وآياتِ ألْواحٍ رُقِمْنَ مع العَما

وأُحْكِمْنَ في ألْبابِ أهلِ اللَّطائِفِ

The signs on the tablets were inscribed with the pen,

And were sealed in the hearts of the people of grace.

غَرامُكَ مَمْزوجٌ بروحي وسِرُّهُ

تَرَقْرَقَ في كُلِّي بِكلِّ الرَّفارِفِ

Your love is mingled with my soul, its secret

Trembled through me with all gentleness.

أحِنُّ اصْطِلاماً من فُؤادٍ مُقَرَّحِ

وأجْذبُ منِّي الآهَ جَذْبَةَ خائِفِ

I sigh with a heart that is wounded,

And draw the sighs from myself timidly.

وأبكي إذا هَبَّ النَّسيمُ مُنَكَّراً

وقد جَهِلَتْني بينَ قَومي مَعارِفي

I weep when the breeze blows in denial,

While among my people my loved ones ignored me.

وخالَفَني من عُظْمِ أنِّي مُوافِقي

ووافَقَني من جُهْدِ طَوْقي مُخالفي

Those close to me opposed me greatly,

While my enemies concurred with my difficulty.

وأبْكَيتُ عُذَّالي عَليَّ تَرَحُّماً

ورُحْتُ قَطيعاً من حِبالِ المُؤالِفِ

And I cried over those who blamed me with mercy,

And departed from the ropes of accord.

فَيا حَيْرَةً يا دَهْشَةً يا بَلِيَّةً

ويا لَوعَةً أبْلَتْ جَميعَ طَرائفي

What confusion, shock and calamity!

What agony that ruined all my joys!

يَقولونَ لا تَنْدُبْ وكنْ رَيِّضَ الحِمى

فَكَتْمُ الهَوَى من طَورِ أهلِ المَعارفِ

They say, "Do not grieve, and be stoic,"

For concealing passion is the way of the gnostics.

فَقُلْتُ لهمْ شَبَّ الزَّفيرُ بِمُهْجَتي

وأظْهَرَ أسراري ولستُ بِعارفِ

I said, "My sighing against my will exposed my secrets,

And I am no gnostic."

ونَمَّ عليَّ الدَّمعُ من صوتِ مَوْجِهِ

وعَرَّفَني بالعِشقِ وارِدُ خاطفي

Tears flowed down my cheeks from the sound of its surge,

And the rushing tide acquainted me with passion.

فَيا فِتْنَةَ العُشَّاقِ ارْحَمْ ضَليعَهُمْ

كَئيباً يُنادي آمِلاً بالعَوارفِ

O temptation of lovers, have mercy on the heartsick

Who call out longingly for intimacy.

أثِبْهُ حَناناً رَمشةَ الوَصْلِ بالرِّضا

ولو أنَّها بالنَّوْمِ طَرْفَةُ طارفِ

Comfort him gently with a glance of union,

Even if it is for a blinking of an eye.

فَذَيْلُكَ مَنْشورٌ على كلِّ عاشقٍ

وبِرُّكَ مَبْسوطٌ على كلِّ عارِفِ

Your train is unfurled over every lover,

And your righteousness extends to every gnostic.

وإنِّي بكَ اسْتَغْنَيْتُ عن كلِّ حادثٍ

وقُمْتُ إماماً في جَميعِ الطَّوائفِ

With You I am independent of all events,

And became the Imam of all denominations.

وأيَّدَني سِرٌّ من الله ناصرٌ

ووطَّدَ قلبي فيه بُشرى الهَواتِفِ

A secret from God supported me as a victor,

And strengthened my heart with the tidings it sends.

وأمَّلَ مِنِّي القومُ في كُلِّ مَشهدٍ

من الواردِ الهَطَّالِ غَرْفَةَ غارفِ

The people hoped from me in every occasion,

Like the downpour, a handful of the abundant rain.

وصِرْتُ بحمدِ الله وارِثَكَ الَّذي

تَجَرَّدَ لُطفاً عن قَتامِ الكَثائفِ

By God’s praise I inherited you, having graciously

Stripped off the darkness of veils.

ولي منكَ روحٌ ضمنَ روحي لِسرِّها

شُؤُنٌ تُواليني بِطارقِ طائفِ

From you I have a spirit mingled with my spirit,

With mysteries that come to me like a dawning star.

وأشْهدُ من مَجْلاكَ في كلِّ بارزٍ

جَمالاً ولو ضمنَ الصَّبا بالهَفاهفِ

I witness your beauty in every challenger,

Even if it is veiled by the morning mists.

وأرْتَعُ في أمنٍ وعِزٍّ ومِنْعَةٍ

بِبابكَ في ظلٍّ من اللُّطْفِ وارفِ

I repose in security, honor and protection,

In your door’s shade, gentle and wide.

وما قُمْتُ إِلاَّ لاحَظَتْني عِنايةٌ

لِعَينكَ تَرْعاني فَتُمْحى مَخاوفي

No sooner do I rise than providence watches me,

Your eye that tends me, blotting out my fears.

يُشارِفُني مَعناكَ فَضلاً ورأْفَةً

فأُطْمَسُ عَنِّي لَذَّةً بالمُشارِفِ

Your nobility and kindness are ever close,

Blotting my selfish pleasures from me.

سَجائِفُكَ البَيْضاءُ سِتْري عن الوَرى

فلا زِلْتُ مَسْتوراً بتلكَ السَّجائِفِ

Your white garments veil me from the world,

So I remain shrouded in those garments.