قد كنت عبداً والهوى حاكمي
فاليومَ أولى أن أسمى به
Once I was a servant, and desire was my ruler;
but today I am worthier to be called by that name,
لأنني عبدٌ لربٍّ يرى
وما له في الخلق من مشبه
for I am a servant of my Lord, who sees,
and among creation none resembles Him.
أصبحت منه فلكاً حاوياً
يدورُ بالحكمِ على قطبه
Through Him I have become an encompassing celestial sphere,
turning by the divine command upon its pole.
لأنه قال لنا مخبراً
بأنه في العبد في قلبه
For He said to us, revealing
that He is within the servant, within his heart.
فمن يردْ يشهدْ خلاقه
شهوده المربوب من ربه
Whoever desires shall behold his Creator;
his witnessing, as one under lordship, comes from his Lord.
فليقلب العين الذي قد بدا
فإنه المشهود في قلبه
So let the one who has appeared turn the eye,
for He is the One witnessed within his heart.
سبحانه عزَّ وعزتْ به
أنفسنا والكلُّ منه به
Glory be to Him! Mighty and majestic is He; through Him were ennobled
our souls; and all is from Him and through Him.
هو الذي يعبد في عرشه
كمثلِ ما يعبد في تربه
He is the One worshiped upon His Throne,
just as He is worshiped in His earth.
Sol 5.6