الفرق سكرٌ لأن العقل يستجدي

فيه سوى ربه من كثرة الفقدِ

Difference is intoxication, as the mind begs

In it other than its Lord due to much loss

مع علمه أنما الجدوى بأجمعها

لربه الحق من قبل ومن بعد

Knowing that all benefit in its entirety

Is for its True Lord before and after

والعقل يقسم في الفرق الوجود إلى

قسمين قطعاً وجود الرب والعبد

And the mind divides existence in difference into

Two parts: the existence of the Lord and the servant

كذلك الجمع سكر حيث لا أحدٌ

فيه سوى الأحد الحق الذي يجدي

Likewise unity is intoxication where no one

Exists other than the One True God who avails

والكل قانونُ في هذا الوجود به

مثل السراب تراه العين من بعد

And everything in this existence is by Him

Like a mirage which the eye sees from afar

وصاحب الفرق ظن الصحوَ حالته

وحالة الجمع سكرا رائد الحد

And the person of difference thinks his state sober

Yet the state of unity is intoxicating the guide

ولم يزل قلبه في غفلة أبداً

عن الشهود شهود الحق بالعمد

And his heart has never ceased being heedless

Of witnessing the witnessing of Truth with purpose

وصاحب الجمع أيضا ظن حالته

صحواً وحالةَ فرقٍ سكرَ ذي وجد

And the person of unity also thinks his state

Awake and the state of difference intoxicating with fervor

وقلبه لم يزل عن خلق خالقه

في غفلة ويساوي الغي بالرشد

And his heart has never ceased from the creation of his Creator

In heedlessness equating the misguided with the right-minded

وحاصل الأمر أن الأمر أكمله

ما بين جمع وفرق جامع الضد

And the crux of the matter is that the entire matter

Is between unity and difference, uniter of opposites

مع أهل فرق له فرقٌ كحالتهم

ومع أولى الجمع ذو جمع بلا رد

With people of difference, He has difference like their states

And with those immersed in unity, a unity without refute

وهو المسمى بجمع الجمع إرثُ هدىً

عن النبي وعن قطب وعن فرد

And it is called the unity of unity, inherited guidance

From the Prophet, the Pole, and the Individual