وَقالوا الشُموسَ بِدارِ الفَلَك

وَهَل مَنزِلُ الشَمسِ إِلّا الفَلَك

They said the suns revolve around the celestial sphere

And does the sun have any abode but the sphere?

إِذا قامَ عَرشٌ عَلى ساقِهِ

فَلَم يَبقَ إِلّا اِستِواءُ المَلِك

When a throne stands on its columns

Only the kingdom of the King remains

إِذا خَلَصَ القَلبُ مِن جَهلِهِ

فَما هُوَ إِلّا نُزولُ المَلَك

When the heart is free from its ignorance

It is nothing but the descent of an angel

تَمَلَّكُني وَتَمَلَّكتُهُ

فَكُلٌّ لِصاحِبِهِ قَد مَلَك

You have possessed me and I possessed you

So each belongs to the other, having possessed

فَكَونِيَ مُلكاً لَهُ بَيَّنٌ

وَمُلكي لَهُ قَولُهُ هيتُ لَك

Let my being belong to Him openly

And my possession of Him, His words "I am yours"

فَيا حادِيَ العيسِ عَرِّج بِنا

وَلا تَعدُ بِالفُلكِ دارَ الفَلَك

O guide of the camel litters, take us up

And ascend not by the celestial sphere

أَعَلَّكَ دارٌ عَلى شاطِىءٍ

بِقُربِ المُسَنّى وَما عَلَّلَك

Has a house on the seashore raised you?

Near the beloved, what has exalted you?

فَلَيتَ الَّذي بي وَحُمَّلتُهُ

مِنَ الحُبِّ رَبَّ الهَوى حَمَّلَك

I wish the one I love who carries my love

The Lord of passion has burdened you

فَلَيسَ زَرودٌ وَلا حاجِرٌ

وَلا سَلَمٌ مَنزِلٌ أَنحَلَك

So there is neither a ferry nor a crossing

Nor a rest-house where you might lodge

ظَلَلتُ لِحَرِّ الهَوى طالِباً

سَحابَ الوِصالِ وَما ظَلَّلَك

I sought the heat of passion in its shadows

But no cloud of union has shaded you

أَذَلَّكَ عِزٌّ لِسُلطانِهِ

فَلَيتَ كَما ذَلَّلَك ذَلَّ لَك

Has glory humbled you with its rule?

Would that as it has abased you, it may abase itself to you

وَيا لَيتَهُ إِذ أَبى عِزَّةً

تَدَلُّلُهُ لَيتَهُ دَلَّ لَك

Would that when it refused glory

Its fawning upon you, would that it had fawned upon you