شهدتُ الذي قد مهد الأرض لي فرشاً

شهودَ إمامٍ حاكم حكم العرشا

I witnessed the One who spread the earth out as a carpet

The witness of an Imam whose rule judged the Throne

شغفتُ به حباً فأسهر مقلتي

ومن أجل وجدي رحمة سكن الفرشا

I was passionately in love with Him so my eyelids kept vigil

And for the sake of my fervor, mercy dwelt in the carpet

شهودي له بالباء ليس بغيرها

لأجل الذي قدّ سنّ أن نغرم الأرشا

My witness of Him is with devotion, not otherwise

For the sake of the One who sanctified that we hold the carpet dear

شيوخ من الأقوام فيه لقيتهم

فكانوا لنا سقفاً وكنتُ لهم فرشا

Elders among the people I met in Him

So they were like a roof for us and I was their carpet

شِدادٌ أولو أعزمٍ رعاةٌ أيمة

تجلى لهم فينا وفي الحية الرقشا

Firm-willed leaders, reverent shepherds

He was revealed to them in us and in the soft carpet

شعارهم التوحيدُ يبغون قربه

به وهو الشرك الذي أثبت الأعشى

Their motto is oneness, they seek His nearness

With it, while polytheism is what the blind poet claimed

شبيه بهم من كان طولَ حياته

وفي البرزخ المعلوم في الليل إذ يغشى

Similar to them is he whose life was long

And in the intermediate realm, the known one when night falls

شمرت عليهم بعد تعظيم قدرهم

ولم آمن الهجران منه ولم أخشا

I braced myself against them after revering their status

And I did not fear estrangement from Him nor did I dread

شمرت الذي من شربه اللذة التي

لشاربه نصّاً أتانا به يَغشى

I braced myself against the One from whose drink is the sweetness

That gives its drinker directly a intoxication that covers

شممتُ له ريحاً من المسك عاطراً

يخبرني في هذا المقام الذي يغشى

I sensed from Him a scent of fragrant musk

Informing me in this state which intoxicates