ولولا وجودُ الربِّ لم تكن عيننا

ولولا وجودُ العبدِ ما عُرف الرب

Without the existence of the Lord, our eyes would not have been

And without the existence of the servant, the Lord would not have been known

فوقتا يكون الجسم والقلبُ انتم

ووقتا يكون الجسمُ والسيِّد القلبُ

At times the body and heart are together

And at times the body and the Lord are the heart

فمجموعنا شخصٌ لذاك أتى به

وسمَّاه شخصاً مرسَلا من له القرب

Our sum is a person, for that purpose He brought him

And named him a person sent from the Most Near

أنا صورةٌ من صورةٍ لم تقم بنا

ولو أنها قامتْ لأدركني العجبُ

I am an image from an image that did not create me

And had it created me, wonder would have seized me

أنا سرُّه الفاني وسرُّ بقائه

كما هو لي تاجٌ وفي ساعدي قلبُ

I am the secret of His transience and the secret of His permanence

As He is to me a crown, and in my forearm a heart

كلفتُ بمن يدريه إذ كان عاشقي

وأظهر عشقي شهرةَ الحبِّ لا الحب

I was tasked with one who knows Him, for He was my lover

And revealed my love, the fame of love, not love

كذا قال شيخي لي شفاها وزادني

بأني بها المقتولُ والواله الصَّبُّ

Thus my master said to me in whispered words and increased me

That through it I am the slain and through it the enamored endures