لي في خَلوَتي بِجَلوَةِ مَحبوبي

مَغيبٌ عَن مَشهَدِ الرُقباءِ

In my solitude with the beauty of my beloved

Hidden from the sight of spies

وَاِنقِطاعي بِهِ إِلَيهِ ثَناني

بِفِناءٍ أَطالَ فيهِ بَقائي

My turning to him made me disappear in him

Prolonging my existence in annihilation

وَوَراهُ مِن حَيثُ أَضحى أَماماً

لِوَرائي أَمسى أَمامي وَرائي

What lay beyond him became, when he came before me,

Behind me, my fore and my aft,

وَبِإِيّاهٍ إِذ بَدا لي كَإِيّايَ

إِلَيهِ عَرفَتُ مِنهُ دُعائي

And I, when he seemed like me to me

Knew my prayer in calling upon him.

وَاِستَوَت نِسبَةُ الجِهاتِ إِلَيهِ

مَع تَعاليهِ عَن حُدودِ الفَضاءِ

All directions took on equal relation to him

Though he is too sublime for space to contain

قَد أَراني السَماءَ قِبلَةَ أَرضي

وَثَنى الأَرضَ قِبلَةً لِلسَماءِ

The sky showed me my earthly orientation

Bending the earth into orientation with the sky

فَلِهَذا لَدَيهِ أَضحَت صَلاتي

بِرُكوعي وَسَجدَتي وَاِستِوائي

Thus with him my ritual prayer consists In my kneeling, my prostration, and my upright stance.