1. إن جسمي هنا وقلبي هناكا

    وأنا الصب بين هذا وذاكا

    Indeed, my body is here, and my heart is there,

    And I, the lovesick one, am between this and that.

  2. دار سلمى مادار فيها محب

    قطُّ إلا ذاق الفنا والهلاكا

    Salma's abode—no lover has ever wandered there

    Without tasting annihilation and destruction.

  3. طلعة لا طلوع يعرف منها

    غير أمر يحرك الأفلاكا

    A countenance from which no rising is known

    Save a command that moves the celestial spheres.

  4. يا لسلمى ويا لأحباب سلمى

    هل لكم وقفة هنا نتشاكى

    O Salma, and O lovers of Salma!

    Will you pause here, so we may lament together?

  5. هي منا قريبة وبعيد

    نحن عنا لقصدنا الإشراكا

    She is near to us, yet far

    Are we from ourselves, through our intent to ascribe partners to God.

  6. آه لو أنها دنت فتدلت

    لك حتى بها رأيت مناكا

    Ah, if only she drew near, then lowered herself

    To you, until through her you beheld your desire.

  7. احذر احذر تجد بأنك عنها

    خارج بانفصال شيءٍ دهاكا

    Beware, beware lest you find yourself outside her,

    Through the separation of a thing that has afflicted you.

  8. كالنصارى في قولهم ولد الل

    ه يضاهون كاذباً أفاكا

    Like the Christians in their saying, “God has begotten,”

    They imitate a liar, a fabricator.

  9. واليهود الذين قالوا بأنا

    نحن أبناء الله والكفر ذاكا

    And the Jews who said of themselves,

    “We are God's sons”—and that is unbelief.

  10. حيث معنى هذا انفصال لشيء

    عن إله الورى وما أدراكا

    For this means the separation of a thing

    From the God of all creation—and what could make you understand?

  11. وهو كفر منزه عنه ربي

    قد نهاهم عن مثله ونهاكا

    And it is unbelief, above which my Lord is exalted;

    He has forbidden them its like, and forbidden you.

  12. إنما الله عالم من قديم

    كلَّ شيء والشيء ليس هناكا

    God alone has known, from eternity,

    Everything, though the thing itself is not there.

  13. وبإنزاله هو الذكر يتلى

    لم يكن عنه خارج محراكا

    And when He Himself sent down the recited Remembrance,

    It was not outside Him, even a stirring rod's length.

  14. وهو الله لا سواه ولكن

    علمه منزل به الأملاكا

    And it is God, none other; yet

    It is His knowledge, with which He sends the angels down,

  15. كالبرايا جميعهم ولهذا

    هو قيومهم كما قد أتاكا

    As with all creatures; and for this reason

    He is their Sustainer, as has come to you.

  16. حاش لله أن يكون من الل

    ه انفصال للشيء قل حاشاكا

    Far be it from God that there should be, from God,

    Any separation of a thing; say, “Far be it from You!”

  17. وسع الله كلَّ شيء كما قا

    ل وشيء له الفنا في فناكا

    God encompasses everything, as He has said,

    And a thing's annihilation lies in your annihilation.

  18. هو علمٌ له تعالى فذِكْرٌ

    نازلٌ منه فيه ليس انفكاكا

    It is His knowledge—exalted is He; so a remembrance

    Descending from Him, within Him, entails no separation.

  19. أنت يا غافلُ الذي لست تدري

    عارفاً كن بنفسك النَّسّاكا

    You, O heedless one, who do not know,

    Be a knower of yourself, O devoted ascetic.

  20. قمر نائب عن الشمس ليلاً

    فإذا ما النهار جاء محاكا

    A moon, the sun's deputy by night;

    Then, when day comes, it effaces you.

  21. إنما ظل نفسك الليل فامحق

    كرة الأرض عنك تلقَ هداكا

    Night is but your self's shadow; so obliterate

    The earth's sphere from yourself; you will find your guidance.

  22. هو نور وما سواه ظلام

    فالقِ عنك السوى به يلقاكا

    He is light, and all other than Him is darkness.

    So cast otherness away from you; through Him, He will meet you.