إن روحي بجسمها مصبوغَهْ

إن روحي بجسمها مصبوغَهْ

وهي في قالب به مفروغَهْ

وهي في قالب به مفروغَهْ

Indeed, my spirit is dyed by its body,

My soul is dyed with its body

And it is cast in a mold by that body.

And it is cast in a mold made for it

كل جسم كذاك صبغة روح

كل جسم كذاك صبغة روح

عند تحقيق ذي الكمال بلوغَهْ

عند تحقيق ذي الكمال بلوغَهْ

Every body is likewise a spirit's coloring,

Every body has the dye of a soul

When one endowed with perfection verifies his attainment.

When it reaches perfection in its growth

يا لغيب محقق وهو حق

يا لغيب محقق وهو حق

ليس عنه لعاقل زيغوغَهْ

ليس عنه لعاقل زيغوغَهْ

What a confirmed unseen reality—and He is the Truth!

O hidden fulfiller of truth, He is truth

No rational mind can stray from Him.

No reasonable person deviates from Him

عرفته العقولُ وهو خفي

عرفته العقولُ وهو خفي

حيث صارت بحكمه ممضوغه

حيث صارت بحكمه ممضوغه

The intellects have known Him, though He is hidden,

Intellects knew Him though He is hidden

For they have been chewed up by His decree.

As they became bound by His judgment

لكن الكشف لا يكون إذا لم

لكن الكشف لا يكون إذا لم

يألف العقل عن سواه فروغه

يألف العقل عن سواه فروغه

But unveiling does not occur unless

But unveiling is not done if

The intellect grows accustomed to being emptied of all but Him.

The intellect is not free of other than Him

وإذا لم يجد من الكون أصلاً

وإذا لم يجد من الكون أصلاً

كل فرع منه أسال صموغه

كل فرع منه أسال صموغه

And if it finds no root within creation,

And if it finds no origin in the universe

Every branch of it pours forth its resins.

Every branch from it, ask to sever its affinity

دمغت حجة الإله علينا

دمغت حجة الإله علينا

فغدت كل حجة مدموغه

فغدت كل حجة مدموغه

God's proof has overwhelmed us,

The proof of God upon us has been stamped

So every argument has been crushed.

So every proof became stamped

حيث مصنوعة به هي كانت

حيث مصنوعة به هي كانت

وهي مخلوقة لنا ومصوغه

وهي مخلوقة لنا ومصوغه

Since it was made by Him,

As it was made by Him it existed

And it is created and fashioned for us.

And it was created for us and molded

يطلع العقل إن أراد على ما

يطلع العقل إن أراد على ما

شاء أو شاء كف عنه بزوغه

شاء أو شاء كف عنه بزوغه

He acquaints the intellect, if He wills, with what

The intellect arises, if it wants, over what

He wishes; or, if He wishes, He withholds its dawning from it.

It wills or wills to refrain with its rising

ليس إلا التسليم للعقل يبقى

ليس إلا التسليم للعقل يبقى

سبباً للنجاة فاترك هبوغه

سبباً للنجاة فاترك هبوغه

Only submission remains for the intellect

Nothing remains but surrender to the intellect

As a means of salvation—so abandon its slumber.

So leave nonsense and barking

تعس الكلب ما على الله حكم

تعس الكلب ما على الله حكم

لمتى في الشكوك يبدي ولوغه

لمتى في الشكوك يبدي ولوغه

Perish the dog! No judgment binds God.

Unfortunate are judgments not by God

How long will it display its lapping amid doubts?

How long in doubts does it show its howling

إنما الحكم منه في كل شيء

إنما الحكم منه في كل شيء

وجميع الأشيا به ملدوغه

وجميع الأشيا به ملدوغه

The decree comes from Him alone in everything,

Judgment is only from Him in everything

And all things are stung by Him.

And all things are bound tight by Him