أقول وقد بانت شواهد علتي

بأني محبوبٌ لموجد علتي

I say, as the proofs of my plight have become clear,

That I am beloved to the Maker of my plight.

فمن هو نفسي أو مغاير عينها

ومن هو اجزائي ومن هو جملتي

So who is myself or who is identical to it?

And who are my parts and who is my whole?

إذا عاينتْ عيني سبيلَ وجودها

بفكري وذاتا لم تكن غير نشأتي

When my eyes perceived the way of their existence

Through my intellect and selfhood, they were none other than my origination.

أقول لها من أنت قالت مكلمي

فقلت أرى ثنتين من خلف كلتي

I say to it, "Who are you?" It said, "My speaker."

So I said, "I see two from behind both my shoulders."

فقالت وكثر مما تشاء فإنني

وإن كنت فرداً أنتمُ أصل كثرتي

It said, "And increase from what you wish, for I

Even if I'm an individual, you are the origin of my multiplicity."

فيا من هو المقصود في كلِّ وجهة

بوجهي إذا ما كنت لي عين قبلتي

So O He who is meant in every orientation

With my face when I was an eye of my aspiration for You.

فما عاينت عيناي فرداً مقسما

إلى عدد إلا الذي هو علتي

My eyes perceived no individual divided

Into numbers except the One who is my plight.

هو الكل والأجزاء عينُ وجودِه

فيا مثبتي بي لست غير مثبتي

He is the All and the parts, the eye of His existence.

So O You who affirm me, I am none other than You who affirm me.

لقد حرتُ في أمر تقسم واحداً

فأين وجودي قل لي أم أينَ وحدتي

I became confused about a matter of dividing the One.

So where is my existence? Tell me, or where is my oneness?

فيا من يرى عقدي وحيرة خاطري

ويسرع بالتقريب في حَلِّ عقدتي

O You who sees my knot and the confusion of my mind

And hastens to unravel the knotting of my plight!

علمتُ بأني عبده وهو سيدي

وسلم لي علمي وأنشأ حيرتي

I learned that I am His servant and He is my Master.

And He gave me my knowledge and originated my confusion.

وأعلم أني حائر وهو فارغ

كما هو في شغل فيا حسرتي التي

And I know that I am confused and He is free,

As He is occupied, so what a loss is my

تباعدني في عين قربي شهودها

فما حسن أفعالي وما سوء فعلتي

Distance from Him in the eye of witnessing His nearness!

So how good are my deeds and how evil is my doing!

لقد علمتْ نفسي وجوداً محققاً

وغابتْ به عني فلم تدر حكمتي

Indeed my soul learned of an established existence,

And through it was veiled from me, so it did not know my wisdom.