طَرَقَ السِّرَّ من البُرْهانِ ما

قام في السِّرِّ وأَبدى الحِكَمَا

The paths of truth from proof have been

Established in mystery, and wisdom made plain,

ورَوى عن منبَعِ الفائِضِ من

موجِ بحر الانْجِلا ما الْتَطَمَا

Watered from the source of outpouring bounteousness

The billows of the Evangel's sea never ceased to flow.

مَدَّ في زاويَةُ القلبِ وفي

كُلِّها من غيرِ نِدٍّ حَكَمَا

In the heart's corner, and throughout

Every part, unopposed, they wisdom sowed.

ورَمى نبلَ شُؤُنٍ فعلَتْ

فتَعالى اللهُ اللهُ رَمَى

And shot arrows of glorious affairs, so that

Exalted be Allah! Allah! they shot - glory's arrows.

لَمَعَتْ نارَ الحِمى واشَغَفي

للحِمى مذْ لَمَعَتْ نارُ الحِمى

The flames of zeal ignited, and my passion

For zeal - since the flames ignited - set me alight.

قَسَماً باللَّمعَةِ الأولى التي

هيَ مَرْمايَ وعزَّتْ قَسَمَا

I swear by that first gleam, which was

My goal, glorifying oaths they made.

أَنا مَسْلوبٌ بمَجْلى حُسنِها

حين حلَّتْ بالبُروزِ العَلَمَا

I am enraptured by the beauty of her visage

When it rose smiling through the veil.

كلَّما شارَقَ مَجْلاها الخَفَا

هَيَّجَ القلبَ المُعَنَّى كلَّما

Whenever her cheek grew radiant through her veil

It stirred the doting heart over and over again.

رَفْرَفُ الطَّوْدِ بشرقِيِّ اللِّوا

شاقَني والكَوْنُ منِّي انْعَدَمَا

The fluttering of the banners in the east

Overwhelmed me, while from me all creation vanished.

ومُناجَاتي بمُوسى نَشْأَتي

مذْ تَلاشَتْ أَوضَحَتْ لي الرَّقَمَا

My communing with Moses was my upbringing,

But when his form faded, the lines grew clear to me.

خرَّ مُوسى العَزْمِ منِّي صَعِقاً

ووُجودي ذابَ الدَّمعُ همَى

Moses swooned at my resolute determination,

And my existence melted - tears flooded forth.

وتَداعَيْتُ كأنِّي لم أكنْ

لا ولا الهَيْكَلُ منِّي انْتَظَمَا

I crumbled as if I had never been,

Nor any temple been integrated into me.

يا لتَنْسيقِ فَناءٍ عَمَّني

فكأنِّي في نِساقاتِ العَمَا

What a marvelous disintegration came over me,

As if I were amidst the clouds of heaven.

فطَوَيْتُ النَّوعَ عن باصِرَتي

وزَوَيْتُ الأَرضَ عنِّي والسَّمَا

So I folded up creation from my vision,

And folded up the earth and heavens from me.

أَيُّ معنًى في شُهودي لاحَ لي

هَدَرٌ في أَرضِهِ الكُبْرى الدِّمَا

What meaning in my witnessing appeared to me?

A life astir in its mighty land of tumult?

وإشاراتٍ بسِيناءِ الهُدى

كشفَتْ بالنُّورِ عنَّا الظُّلَمَا

Hints within the Sinai of guidance

With light unveiled the darkness from me.

وضَميرٍ طفَحَ النُّورُ به

مذْ رأَى برقَ الشُّهودِ اضْطَرَمَا

And a conscience into which the light gushed forth

When it saw revelation's lightning set ablaze.

عارَضَ العارِضُ دمعٌ هامِلٌ

فانْطَوى حينَ الحَبيبُ ابْتَسَمَا

The visitor wept burning tears

As the beloved one smiled when he appeared.

وسَماءٍ لأْلأَ البدرُ بها

نحوَها العَزْمُ من السِّرِّ سَمَا

And a heaven the full moon adorned,

Toward which will from the breast ascended.

فكَما طالَتْ لها العَزْمُ على

نوْعِها طالَ ارْتِقاءً وكَما

So as will for it ascended beyond

Its kind, so did ascent and apportioning.

ومذْ الدِّيباجُ من روضِ الرُّبى

بُسِطَتْ أَطرافُهُ واتَّسَمَا

And when the brocade from the garden of intimacy

Was outspread, its edges flourished and integrated.

وأَطاريزُ الزُّهورِ انْتَسَجَتْ

وبها الطَّيرُ انْبِساطاً رَنَّما

And the embroidery of flowers budded forth,

While birds, carefree, sang songs.

والسَّجاجيدُ لديوانِ الحِمى

فُرشتْ والحِزبُ سِرًّا نَمْنَمَا

And prayer rugs were laid out in the sanctuary

Of passion, and the party breathed secretly.

وسَرى الحادِي بعِيسِ القَوْمِ ما

أَثْقَلَتْ بالخطوِ إِلاَّ دَمْدَمَا

The guide with Jesus' staff the people's

Plodding steps scarcely roused, and faintly stirred.

فهُناكَ انْظُرْ تَراني سابِقاً

لحَبيبي أَسْتَطيرُ القَدَمَا

So behold me there, outpacing

My beloved, my feet take wing.

موجِدُ الأَشياءِ باقٍ دائمٌ

وخَيالٌ كلُّ ما قدْ زُعِمَا

The Originator of all things remains eternal,

While all that is claimed is fantasy and myth.

طَرَقَ القَوْمُ لَعَمْرِي طُرُقاً

وتَبَوَّأْتُ الطَّريقَ الأَقْوَمَا

The people pursued paths, but by my life,

I took the most upright way.

وحَّدَ اللهُ الرَّسُولُ المُصْطَفى

وانْتَظَمْنا بهُداهُ مثلَمَا

God unified; the Prophet Mustafa guided,

And we became integrated through his guidance.

هو أَسرارُ الهُدَى علَّمَنا

فاعْتَقَدْنا كلُّ ما قدْ عَلَّمَا

The secrets of guidance he taught us,

So we hold as true all he imparted.

فبِهِ طِرْنا ليافوخِ العُلى

وبِما عَلَّمَ صِرْنا العُلَمَا

Through him we ascended to heaven's gardens,

And by what he taught we became people of knowledge.

وهدمْنا بِيَعَ الغَيْر ولم

نتَّخذْ في الدِّينِ يوماً صَنَمَا

We demolished the commerce of others, and never

Took in religion an idol for worship.

كلَّما أبْرَزَهُ اللهُ لنا

لم نُصَيِّرْ شأنَهُ مُكْتَتَمَا

Whenever God presented him to us

We did not keep his affair concealed.

والَّذي حُكماً طوَى مظهَرَهُ

لم نجِدْهُ قطُّ إِلاَّ مُبْهَمَا

That which in wisdom concealed his manifestation

We never found to be other than ambiguous.

وإذا قُلنا بتعْظيمِ امرءٍ

فهو تَعْظيمٌ لما قَدْ عظَّمَا

And if we say, extolling a man,

It is extolling what he exalted.

وحُدودُ الشَّرْعِ فينا أَمرُها

حاكِمٌ يعلَمُهُ من عُلِّمَا

The limits of Sacred Law for us are ruled

By a Judge whom the taught know well.

صاحِ خذْ من شِرْعَةِ الهادي الهُدَى

واتَّخذْها للمَعالي سُلَّما

Cry out: Take guidance from the Holy Law,

Making it a ladder to the most high.

ودعِ الأَكْوانَ لا تعبأْ بها

واعْبُدِ اللهَ ودعْ من ظَلَمَا

Leave creation be, pay it no heed,

Worship God, and abandon the one in darkness.

وخذِ القُرآنَ نوراً بيِّناً

فظَلومٌ حادَ عنهُ في عَمَى

Take the Qur'an as clear light,

For one who turns from it is blind in the dark.

واتَّصلْ باللهِ من فُرْقانِهِ

فالَّذي فارَقَهُ قد فُصِمَا

Draw near to God through its separation,

For one who breaks with it is truly deaf.

واجْعَلِ السُنَّةَ حِصناً عاصِماً

عزَّ نَهْجُ المُصْطَفى مُعْتَصِمَا

Make the Sunna a fortress of protection,

The path of Mustafa remains strong.

فعليه اللهُ في أَكْوانِهِ

كلَّما صلَّى بشأنٍ سَلَّمَا

Upon it may God, in all creation,

Bestow blessings and peace whenever prayed.