موقعُthe position of النجمthe star فيin الحمىthe sanctuary الشرقيّeastern
موقعُ النجم في الحمى الشرقيّ
قدalready تراءىappeared فيin المركزthe center الغربيّwestern
قد تراءى في المركز الغربيّ
The star's position in the eastern sanctuary
The position of the star in the eastern fever
has appeared at the western center.
It seemed to be in the western center
وبروقand the lightnings of العلاloftiness ترفرفflutter جنحاًas wings
وبروق العلا ترفرف جنحاً
بجناحon the wing of النجاحsuccess للوسميّfor the autumn rain
بجناح النجاح للوسميّ
And the lightnings of loftiness flutter as wings,
And the lightnings of the banners flutter wings
on the wing of success for the autumn rain.
With the wing of success for the tattooed one
ورياحand the winds of الصَّباthe east wind تبشّرbring glad tidings عنof نجupland (word begins)
ورياح الصَّبا تبشّر عن نج
دcompletion of 'upland' الأمانيwishes فيin الجانبthe side الغوريّlowland
د الأماني في الجانب الغوريّ
And the east winds bring tidings of the upland
And the winds of youth herald the brightness of wishes
of wishes, on the lowland side.
In the mysterious side
وظباءand the gazelles of النقاthe sand dune بواديin the valley of زرودٍZarud
وظباء النقا بوادي زرودٍ
ترتعيgraze فيin ربيعهits springtime العبهريّof narcissi
ترتعي في ربيعه العبهريّ
And the gazelles of the sand dune in the valley of Zarud
And the oryxes of Al-Naqa in the valley of Zarud
graze in its spring of narcissi.
Graze in its aromatic spring
وبدورand the full moons of الهناbliss تدورrevolve بأفلاin orbits (word begins)
وبدور الهنا تدور بأفلا
كcompletion of 'orbits' المنىdesires فيin منارthe beacon of دورٍa circuit كُرَيّspherical
ك المنى في منار دورٍ كُرَيّ
And the full moons of bliss revolve in the orbits
And the houses here revolve with wishes
of desire, at the beacon of a spherical circuit.
In the lighthouse of a spherical tower
حيثwhere لاحتshone forth شمسthe sun of العيانdirect vision وراحتand began
حيث لاحت شمس العيان وراحت
تتجلّىreveals itself بالمشهدin the scene of witnessing العينيّof direct sight
تتجلّى بالمشهد العينيّ
Where the sun of direct vision shone forth and began
Where the sun of evidence has risen and begun
to reveal itself in the scene of direct sight.
To be manifested in the visual scene
وتجلّتand she revealed herself ثمّthen انجلتappeared unveiled فيin برودٍrobes
وتجلّت ثمّ انجلت في برودٍ
منof جلالthe majesty of الجمالbeauty فيin نشرunfolding طيّa fold
من جلال الجمال في نشر طيّ
And she revealed herself, then appeared unveiled in robes
And it was manifested, then it disappeared in coolness
of beauty's majesty, in the unfolding of a fold.
From the majesty of beauty in the spreading of a fold
دارهاher dwelling دارةthe circle of الفؤادthe heart وماand not تمperfected (word begins)
دارها دارة الفؤاد وما تم
مcompletion of 'perfected' سواهanything besides it لدورهاfor her circuit الدوريّcyclical
م سواه لدورها الدوريّ
Her dwelling is the circle of the heart, and nothing
Its cycle is the cycle of the heart, and nothing else
else was perfected for her cyclical course.
For its circular cycle
وهيand she is حورٌfair, dark-eyed maidens عينٌwide-eyed وحوراءُand a dark-eyed beauty عَينٍan eye
وهي حورٌ عينٌ وحوراءُ عَينٍ
حرتُI was bewildered فيby حسنthe beauty of وصفهاher description المضويّradiant
حرتُ في حسن وصفها المضويّ
And she is wide-eyed houris, and a dark-eyed beauty to the eye;
It is a wide-eyed nymph and a nymph of the eye
I was bewildered by the beauty of her radiant description.
I was confused in describing its curved one
حجبتveiled نونthe letter nun حاجبٍan eyebrow دونbarring ذيthe possessor of النوthe nun (word begins)
حجبت نون حاجبٍ دون ذي النو
نcompletion of 'nun' هواهاher love فيin شامهاher Sham المصريّEgyptian
ن هواها في شامها المصريّ
An eyebrow's nun veiled, from Dhu al-Nun,
The letter Noon of an eyebrow concealed its beloved
her love in her Egyptian Sham.
Whose love is in its Egyptian evening
وهيand she is ورقاءa gray dove دوحthe trees of روضةthe garden of خضرٍKhidr
وهي ورقاء دوح روضة خضرٍ
ذيpossessing حياةٍlife فيin العالمthe world الكونيّcosmic
ذي حياةٍ في العالم الكونيّ
And she is the gray dove of the trees in Khidr's garden,
It is silky, a palm tree of a green garden
he who possesses life in the cosmic world.
With life in the cosmic world
كمhow often تلتshe recited منof فنونهاher arts بالأفانيin varied modes (word begins)
كم تلت من فنونها بالأفاني
نcompletion of 'modes' فأفنتand so she annihilated بشدوهاwith her singing كلّevery حيّliving being
ن فأفنت بشدوها كلّ حيّ
How often she recited her arts in varied modes,
How much it interpreted of its arts with obscurities
and annihilated every living being with her song!
So I was obliterated by its chanting, every living thing
قدalready أدارتshe passed round خمورthe wines of دنّthe cask of التدانيdrawing near
قد أدارت خمور دنّ التداني
فيin سماthe heaven of كأسthe cup of شمسthe sun of أنسٍintimacy سنيّradiant
في سما كأس شمس أنسٍ سنيّ
She has passed round the wines of the cask of nearness
It circulated the wines of the approach
in the heaven of the cup of the sun of radiant intimacy.
In the heaven’s cup of the sun of an eminent intimacy
نحنwe سكرىdrunk بهwith it نشاوىintoxicated شؤونٍstates
نحن سكرى به نشاوى شؤونٍ
وصحاةٌand sober فيin حالناour state الأمكنيّfirmly established
وصحاةٌ في حالنا الأمكنيّ
We are drunk with it, intoxicated with states,
We are intoxicated with it, delighted in conditions
yet sober in our firmly established state.
And awake in our comfortable state
قدalready رويناwe recounted لماwhen رويناwe drank our fill بماءٍwith water
قد روينا لما روينا بماءٍ
منfrom معينٍa flowing spring عنabout العيانdirect vision الرويّthirst-quenched
من معينٍ عن العيان الرويّ
We have recounted, once we drank our fill of water
We have quenched when we have been quenched with water
from a flowing spring, of thirst-quenched direct vision.
From a spring, from the witnessing spring
حيثماwherever جامعthe mosque of الصفاpurity أزهرmade blossom الفرdistinction (word begins)
حيثما جامع الصفا أزهر الفر
قcompletion of 'distinction' مصلّىًa place of prayer لجمعfor gathering كلّevery صفيّpure-hearted one
ق مصلّىً لجمع كلّ صفيّ
Wherever the mosque of purity brings distinction to bloom,
Wherever the purity of Al-Saffa, the blossoming of the horizon, prayed
a place of prayer for gathering every pure-hearted one.
Praying for the gathering of every pure one
ماnot صلاتيmy prayer لهاto her سوىexcept ماwhat تصلّيshe prays
ما صلاتي لها سوى ما تصلّي
هit (attached pronoun) إليناto us منof وصفهاher description الوصليّof union
ه إلينا من وصفها الوصليّ
My prayer to her is only what she prays
My prayers to it are only what it prays
to us of her description of union.
To us from its descriptive connection
قبلةthe prayer-direction of القلبthe heart كعبةthe Kaaba of الربّthe Lord منّيfrom me
قبلة القلب كعبة الربّ منّي
وطوافيand my circumambulation بركنهاaround her corner اليمنيّYemeni
وطوافي بركنها اليمنيّ
From me comes the heart's qibla, the Lord's Kaaba,
The heart's direction, the Lord's Kaaba to me
and my circumambulation is around her Yemeni Corner.
And my circumambulation of its right corner
أناI فيin حجرهاher lap (also Hijr) حطيمٌbroken (also Hatim) وماand not كنI was (word begins)
أنا في حجرها حطيمٌ وما كن
تcompletion of 'I was' فطيماًweaned عنfrom درّهاher milk الزمزميّof Zamzam
ت فطيماً عن درّها الزمزميّ
I am broken in her lap, and I have not been
I am in its neighborhood, broken, and I have not
weaned from her Zamzam milk.
Been weaned from its Zamzam stream
وبمرآةand in the mirror of مروتيmy Marwa (also my chivalry) كانwas سعييmy striving
وبمرآة مروتي كان سعيي
لصفاtoward the Safa/purity of وحدتيmy oneness بسرٍّthrough a secret خفيِّhidden
لصفا وحدتي بسرٍّ خفيِّ
And in the mirror of my Marwa, my striving was
And with the mirror of my aspiration was my endeavor
toward the Safa of my oneness, through a hidden secret.
For purity and my unity in a hidden secret
كمhow often أواريI conceal بزينبٍwith Zaynab وسعادٍand Su'ad
كم أواري بزينبٍ وسعادٍ
ووراand behind ذاكَthat رميُthe casting of قدحٍa shaft وريّfire-kindling
وورا ذاكَ رميُ قدحٍ وريّ
How often I use Zaynab and Su'ad as veils,
How I have matched with Zainab, and happiness
and behind that is the casting of a fire-kindling shaft.
And after that, I have thrown a goblet and returned
شمسa sun of حقٍّtruth لهاfor her الحقائقthe realities شرقٌan east
شمس حقٍّ لها الحقائق شرقٌ
فيin ضياءٍradiance للعالمfor the world الروحيّspiritual
في ضياءٍ للعالم الروحيّ
A sun of truth, whose east is the realities,
The sun of truth, realities are its east
in radiance for the spiritual world.
In a light for the spiritual world
واستوتand she settled فوقabove عرشthe throne of روحيmy spirit وقلبيand my heart
واستوت فوق عرش روحي وقلبي
واسعٌvast بالشهودthrough witnessing كالكرسيّlike the Seat
واسعٌ بالشهود كالكرسيّ
And she settled above my spirit's throne, and my heart
And it leveled over the throne of my soul and heart
is vast through witnessing, like the Seat.
Spacious with witnesses like the Chair
حيثwhere جزئيُّthe particular aspect of هيكليmy bodily frame باطنُthe inwardness of الجمunion (word begins)
حيث جزئيُّ هيكلي باطنُ الجم
عcompletion of 'union' طوىfolded فوقabove ظاهرٍan outward aspect كليّuniversal
ع طوى فوق ظاهرٍ كليّ
Where my frame's particularity—the inwardness of union—
Where my individual self is the inner temple
has folded over a universal outward aspect.
Folded over the outer whole
أناI منّيfrom myself طوراًat times أغنّيsing بسلمىof Salma
أنا منّي طوراً أغنّي بسلمى
وغزالٍand a gazelle فيin شعريmy verse الغزليّamorous
وغزالٍ في شعري الغزليّ
Of myself, I sometimes sing of Salma
I am from me a stage where I sing with my “Sulami”
and a gazelle in my amorous verse.
And gazelle in my amorous poetry
أسمعI make hear القومthe people لطفthe grace of لينthe suppleness of قوامٍa figure
أسمع القوم لطف لين قوامٍ
يتثنّىsways كالأسمرlike the tawny spear الخطيّKhatti
يتثنّى كالأسمر الخطيّ
I let the people hear of the grace of a supple figure
I make people hear the gentleness of tender stature
that sways like a tawny Khatti spear,
That bends like the cursive script
وعيونٍand eyes أهدابهاtheir lashes قدalready أراشتfeathered
وعيونٍ أهدابها قد أراشت
منfrom جفونeyelids سهامهاtheir arrows كالقسيّlike bows
من جفون سهامها كالقسيّ
and eyes whose lashes have feathered
And eyes whose eyelashes have feathered
their arrows from bow-like eyelids,
From their shooting eyelids like the strong
وخدودٍand cheeks محمّرةٍreddened كورودٍlike roses
وخدودٍ محمّرةٍ كورودٍ
عمّهاoverspread them عرشthe throne of خالهاher beauty mark المسكيّmusky
عمّها عرش خالها المسكيّ
and cheeks reddened like roses,
And reddened cheeks like flowers
overspread by the throne of her musky beauty mark,
Which its throne of moles perfumed with musk covered
والثناياand the front teeth درٌّpearls بقاموسin the ocean/lexicon of ثغرٍa mouth
والثنايا درٌّ بقاموس ثغرٍ
كنظامlike the arrangement of الصحاحal-Sihah للجوهريّby al-Jawhari
كنظام الصحاح للجوهريّ
and front teeth, pearls in the ocean of a mouth,
And the folds are a jewel with the mouth's lexicon
like al-Jawhari's arrangement of al-Sihah,
Like the order of the dictionary by Al-Jawhari
ومحيّاand a face شمسthe sun of الضحىforenoon فيهin it لاحتshone forth
ومحيّا شمس الضحى فيه لاحت
وجبينٌand a forehead كالكوكبlike a star الدريّradiant
وجبينٌ كالكوكب الدريّ
and a face in which the forenoon sun has shone,
And a forehead the sun of the forenoon shone on
and a forehead like a radiant star.
And a planet-like temple
كلّall هذاthis وإنهاand yet she is فيin شعارthe inner garment of الthe (article continued)
كلّ هذا وإنها في شعار ال
حجبveils منfrom نورthe light of عزّهاher glory المحميّguarded
حجب من نور عزّها المحميّ
All this, though she is in the inner garment of
All this, although she is in the motto of
veils from the light of her guarded glory.
The veils of the light of her protected honor
ليسthere is not فيهاin her دونshort of المرامthe goal إليهاtoward her
ليس فيها دون المرام إليها
منany (emphatic) سبيلٍpath منfor مفردa solitary one مثنويّof duality
من سبيلٍ من مفرد مثنويّ
In her, short of the goal of reaching her,
There is no way to her below her purpose
there is no path for a solitary one in duality.
From an individual joined pair
أشفعِmake even الوترthe odd أوترmake odd الشفعَthe even تُهدَىyou will be guided
أشفعِ الوتر أوتر الشفعَ تُهدَى
فيin التجليmanifestation إلىto الصراطthe path السويّstraight
في التجلي إلى الصراط السويّ
Make the odd even; make the even odd, and you will be guided
Add the odd string, string the even to be guided
in manifestation to the straight path.
To the manifestation on the straight path
فيin تجلّيthe manifestation of الصفاتthe attributes صفوthe clarity of المرائيmirrors
في تجلّي الصفات صفو المرائي
وتجلّيand the manifestation of الأفعالacts فيin كلّevery شييّthing
وتجلّي الأفعال في كلّ شييّ
In the manifestation of attributes is the clarity of mirrors,
In the manifestation of attributes, the elite of visions
and the manifestation of acts is in every thing.
And manifestation of deeds in everything
فاستكنso take shelter فيin كيانthe being of كن'Be' تكنyou will be الساthe dweller (word begins)
فاستكن في كيان كن تكن السا
كنcompletion of 'the dweller' فيin جنّةthe garden of الشهودwitnessing الجليّclear
كن في جنّة الشهود الجليّ
So take shelter in the being of "Be," and you will be the dweller
So reside in the entity of being, be the resident
in the garden of clear witnessing.
In the paradise of the clear witnessing
فيin جنىthe fruit of جنّتينِtwo gardens فرقٌseparation وجمعٌand union
في جنى جنّتينِ فرقٌ وجمعٌ
تعلوyou ascend منfrom رفرفٍa cushion علىonto عبقريّfine carpeting
تعلو من رفرفٍ على عبقريّ
In the fruit of two gardens are separation and union;
In the harvest of two gardens, separation and gathering
you ascend from a cushion onto a splendid carpet.
Rising from fluttering above the genius
وإذاand if ماan emphatic particle فهمتyou understood معنىthe meaning of بديعwondrous الthe (article continued)
وإذا ما فهمت معنى بديع ال
فقهjurisprudence ذوقاًby taste أعربتَyou expressed clearly بالنحويّas a grammarian
فقه ذوقاً أعربتَ بالنحويّ
And if you grasp the meaning of wondrous
And if you understood the meaning of the unique rhetoric
jurisprudence through taste, you will express it as a grammarian.
You have expressed it grammatically, O grammarian
كلّevery منone who صارbecame صارفَone directing العزمresolve فيهاtoward her
كلّ من صار صارفَ العزم فيها
صرَّفتهshe directed him فيin العالمthe world العلويّhigher
صرَّفته في العالم العلويّ
Whoever becomes one who directs resolve toward her,
Everyone who turned the determination in it
she directs in the higher world.
It has turned him in the spiritual world
صاحfriend فاصرفso divert دينارthe dinar of همّكyour concern عنهاaway from her
صاح فاصرف دينار همّك عنها
دونbelow أسمىthe loftiest تدعوكshe calls you بالصيرفيّas a money-changer
دون أسمى تدعوك بالصيرفيّ
Friend, divert the dinar of your concern away from her
Shout, so turn away the dinar of your concern from it
to what is below the loftiest, and she calls you a money-changer.
Below what calls you most highly with the money changer
وإذاand if أشهدتكshe lets you witness لمعةa gleam of رقّservitude الthe (article continued)
وإذا أشهدتك لمعة رقّ ال
قربnearness منهاto her تكونyou become خيرthe best of سَرِيّa noble one
قرب منها تكون خير سَرِيّ
And if she lets you witness a gleam of the servitude
And if I have shown you the flash of
of nearness to her, you become the finest noble one.
Closeness to it, you will be the best confidant
فتعرّضso expose yourself مستروحاًseeking refreshment نفحاتthe breaths of الthe (article continued)
فتعرّض مستروحاً نفحات ال
روحspirit بالروحwith the soul فيin الدجاdarkness السحريّpredawn
روح بالروح في الدجا السحريّ
So expose yourself, seeking refreshment, to the breaths of
So enjoy the breezes of the Spirit
the spirit, with the soul, in the predawn darkness.
With the Spirit in the darkness of dawn
وكماand as أنتyou are فلتكنso be مستقيماًupright
وكما أنت فلتكن مستقيماً
فيin مقامٍa station منof الرضاءcontentment عليّlofty
في مقامٍ من الرضاء عليّ
And just as you are, be upright
And as you are, so be straightforward
in a lofty station of contentment,
In a position of contentment with me
مستمدّاًdrawing aid مستنجداًseeking succor عندat غورthe depths of الthe (article continued)
مستمدّاً مستنجداً عند غور ال
فكرthought فيin الذكرremembrance نفحةa breath of البكريّal-Bakri
فكر في الذكر نفحة البكريّ
drawing aid and seeking succor, in the depths of
Drawing help, seeking help at the depth of
thought, through remembrance, from a breath of al-Bakri.
Thought in the mention, the breeze of the virgin
اخلعtake off النعلَthe sandal إنif حللتyou alight بواديin the valley of الthe (article continued)
اخلع النعلَ إن حللت بوادي ال
قدسholiness وارتعand graze فيin روضهits garden الأقدسيّmost sacred
قدس وارتع في روضه الأقدسيّ
Take off your sandal if you alight in the valley of
Take off your slippers if you stay in the valley of holiness
holiness, and graze in its most sacred garden.
And graze in its most sacred garden
متdie تعشyou will live فيin ظلالthe shades of روضthe garden of التجلّيmanifestation
مت تعش في ظلال روض التجلّي
تجنِyou will gather فيهin it قطوفfruits عيشٍa life هنيّpleasant
تجنِ فيه قطوف عيشٍ هنيّ
Die, and you will live in the shade of manifestation's garden;
Do not live enjoying the shadows of the garden of manifestation
there you will gather the fruits of a pleasant life.
And harvest in it bunches of pleasant living
لاdo not تشنfind fault للشؤونwith affairs فيin كلّevery شأنٍmatter
لا تشن للشؤون في كلّ شأنٍ
فتسيءَlest you worsen الظنونsuspicions مثلlike الغويّone gone astray
فتسيءَ الظنون مثل الغويّ
Do not find fault with affairs in every matter,
Do not suspect matters in any matter
lest you harbor ill suspicions like one gone astray.
So you think badly like the transgressor
Sol 6.1