beauty of melodies.

  6. والجميع هو هو وله حبيب

    وهو لا سواه فافهم الغريب

    And all is He, He, and He has a beloved.

    And it is He, none other—so understand the wonder.

  7. جلّ عن حلولٍ وعن اتّحاد

    وعن العقول في فهم المراد

    He is exalted above indwelling and union,

    And beyond the minds' grasp of what is intended.

  8. وحكم الوصول قربٌ في بعاد

    لم يدر معنى الوصال درك الأفهام

    And the law of attainment is nearness within distance.

    The meaning of union has eluded the grasp of understanding.

  9. قد عزّ في سماه عن فكر الأريب

    حاضرٌ نراه في عين المغيب

    In His heaven, He is beyond the thought of the discerning.

    Present is He—we see Him in the very heart of absence.

  10. غبت فيه عني في غيب الحضور

    وأراني أنّي في كشف الستور

    I became absent from myself in Him, in the hiddenness of presence.

    And He showed me that I was amid the unveiling of veils.

  11. لاح لي ومنّي خطّ في السطور

    يقرأني ويملي علم الأعلام

    He appeared to me, and through me wrote upon the lines,

    He reads me and dictates the knowledge of the luminaries:

  12. قرآنٌ تلاه قلبي المنيب

    والمتلو أنا هو أنَّ ذا عجيب

    A Qur'an that my penitent heart recited.

    And what is recited is 'I am He'—this is truly wondrous.

  13. وصلاتي منّي وفيّ علي

    وسلامي عنّي عليّ لدي

    And my prayer is from me, within me, upon me,

    And my salutation is from me, upon me, in my presence,

  14. حيث يسقي دنّي أنا كلّ شي

    صلّى عليه أصلي وهو السلام

    Where my own wine-jar gives drink to all things.

    My Source bestowed blessings upon him, and He is Peace,

  15. صلاةً توالت لذات الحبيب

    ختم مسكٍ فاحت بنفحٍ وطيب

    Blessings following one another for the Beloved's essence,

    A seal of musk, wafting fragrance and sweet scent.