لما نظرت إلى مجموعِ أحوالي

علمتُ ما لم يكن يخطر على بالي

When I looked upon the sum of all my states,

I knew what had never crossed my mind.

مني علمتُ الذي في الكون من صور

وما به صور فالكلُّ أمثالي

From myself I came to know the forms within the cosmos,

and all the forms it holds are likenesses of me.

يران بي مثلَ ما أنى أراه به

نصّاً بنصِّ وأشكالاً بأشكالِ

He sees me through me, just as I see Him through Him,

text for text, and forms for forms.

فكلما قمتُ في شيءٍ يقومُ به

كأنه في الذي يبدو من أشكالي

Whenever I take my stand in something, He stands through it,

as though He were within whatever appears of my forms.

علمي صحيح وحالي قد يكذبه

فانظر إلى العلم لا تنظر إلى الحال

My knowledge is sound, though my state may give it the lie;

so look to knowledge—do not look to the state.

الحقُ عيني بلا شك ولست أرى

إلا الذي هو في قيدٍ وأغلال

The Real is my own eye, beyond all doubt; and I see

nothing but what is confined by fetters and chains.

والحق ليس له مثلٌ فكيف يرى

هذا الذي جاء في سمعي من التالي

And the Real has no likeness—how, then, can He be seen?

This is what came to my hearing from the reciter.

إذا يرانا فلا شكَّ يداخلنا

إني أراه فإني النائبُ الوالي

If He sees us, He surely enters into us;

I see Him—for I am the vicegerent invested with rule.