سَرى مِن نَسيمِ الأُنسِ ما عَطَّر الكَونا

سَرى مِن نَسيمِ الأُنسِ ما عَطَّر الكَونا

فَبُحتُ بِسرٍّ طالَ كَتمي لَهُ صَونا

فَبُحتُ بِسرٍّ طالَ كَتمي لَهُ صَونا

From the breeze of intimacy wafted what perfumed the universe.

A breeze of intimacy blew, perfuming the universe,

So I revealed a secret I had long concealed to keep it safe.

So I confided a secret I had concealed for so long.

وَما نَظَرت عَيني إِلى غير واحدٍ

وَما نَظَرت عَيني إِلى غير واحدٍ

تَصرَّف في كُلٍّ فَلونٌ يرى لَونا

تَصرَّف في كُلٍّ فَلونٌ يرى لَونا

And my eye looked upon none but One,

My eyes have seen none but the One,

Who acted in all, so one hue sees another.

Each seeing a color and thinking it the only hue.

وَما أَدرَكَ الأَشياءَ غَير منطّقٍ

وَما أَدرَكَ الأَشياءَ غَير منطّقٍ

أخي لُطُفٍ يَمشي عَلى أَرضِهِ هَونا

أخي لُطُفٍ يَمشي عَلى أَرضِهِ هَونا

And none apprehended things but one endowed with speech,

None can grasp the reality save a gentle wisdom

Possessed of gentleness, who walks softly upon his earth.

That treads softly on its ground.

فَكَم بَينَ ذي علمٍ وَآخرَ جاهِلٍ

فَكَم بَينَ ذي علمٍ وَآخرَ جاهِلٍ

وَكَم بَينَ ذي نورٍ وَعادِمِهِ بَونا

وَكَم بَينَ ذي نورٍ وَعادِمِهِ بَونا

So how far apart are one with knowledge and another who is ignorant,

What a gulf between one of knowledge and one ignorant!

And how wide a gulf between one with light and one who lacks it!

What a gulf between one of light and one in darkness!

هِيَ النَفسُ يَجلُوها فَتَبدو حَقائِقٌ

هِيَ النَفسُ يَجلُوها فَتَبدو حَقائِقٌ

بِها وَصَداها الجون يُظهرهُ جَونا

بِها وَصَداها الجون يُظهرهُ جَونا

It is the soul: he polishes it, and truths appear

It is the soul: polish it and truths will shine forth,

Within it; and its black rust makes it appear black.

With it forgetfulness shows its true colors.