غنيٌّ به عبد الغنيِّ فيبلغُ
إلى أن تراه عن معانيه يفرغُ
Through Him ʿAbd al-Ghanī is enriched, and thus attains
the point where you see him emptied of his own meanings.
تجلى فكان الإنحراف لحرفه
وما كل حرف بالتغايير يصبغ
He disclosed Himself, and His letter took on inflection;
yet not every letter is colored by otherness.
به ظلمة نور ونور وظلمة
ومبلغه ما مثله قط مبلغ
Through Him darkness is light, and light is darkness;
and His reach is one no reach has ever matched.
دنا وهو دان في بعيد مقامه
فلا شمس إلا في تجليه تبزغ
He drew near—He is near, even in the remoteness of His station;
no sun, then, rises except in His self-disclosure.
وإن غرد الشحرور كان إشارة
به منه فينا أو تناوح لغلغ
And if the blackbird warbles, its song is a sign
of Him, from Him, among us—or a raven’s answering lament.
Sol 5.6