إني رأيت وجوداً لست أعرفه
وكيف أعلم من بالعلم أجهله
I saw an existence I do not recognize
How can I know what I am ignorant of?
لولا الوجودُ الذي منا يصرِّفه
فيها لما كان قلبٌ يفصله
If not for the existence that directs us
No heart could distinguish it
إلى وجودٍ إلى ذاتٍ إلى صفة
إلى نعوتٍ له جاءت تكلمه
To an existence, to an essence, to attributes
To qualities, it came to speak of Him
إن النفوسَ بأوهام تخيله
وبالتوهم نفسٌ ما تحصله
Souls with delusions imagine Him
With delusion, no soul can grasp Him
إذا يفصله علمي يحدّده
وهمي وما يقبل التفصيل يجمله
If my knowledge precisely defines Him
My imagination and what accepts detailing sums Him up
إذا الجمال لمن يهوى الجميل به
والناس أعلمهم به تجمله
So beauty belongs to one who loves the beautiful
And people most knowledgeable of Him are those who idealize Him
فيحمل الكلَّ عن أهل الكلالِ فتى
يدري بأنَّ انبساط الحقِّ يحمله
So a young man bears the burden of the hopeless
Knowing that the diffusion of truth bears it
أخوك يا ابنة عمران شبيهك في
كفالة المجتبى والله يكفله
Your brother, o daughter of Imran, your peer
In caring for the Chosen One, God protects him
له عليك كما قد جاءنا درج
لذاك فاز بما منه يؤمله
He has a station with you, as has come to us
Thus he won what he hopes from Him
عمداً يراه إذا ما الكون يفصله
عن الإله ترى الرحمن يوصله
You see he purposely sees, when existence
Separates him from God, the Merciful reconnects him
وتلك منزلةٌ عظمى يعينها
له من الله بالزلفى منزله
That is a great station, aided for him
By God through nearness, his position
إذا عبيدٌ تراه في مخالفة
لله جود الإله الحقِّ يمهله
When He sees slaves in defiance
The truth's generosity gives them respite
وليس تهمله إلا عنايته
به فيمهله وليس يهمله
Only His concern for him makes Him respite
Not neglect, but respite for him
وتلك منزلة جاءت بها كتب
ما كان يحظى بها لولا تنزله
That station came in scriptures
None would have it, were it not for his descent
