1. أنا أدرى كنه ذاته

    مع أني من صفاته

    I know best the true nature of His Essence,

    though I am among His attributes.

  2. لا بل الحق هو الدا

    ري بما منه لذاته

    No, rather, the Real is the one

    who knows what comes from Him for His own Essence.

  3. وأنا المعدوم أصلاً

    ووجودي بالتفاته

    And I am, in origin, nonexistent;

    my existence comes through His regard.

  4. حضرة كالمسك طيباً

    وأنا من نفحاته

    A Presence, fragrant as musk,

    and I am one of His fragrant wafts.

  5. وإذا ما كان روضاً

    كنت أعلى شجراته

    And whenever He is a garden,

    I am the tallest of its trees.

  6. أو بدا غصناً رطيباً

    أنا أزهى زهراته

    Or if He appears as a tender branch,

    I am the fairest of its blossoms.

  7. أنا محبوبي مليح

    سكرتي من غمزاته

    As for me, my Beloved is lovely;

    my intoxication comes from His winks.

  8. أعشق الورد لما يظ

    هر لي من وجناته

    I adore the rose for what

    appears to me of His cheeks.

  9. وأحب الظبي إذ أش

    بهه في لحظاته

    And I love the gazelle, since it

    resembles Him in its glances.

  10. وافتتاني زاد بالغص

    ن لمعنى ميلاته

    And my infatuation grew with the

    branch, for the meaning of its swaying.

  11. وإذا أعرض عني

    أنا ميت وحياته

    And when He turns away from me,

    I am dead—by His life!

  12. أيها الغر تنبه

    لحبيبي وهباته

    O naïve one, awaken

    to my Beloved and His gifts.

  13. لا تقل هذا هو الظا

    هر في عين عداته

    Do not say, 'This is He who is

    manifest in the eyes of His enemies.'

  14. إنهم عنه لمحجو

    بون هم في دركاته

    Indeed, from Him they are

    veiled; they are in His lower depths.