أَهْدَيْتُ لَكْ طَريقَه

أَهْدَيْتُ لَكْ طَريقَه

في أصْلِهَا حقِيقَه

في أصْلِهَا حقِيقَه

I have gifted you a path.

I have gifted you her path

At its root lies a truth.

Whose origin is true

فأبْصِر بِهَا رَقِيقَه

فأبْصِر بِهَا رَقِيقَه

في طَيّشها اسْمِعْنِ شَيْ

في طَيّشها اسْمِعْنِ شَيْ

So discern through it something subtle.

So look upon her gently

In its wildness, let me hear something.

In her playfulness, listen to something

في طَيِّها سِرُّ يَسُود

في طَيِّها سِرُّ يَسُود

في ذَوْقِها فَهْمُ الوجودْ

في ذَوْقِها فَهْمُ الوجودْ

Within its folds a secret reigns.

In her bending, the secret of existence darkens

In its taste lies understanding of existence.

In her taste, the understanding of existence

في خَمْرِها بانَتْ شُهُود

في خَمْرِها بانَتْ شُهُود

ما فِي الْوُجُود غَيْرَك شَيْ

ما فِي الْوُجُود غَيْرَك شَيْ

In its wine, witnessing was revealed.

In her wine, the witness was manifested

There is nothing in existence but you.

Nothing in existence except You is something

أنْتَ الْوُصُولُ الهاجرُ

أنْتَ الْوُصُولُ الهاجرُ

أنتَ الصَّمُوتُ الذَّاكِرَ

أنتَ الصَّمُوتُ الذَّاكِرَ

You are attainment, the one who forsakes.

You are the arrived, the emigrant

You are the silent one, the one who remembers.

You are the silent, the remembering

سُمِّيتُهَا يا شاكرُ

سُمِّيتُهَا يا شاكرُ

ما هُو الكلامْ إِلا لِمَىَ

ما هُو الكلامْ إِلا لِمَىَ

I named it, O Shakir.

I called her, O thanker

Speech is only for Mayy.

What are words but infatuation

فظاهرٌ مِن صُورَتَك

فظاهرٌ مِن صُورَتَك

ما فِي الوجودْ شَبِيهتَك

ما فِي الوجودْ شَبِيهتَك

Thus it is evident from your form:

So from your image is the apparent

There is nothing in existence like you

In existence nothing resembles You

في الاعْتِدَال لِقَامَتَك

في الاعْتِدَال لِقَامَتَك

إِيَّاكْ ينَالَك فِيهَا فَيْ

إِيَّاكْ ينَالَك فِيهَا فَيْ

In the balanced proportions of your stature.

In moderation, for your stature

Beware lest a shadow reach you there.

You are reached through her in it

وإِنْ نَظَرْتَ خبَرَك

وإِنْ نَظَرْتَ خبَرَك

بِلحْظِ سِرِّ غَيَّرُكْ

بِلحْظِ سِرِّ غَيَّرُكْ

And if you look upon your condition,

And if you looked upon your news

With the glance of a secret that changed you,

With a glance the secret changed you

مِنْكَ إِلَيْكَ نَظَرَك

مِنْكَ إِلَيْكَ نَظَرَك

إِيَّاكَ تَرَى غَيْرَكَ شَيْ

إِيَّاكَ تَرَى غَيْرَكَ شَيْ

Your gaze goes from you to you.

From you to you your glance

Beware of seeing anything other than you.

You see none but you

أنْتَ النَّطُوقُ النَّاطِقُ

أنْتَ النَّطُوقُ النَّاطِقُ

أنْتَ البصيرُ اللاَّحِقَ

أنْتَ البصيرُ اللاَّحِقَ

You are the eloquent one, the speaker.

You are the spoken, the speaker

You are the clear-sighted one, the one who follows.

You are the seeing, the pursuing

أنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الشَّافِقُ

أنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الشَّافِقُ

إِيَّاكَ تَغْلَطْ أهْنَا أيْ

إِيَّاكَ تَغْلَطْ أهْنَا أيْ

You are the hearing one, the compassionate one.

You are the hearing, the sympathetic

Beware of erring here—yes!

You err towards you

عُبَيْدِي ما قَصْدِي سِوَاك

عُبَيْدِي ما قَصْدِي سِوَاك

اخْتَرْتُ سِرِّي لِعُلاَك

اخْتَرْتُ سِرِّي لِعُلاَك

My little servant, I intend none but you.

My servants, I desire nothing but you

I chose my secret for your exaltation.

I chose my secret for your exaltation

حقيقيتي أنْتَ هُ ذاكْ

حقيقيتي أنْتَ هُ ذاكْ

بالرُّوحِ مِنِّي أنْتَ حَيْ

بالرُّوحِ مِنِّي أنْتَ حَيْ

You are my reality—that very one.

My reality, that is You

Through the spirit from me, you are alive.

With a spirit from me, You are living

إِنْ كُنْتَ حَيَّا تَفْهَموا

إِنْ كُنْتَ حَيَّا تَفْهَموا

ما قَد بَدَا وتَعَلْمُوا

ما قَد بَدَا وتَعَلْمُوا

If you are alive, you understand

If you are alive, understand

What has appeared, and you come to know.

What has appeared and know

صَرِّحْ بِهِ أو اكْتُمُوا

صَرِّحْ بِهِ أو اكْتُمُوا

هَل يَسْتوِي مَيِّتْ وَحَيْ

هَل يَسْتوِي مَيِّتْ وَحَيْ

Speak of it openly, or conceal it.

Express it or conceal it

Are a dead one and a living one equal?

Are the dead equal to the living?

فَمَنْ هُ مَيِّت ادْفَعَهْ

فَمَنْ هُ مَيِّت ادْفَعَهْ

كَبِّرْ عَلَيْهِ أربَعَه

كَبِّرْ عَلَيْهِ أربَعَه

So cast away whoever is dead.

So who is dead, repel him

Proclaim God's greatness over him four times.

Say the funeral prayer over him four times

إِن كُنْتَ حَيًّا لا تَزَال

إِن كُنْتَ حَيًّا لا تَزَال

تَرْفُل في أثْوابِ الجمالْ

تَرْفُل في أثْوابِ الجمالْ

If you are alive, you never cease

If you are alive, you always

To walk resplendent in the robes of beauty.

Strut in the clothes of beauty

عَن جَهْلِه لا تَنْزَعَه

عَن جَهْلِه لا تَنْزَعَه

كِفْ يَرى مَيِّت لِحَيْ

كِفْ يَرى مَيِّت لِحَيْ

Do not pull him from his ignorance.

Do not remove his ignorance from him

How can a dead one see a living one?

How can the dead see the living?

إِنْ كُنْتَ حَيًّا لا تَزالْ

إِنْ كُنْتَ حَيًّا لا تَزالْ

تَرفُلْ فِي أثوابِ الجمال

تَرفُلْ فِي أثوابِ الجمال

If you are alive, you never cease

If you are alive, you always

To walk resplendent in the robes of beauty.

Strut in the clothes of beauty

في حَضْرَتِي تُعْطِي الكمال

في حَضْرَتِي تُعْطِي الكمال

مُطَّلِعاً لِكُلِّ شَيْ

مُطَّلِعاً لِكُلِّ شَيْ

In my presence, you bestow perfection,

Bestowing perfection in my presence

Aware of everything.

Informing all of something

بَل تخترقْ كُلَّ الْحُجُب

بَل تخترقْ كُلَّ الْحُجُب

في سِرِّها سِرُّ الْغُيُوب

في سِرِّها سِرُّ الْغُيُوب

Rather, you pierce all the veils.

Rather, you penetrate all the veils

In their secret lies the secret of unseen things.

In its secret, the secret of the unseen

وأمْرُها مَعْنَى الحبيب

وأمْرُها مَعْنَى الحبيب

في حضْرتي تَحْظَى بِشَيْ

في حضْرتي تَحْظَى بِشَيْ

And their import is the meaning of the beloved.

And its matter, the meaning of the Beloved

In my presence, you are favored with something.

In my presence, you gain something

كَمُلْ إِليْكَ بالْحُضُور

كَمُلْ إِليْكَ بالْحُضُور

ما هِي الْحُجُب إِلاَّ سُتُورْ

ما هِي الْحُجُب إِلاَّ سُتُورْ

It has become complete for you through presence.

Come to me, to me

The veils are nothing but curtains.

Alive to a living, come near

وصُورَتُكْ هِيَ الْقُشُور

وصُورَتُكْ هِيَ الْقُشُور

واللُّبُّ سِرُّكَ الْعُلَيْ

واللُّبُّ سِرُّكَ الْعُلَيْ

And your form consists of husks.

So erase us with erasing, not erasing

And the kernel is your lofty secret.

You see the erased has become something

أقْبلْ إِلينا إِنَّنَا

أقْبلْ إِلينا إِنَّنَا

حَيٌ لِحَيٍّ قَد دَنَا

حَيٌ لِحَيٍّ قَد دَنَا

Come to us, for we are

With me you see and with me you speak

A living one who has drawn near to a living one.

And with me you endure and with me you rage

فافْنَا بِنَافِي لاَ فَنَا

فافْنَا بِنَافِي لاَ فَنَا

تَرَى الْفَناقَد صار فَيْ

تَرَى الْفَناقَد صار فَيْ

So be annihilated through us, in non-annihilation;

You obey every ignorant one

You see that annihilation has become a shadow.

Dejected in understanding, blind

بِيّا تَرَى وَبِي تَقُول

بِيّا تَرَى وَبِي تَقُول

وبِي تطُول وبِي تَصُولْ

وبِي تطُول وبِي تَصُولْ

Through me you see, and through me you speak.

This speech I have granted you

And through me you tower, and through me you charge.

For the sake of making you My friend

إِيَّاكْ تُطِعْ كُلَّ جَهُول

إِيَّاكْ تُطِعْ كُلَّ جَهُول

مُثَبَّط الْفَهْمِ عُمَيْ

مُثَبَّط الْفَهْمِ عُمَيْ

Beware of obeying any ignoramus,

In my presence I have chosen for you

Hampered in understanding, blind.

You are detracted from it by nothing

هَذَا الكلامُ وَهَبْتُ لَك

هَذَا الكلامُ وَهَبْتُ لَك

لأجْلِ سرِّ خَوّلَك

لأجْلِ سرِّ خَوّلَك

This speech I have given you,

For the sake of a secret bestowed on you.

في حَضْرَتِي إٍخْتَرتُوا لَك

في حَضْرَتِي إٍخْتَرتُوا لَك

إِيَّاك تُعَدَّى عَنْهُ شَيْ

إِيَّاك تُعَدَّى عَنْهُ شَيْ

In my presence, I chose it for you.

Beware of straying from it at all.