كما ترى صيرني
أقطع قفر الدمن
As you see, He has made me
As you see, you made me
traverse the waste of ruined encampments.
Cross the barren wilderness
شرقني غربني
أزعجني عن وطني
He drove me east, He drove me west;
Turn me east and west
He wrenched me away from my homeland.
Disturb me from my homeland
إذا تغيبت بدا
وإن بدا غيبني
Whenever I vanished, He appeared;
If it disappears, it appears
and whenever He appeared, He hid me.
And if it appears, make it disappear
واصلني حتى إذا
واصلته فاصلني
He communed with me until,
Connect me until when
when I communed with Him, He parted from me.
You connect me, disconnect me
وقال لا تشهد ما
تشهد أو تشهدني
And He said: “Do not witness what
And he said, do not witness what
you witness—or else witness Me.”
You witness or make me witness
Sol 5.6