ليس لعينِ الحقِّ في خلقه

إذا بدا بي مثلٌ يُضربُ

The Eye of Truth has no likeness in His creation

If an image of me appears, it must not be struck

فإن بالغير يكون الذي

يضربه الأقرب فالأقربُ

For it is the other who becomes that

Which the nearest strikes, then the next nearest

والغير ما ثم فلا تضربن

فإنه الضاربُ والمضرب

The other exists not, so strike it not

For it is the striker and the struck

وقد أتى عنه الذي قاله ال

أمثال لله فلا تضربوا

And there has come from Him what He said

No likenesses of God, so strike no images

فإنه يعلم والخلق لا

تعلم ما ثم وذا أعجب

For He knows while creation does not know

What is there, and this is most wondrous

لو أنه يدركه خلقُه

لم يك بالربِّ الذي يطلب

If creation could grasp Him

He would not be the Lord sought

إذا علمتم أنه هكذا

فقصِّروا في ذاك أو طِّنبوا

When you know that this is so

Then shorten or chant gently in this matter

ما عندنا منه سوى ذاتنا

وذاتنا تكفي فلا ترغبوا

We have naught of Him but our essence

And our essence suffices, so do not covet more

عنها وجولوا في ميادينها

فإنها الميدانُ والملعب

Wander in its domains, for it is the field and playground

The feast of Truth is our being

مأدبةُ الحقِّ لنا كوننا

فكوننا المأكلُ والمشرب

So our being is the food and drink

Just as He is the seeker and sought

كما هو الطالبُ والمطلّبُ

كذا هو الذاهب والمذهب

So He is the going and the gone