1. أنا النور المبين ولا أكنّي

    أنا التنزيل يعرفني ابن فني

    I am the manifest light, and I do not speak obliquely.

    I am revelation; an adept in my art knows me.

  2. يضل الله بي خلقاً كثيراً

    ويهدي بي كثيراً فاسْتَبِنّي

    God leads many creatures astray through me,

    And guides many through me; so discern me clearly.

  3. ولكن لا يضل سوى نفوس

    بإنكار بغت وبسوء ظن

    Yet He leads astray only souls

    That transgressed through denial and mistrust.

  4. وإني الملْك والملكوت فضلاً

    وإني صخرة الوادي وإني

    And I am the visible and unseen realms, by grace,

    And I am the rock of the valley; and I—

  5. ولما كنتُ منه بغير فصلٍ

    ولا وصلٍ شهدت الكلَّ مني

    Since I was of Him, without separation

    Or union—beheld all as coming from me.

  6. أحقق من أريد بعلم حقي

    وأسكر من أشاء بخمر دني

    I bring whom I wish to realization through knowledge of my truth.

    And I intoxicate whom I will with wine from my jar.

  7. وأسعدُ باللقا قوماً وأُشقي

    بهجري آخرين وبالتجني

    And I gladden some people through meeting, and make wretched

    Others through my abandonment and unjust blame.

  8. مقامي ليس يحصل بالترجّي

    وحالي ليس يدرك بالتمني

    My station is not attained by hoping,

    And my state is not grasped by wishing.

  9. وما باب الهبات ولا العطايا

    بمسدود على أهل التهني

    And the gate of gifts and bestowals is not

    Closed to those who take delight.

  10. ولكن القلوب لها عليها

    من الأغيار ينشأ كل كنّ

    Yet hearts have upon them

    Every veil that arises from things other than God.

  11. وبالتوحيد يعرف كل شيء

    ويجهل كل شيء بالتثني

    And through affirming oneness, everything is known,

    And through duality, everything is unknown.

  12. هي الأبواب قد سدت جميعاً

    سوى بابي فدع عنك التعني

    The doors have all been shut,

    Except my door; so spare yourself the toil.

  13. وما أنا شاعر وجميع نظمي

    بعيد عن مدى شعر المغني

    And I am no poet, and all my verse

    Is far removed from the scope of the singer's poetry.

  14. وميز بين إلهامٍ وشعر

    وصرِّح بالمقام ولا تكني

    And distinguish between inspiration and poetry,

    And declare the station plainly; do not speak obliquely.

  15. ولا تكفر بجهلك في كلامي

    ودعه لمن يوحِّد يا مثني

    And do not, in your ignorance, brand my words as unbelief.

    And leave it to one who affirms oneness, O you who see duality.

  16. ولا تعجل على ما لست تدري

    فإنك سوف تدري بالتأني

    And do not be hasty concerning what you do not know,

    For you will know through deliberation.

  17. نصحتك فاستطع صبراً معي إن

    سلكت عن الروافض نهج سني

    I have counseled you; so muster patience with me, if

    You follow a Sunni path, away from the Rafidites.

  18. تعالى أصلنا عن كل فرع

    وجل عن التزوج والتبني

    Our root is exalted above every branch,

    And is exalted beyond marriage and adoption.

  19. وكل فتى على مقدار ما قد

    سقاه بكفه الساقي يغني

    And every young man, in proportion to what

    The cupbearer has given him to drink with his hand, sings.

  20. وحين رويتُ عنه روتْ بصدقٍ

    جميعُ رجال هذا العصر عني

    And when I narrated from Him, it was truthfully narrated

    By all the men of this age, on my authority.