1. طلعت شمس الوجودِ

    من سموات الشهودِ

    The sun of existence rose

    from the heavens of witnessing.

  2. فاختفى الرسم وطاح ال

    وهم وانحلت قيودي

    So the outward form vanished, and down fell

    illusion, and my bonds came undone.

  3. كان في ظني بأني

    مستقل في الوجود

    I had supposed that I was

    independent in existence.

  4. أملك الفعل وأحوي ال

    قول مع كل العقود

    I commanded action and possessed

    speech, along with all covenants.

  5. كبني الأيام ألهو

    بقيام وقعود

    Like the sons of days, I amused myself

    with standing and sitting.

  6. وأنا بين ليال

    من ظلام الفكر سود

    And I was amid nights

    black with the darkness of thought.

  7. فتأملت وقلب

    ت صدوري وورودي

    Then I reflected and turned over

    my departures and my arrivals.

  8. وتسايلت إلى أن

    سلت من بعد الجمود

    And I grew fluid until

    I flowed after congealment.

  9. وتحققت بأني

    نابت بالوهم عودي

    And I realized that

    my stem was growing through illusion,

  10. وبأني عند نفسي

    كخيال في هجودي

    and that, to myself, I was

    like a phantom in my sleep.

  11. واعترا في بالذي أع

    لمه عين جحود

    And my acknowledgment of what I know

    is the very essence of denial.

  12. وكذا الظل له مر

    ءى ولكن بالعمود

    And likewise the shadow has

    a visible form, but through the pillar.

  13. فأنا اليوم أنا ذا

    ك على رغم الحسود

    So today I am that very one,

    despite the envious one.

  14. وأنا المحبوب والمح

    بوب ذاتي ووجودي

    And I am the beloved, and the beloved

    is my essence and my existence.

  15. وأنا نفس جميع ال

    ناس نسلي وجدودي

    And I am the very self of all

    people—my descendants and my forebears.

  16. وأنا الكل وكل ال

    كل من فضلة جودي

    And I am the All, and all of the

    All comes from the overflow of my bounty.

  17. ما معي في الملك غيري

    والورى طراً شهودي

    None is with me in the dominion but myself,

    and all creatures are my witnesses.

  18. ولقد أطلقت نفسي

    من تخاطيط حدودي

    And indeed I set myself free

    from the tracings of my boundaries.

  19. وسللت السيف مني

    بعد هاتيك الغمود

    And I drew the sword from myself

    after those sheaths.

  20. وشققت الحجب عن عي

    ني وطالعت ودودي

    And I tore the veils away from

    my eye and beheld my Loving One.

  21. وصلاتي لي جميعاً

    وركوعي وسجودي

    And all my prayer is offered to myself,

    and my bowing and my prostration.

  22. وأنا ناري إذا ما

    شئت أشقى بخلود

    And I am my own fire whenever

    I wish to suffer eternally.

  23. وأنا الجنة إذ في

    قبضتي كان سعودي

    And I am Paradise, for in

    my grasp lay my good fortune.

  24. ما على نفسي مني

    في وعيدي ووعودي

    Whatever is imposed upon my soul is from me,

    in my threats and my promises.

  25. وعلى ذاتي إقبا

    لي كما عني صدودي

    And toward my essence is

    my turning, just as my turning away is from myself.

  26. وهي نفسي لا سواها

    بين حجب وشهود

    And it is my soul, none other,

    between veils and witnessing.

  27. في نعيم أنا طوراً

    ثم طوراً في وقود

    At times I am in bliss,

    then at other times in flames.

  28. وتحياتي على ذا

    تي من غير نفود

    And my salutations are upon

    my essence, without end.