ذنبي عظيمٌ وذنبي لا يزايلني
وليس ذنبي سوى حبي لمولايا
My sin is grave, and my sin never leaves me;
yet my sin is nothing but my love for my Master.
لولاي ما كنت في سرٍّ أسرُّ به
عن الحبيبِ الذي يدرون لولايا
Were it not for me, I would not dwell in a secret in which I rejoice—
a secret of the Beloved whom they would know, were it not for me.
هو النعيمُ لقلبي والعذابُ له
إذا تجلّى لنا بدارِ دنيانا
He is bliss to my heart, and its torment,
when He reveals Himself to us in the abode of our earthly life.
وهو النعيمُ الذي لا صد يعقبه
إذا بدا لي في موتي وأحيايا
And He is the bliss after which no hardship follows,
when He appears to me in my death and my life.
وفي الكثيبِ وفي عدنٍ وقد علمتْ
نفسي بأنَّ كثيبِ الزور مثوايا
And on the Dune, and in Eden—my soul has come to know
that the Dune of Visitation is surely my dwelling place.
إذا تحققتُ بالمعنى وكان لنا
ملكا نصرِّفه فالحقُّ معنايا
When I am realized in the Meaning, and there is ours
a dominion to wield—for the Real is my Meaning.
به أكون عميداً خاضعاً وبه
أكونُ صاحبَ تمليكٍ بعقبايا
Through Him I become a chief, yet humble; and through Him
I become one possessed of dominion in my hereafter.
والله لو نظرتْ عيناي من أحد
سواه ما برحتْ تبكيه عينايا
By God, if my two eyes were to look upon anyone
besides Him, my eyes would never cease to weep for Him.
إنا إلى الله بدءاً عند نشأتنا
وفي البرازخ مشهوداً بأخرايا
Indeed, toward God we are bound from the first, at our creation;
and in the intermediate realms He is beheld at my final end.
Sol 5.6