انهضrise بربكthrough your Lord لاnot بنفسِكْthrough yourself
انهض بربك لا بنفسِكْ
تشرفyou become exalted علىabove أبناءsons جنسِكْyour kind
تشرف على أبناء جنسِكْ
Rise through your Lord, not through yourself;
Rise for your Lord, not for yourself,
You will be exalted above the sons of your kind.
And care for your fellow man.
فالكلfor all أنتyou وأنتand you هوHe
فالكل أنت وأنت هو
والهوand the 'He' غداًtomorrow فلكاًa celestial sphere لشمسكfor your sun
والهو غداً فلكاً لشمسك
For all is you, and you are He,
For all are you and you are all,
And the 'He' will tomorrow be a celestial sphere for your sun.
And tomorrow all will be your sun.
فإلىso until متىwhen تبقىyou remain كذاthus
فإلى متى تبقى كذا
ياO مَيْتُdead one فيin ظلماتdarknesses رمسكyour grave
يا مَيْتُ في ظلمات رمسك
So how long will you remain thus,
How long will you remain thus,
O dead one, in the darkness of your grave?
O dead one, in the darkness of your oblivion?
لاnot يظهرappears المخفيwhat is hidden عنfrom
لا يظهر المخفي عن
عينيكyour two eyes إلاexcept بعدafter طمسكyour effacement
عينيك إلا بعد طمسك
Nothing appears that is hidden from
What is hidden from your eyes
Your eyes until after your effacement.
Is revealed only after your blindness.
وحياةand by the life of قدسكyour holiness أنتyou فيwithin
وحياة قدسك أنت في
أنتyou المنىthe object of longing وحياةand by the life of قدسكyour holiness
أنت المنى وحياة قدسك
And by the life of your holiness, you are within
You are life's sanctity; you are
'You,' the object of longing—and by the life of your holiness.
The object of desire, and life's sanctity.
فاكشفso lift حجابthe veil سواكall other than you عنfrom
فاكشف حجاب سواك عن
أياكyourself وانزعand strip off ثوبthe robe حدسكyour conjecture
أياك وانزع ثوب حدسك
So lift the veil of all other than you from
So remove the veil of otherness from
Yourself, and strip off the robe of your conjecture.
Yourself, and shed the garb of your perception.
واستقبلand welcome النسماتthe breezes إنif
واستقبل النسمات إن
وافتكthey come to you منfrom نفحاتbreaths أنسكyour intimacy
وافتك من نفحات أنسك
And welcome the breezes, if
And welcome the breeze, if
They come to you from the breaths of your intimacy.
It brings you whispers from your intimacy.
وإذاand when ظهرتyou appear وكنتand you are أنfirst part of أنت ('you')
وإذا ظهرت وكنت أن
تfinal part of أنت ('you') بغيرwithout أنتyou لطيبowing to the goodness of غرسكyour planting
ت بغير أنت لطيب غرسك
And when you appear and are
When you appear and you are not
'You' without 'you,' through the goodness of your planting,
Yourself, for the goodness of your upbringing,
فانقلso transmit علومكyour knowledge عنكfrom yourself لاnot
فانقل علومك عنك لا
عمنfrom whom تخاطبهyou address him بدرسكin your lesson
عمن تخاطبه بدرسك
Then transmit your knowledge from yourself, not
Then impart your knowledge about, not
From the one you address in your lesson.
From, whom you teach with your lesson.
وانظرand look لعينكto your essence وانتظرand wait
وانظر لعينك وانتظر
وعنand from السوىall else والغيرand the other أمسكrefrain
وعن السوى والغير أمسك
And look to your essence, and wait;
And look to your eye, and wait,
And refrain from all else and otherness.
And from the equal and the other refrain.
واقرأand read كتابةthe writing of أحرفletters
واقرأ كتابة أحرف
ظهرتappeared علىupon صفحاتthe pages of طرسكyour parchment
ظهرت على صفحات طرسك
And read the writing of letters
And read the inscription of the letters
That appeared upon the pages of your parchment.
That appeared on the pages of your firmness.
وإذاand when حصلتyou attain علىon الذيthat which
وإذا حصلت على الذي
تحويyou contain فيومكthen your day فوقabove أمسكyour yesterday
تحوي فيومك فوق أمسك
And when you attain that which
And when you obtain what
You hold within, your today is above your yesterday.
Contains your day over your yesterday,