صورةa form إنif نظرتهاI behold it كلفتنيit burdens me
صورة إن نظرتها كلفتني
وإذاand when لمnot أنظرI look لهاat it شرَّفتنيit honored me
وإذا لم أنظر لها شرَّفتني
A form: if I behold it, it burdens me;
Her image, if I gaze on it, burdens me,
and when I do not look at it, it honors me.
Yet if I do not look on it, it honours me;
شرفتنيit honored me بكلwith every أمرcommand ونهيand prohibition
شرفتني بكل أمر ونهي
أمرتنيit commanded me بهto do it وماand what قدalready نهتنيit forbade me
أمرتني به وما قد نهتني
It has honored me with every command and prohibition:
It honours me in every command and prohibition.
what it has commanded me to do and what it has forbidden me.
She commands me with it and prohibits me from that which she has prohibited me.
فأناso I طائعobedient ولستand I am not بعاصdisobedient
فأنا طائع ولست بعاص
هكذاthus دائماًalways كماjust as خلقتنيit created me
هكذا دائماً كما خلقتني
So I am obedient, and not disobedient,
So I am obedient and not disobedient,
always thus, just as it created me.
Always like this, as she created me.
محضpure فضلgrace منهاfrom it عليَّupon me وحفظand protection
محض فضل منها عليَّ وحفظ
ليfor me بلاwithout كلفةeffort لهاon its part صورتنيit fashioned me
لي بلا كلفة لها صورتني
By pure grace from it toward me, and protection
It is pure favour from her upon me and protection
for me, it fashioned me without effort on its part.
For me without any burden on her image of me.
ورجوعيand my return لصورتيto my form فيin شهوديmy witnessing
ورجوعي لصورتي في شهودي
مقتهاits loathing ليof me بكلفتيthrough my burden والتعنيand toil
مقتها لي بكلفتي والتعني
And my return to my own form in my witnessing
And my returning to my image in my witnessing
is its loathing of me, through my burden and toil.
Has made her detest me for my pretentiousness and impertinence.
أناI لاnot أستطيعI can شيئاًanything ولكنand yet
أنا لا أستطيع شيئاً ولكن
بادِّعائيthrough my claim لصورتيto my form مقتتنيit loathed me
بادِّعائي لصورتي مقتتني
I can do nothing, and yet
I cannot do anything, but
through my claim to my own form, it has loathed me.
By my pretensions to my image I am damned.
كنbe بلاwithout أنتyou إنif أردتyou desire ارتياحاًrepose
كن بلا أنت إن أردت ارتياحاً
وقبولاًand acceptance منهاfrom it لنيلto attain التمنيthe wish
وقبولاً منها لنيل التمني
Be without a 'you,' if you desire repose,
Be without self if you want comfort
and acceptance from it, to attain your wish.
And acceptance from her to attain your wishes.
وتوقفand pause ولاand do not تقفstop عندat شيءٍanything
وتوقف ولا تقف عند شيءٍ
وتأملand contemplate وانقلand transmit حديثكyour words عنيfrom me
وتأمل وانقل حديثك عني
And pause, but do not stop at anything;
And stop and do not stop at anything
and contemplate, and transmit your words from me.
And contemplate and turn your speech away from me.
ياO وجوديmy being وياand O وجودbeing البراياcreatures
يا وجودي ويا وجود البرايا
كلهمall of them لاnot أقولI say أنكthat you are أنيI
كلهم لا أقول أنك أني
O my being, and O being of creatures,
O my existence and existence of the wilderness,
all of them—I do not say that you are I.
All of them, I do not say that you are I.
أنتyou فردunique محققtruly real ليسnot يخفىis hidden
أنت فرد محقق ليس يخفى
وأناand I الوهمthe illusion ظاهرmanifest بالتثنيthrough duality
وأنا الوهم ظاهر بالتثني
You are unique, truly real, not hidden,
You are the single, realized one, nothing is hidden,
and I am illusion, manifest through duality.
While I am the illusion, manifest in duality.
فاعفso forgive عنيme مماfor what جنيتُI did wrong بجهلin ignorance
فاعف عني مما جنيتُ بجهل
قبلbefore أنthat أدركI reach الردىdeath فاعفso forgive عنيme
قبل أن أدرك الردى فاعف عني
So forgive me for the wrong I committed in ignorance,
So pardon me for what I have reaped in ignorance
before I meet death—so forgive me.
Before I perceive the loss, so pardon me.