1. انْظُرْ في مِراكْ

    انْظُر في مِرَاكْ

    Look into your mirror.

    Look into your mirror.

  2. والَّذي ترى فِيهَا

    أنْتَ هُ ذَاك

    And the one you see in it—

    you are that very one.

  3. ارفعِ المِرَا وانْظُر

    يَظْهَر كُلُّ شَيْ

    Lift the mirror and look:

    everything appears.

  4. تَرَى الخالي والمعمور

    ومَيّت وَحَيْ

    You see the empty and the inhabited,

    and the dead and the living.

  5. ما يظْهَر لَكَ المستور

    إِلا بالْمُرَي

    The hidden does not appear to you

    except through the mirror.

  6. يَنْكشِف غِطاكْ

    يَنْكَشِفْ غِطاكْ

    Your veil is lifted.

    Your veil is lifted.

  7. تبْقَى في الْوُجود وحْدَكْ

    ما تَرَى سِوَاكْ

    You remain alone in existence;

    you see none but yourself.

  8. لا تَفْتِش عُيوب عَيْرَكْ

    إِنَّ لَكْ عُيُوبْ

    Do not search out another's faults;

    indeed, you have faults.

  9. كُلُّ عيْب مِن نفسَك

    ارْتَجِع وتُوب

    Every fault comes from yourself;

    turn back and repent.

  10. لَو فُتِحْ عَلى قلْبَك

    تَرفَعُ الحُجُوب

    If an opening were granted to your heart,

    you would lift the veils.

  11. تَرَى ذَاكْ وذَاك

    تَرَى ذَاكْ وذَاك

    You see this and that.

    You see this and that.

  12. تتْفَرَّح في عِلْم الغَيْب

    تَشْكُر مَنْ عَطاكْ

    You rejoice in knowledge of the unseen;

    you thank the One who gave it to you.

  13. مَعَكَ الكلامْ كُلُّوا

    ولَكْ هُ الحديث

    The whole conversation is with you,

    and the discourse is for you.

  14. خُذْ مِنَ المليح جُلُّوا

    واتْرُكِ الخبيث

    Take the greater part of what is good,

    and leave what is vile.

  15. والَّذي جَهِلْ قُلوا

    بِجَهْلَك عَمِيْت

    And tell the one who is ignorant:

    Through your ignorance you became blind.

  16. لَو أرادْ هُداكْ

    لَو أرَاد هُدَاك

    Had He willed your guidance,

    had He willed your guidance,

  17. تحَقَّقَت بأمْرُه

    وَعِفْ عَمَا نَهَاك

    you would have attained certainty by His command;

    and refrain from what He forbade you.

  18. إِعْرَف يا فقِيرْ اللهْ

    حَقَّ الْمَعْرِفا

    Know God, O poor one,

    with true knowledge.

  19. إِنْ كانْ تَعْلَم أنَّ الله

    يُحِبُّ الصَّفَا

    If you know that God

    loves purity,

  20. ولا تَرْجُو إِلاَّ الله

    وَبِهِ اكْتَفَا

    hope in none but God,

    and be content with Him.

  21. لاَ تَقُلْ نَسَاك

    لاَ تَقُلْ نَسَاكْ

    Do not say He has forgotten you.

    Do not say He has forgotten you.

  22. في الْباطِن وفي الظَّاهِر

    ما يَزُول يَرَاك

    In the inward and the outward,

    He never ceases to see you.