1. إذا ما بدا بأي عين أراه

    أراه به لا لا يراه سواه

    When He appears, with what eye do I see Him?

    I see Him through Him—no, none but He sees Him.

  2. أشعته بانت فبانت رسومنا

    فكنت أنا المرئي بدون أناه

    His rays shone forth, and our outlines vanished.

    So I was the one beheld, without His “I.”

  3. إذا قلت ياه قال لي من تناجي

    وإن أنا لا أدعو يقول أتنساه

    When I say, “O He!” He says to me, “With whom do you commune?”

    And if I do not call, He says, “Do you forget Him?”

  4. فلا راحة في الحب ترجى وإنما

    تقطع أوصال الذي يتمناه

    No rest, then, can be hoped for in love; rather,

    the limbs of the one who longs for it are severed.

  5. على كل حال ذا بساط تحير

    فإن كنت ذا وصل ففك معماه

    In every state, this is a carpet of bewilderment.

    So if you have attained union, unravel its riddle.