صحّproved true عنديto me الخبرthe tidings وسرىand coursed فيthrough سرىmy inmost self
صحّ عندي الخبر وسرى في سرى
أنّthat عينَthe eye of النظرvision عينthe very عينِeye of الفكرِthought
أنّ عينَ النظر عين عينِ الفكرِ
The tidings proved true to me and coursed through my inmost self:
The news rang true in my inner self
that the eye of vision is the very eye of thought.
That the eye of insight is the eye of reflective thought
أغمضclose طرفَكyour eyes ترىyou will see
أغمض طرفَك ترى
وتلوحand shine forth أسرارُكyour secrets
وتلوح أسرارُك
Close your eyes and you will see,
Close your eyelid and you will see
and your secrets will shine forth.
Your secrets loom
وافنَand efface yourself عنfrom الورىall creation
وافنَ عن الورى
تبدُwill appear لكto you أخبارُكyour tidings
تبدُ لك أخبارُك
And efface yourself from all creation;
Turn away from all creation
your own tidings will be revealed to you.
Your tidings will become clear
وبصَقلand through polishing المراthe mir—
وبصَقل المرا
يا—rors (completing 'mirrors') نزولfalling away أغيارُكyour worldly attachments
يا نزول أغيارُك
And through polishing the mir—
With the polishing of the mirror
—rors, your worldly attachments fall away.
Oh descent of strangers
وتلوحand shine forth بكwithin you أسرارsecrets منfrom عيونِكyour eyes تسريflow
وتلوح بك أسرار من عيونِك تسري
والتفتand turn إنif ظهرappears فيin سماكyour sky الدريthe pearl-bright star
والتفت إن ظهر في سماك الدري
And secrets shine within you, flowing from your eyes;
Secrets from your eyes flow
and turn if the pearl-bright star appears in your sky.
And glance if there appeared in your sky a particle
ألفُلكthe celestial sphere فيكَwithin you يدورrevolves
ألفُلك فيكَ يدور
ويُضيءُand shines ويلمَعand gleams
ويُضيءُ ويلمَع
The celestial sphere revolves within you
I revolve around you
and shines and gleams.
And illuminate and shine
والشموسand the suns والبُدورand the full moons
والشموس والبُدور
فيكwithin you تغيبset وتطلعand rise
فيك تغيب وتطلع
And the suns and the full moons
The suns and the full moons
set and rise within you.
In you set and rise
فاقرأso read معنىthe meaning of السطورthe lines
فاقرأ معنى السطور
التيthat فيكwithin you أجمَعall together
التي فيك أجمَع
So read the meaning of the lines
So read the meaning of the lines
that are all within you.
That I have brought together in you
لاdo not تغادرleave out سطراًa line منof سطورِكَyour lines وادرand know
لا تغادر سطراً من سطورِكَ وادر
أشwhat هوit is معنىthe meaning of القمرthe moon الذيthat فيكwithin you يسريcourses
أش هو معنى القمر الذي فيك يسري
Leave out no line of your lines, and know
Do not miss any of your lines, realize
what the moon that courses within you means.
What is the meaning of the moon that flows in you
بحرُthe sea of فكريmy thought عميقdeep
بحرُ فكري عميق
ريحُthe fragrance of مسكيmy musk يعبقwafts fragrantly
ريحُ مسكي يعبق
The sea of my thought is deep;
My sea of thought is deep
the fragrance of my musk wafts.
My musky wind is fragrant
منwhoever دخلهُenters it حقيقtruly
من دخلهُ حقيق
لاشwhy يخافhe fears أنthat يغرَقhe might drown
لاش يخاف أن يغرَق
Whoever truly enters it—
Whoever entered it, true
why should he fear drowning?
Has no fear of drowning
يدريknows هذاthis الطريقpath
يدري هذا الطريق
منwhoever كانis عبداًa servant للحقof the Truth
من كان عبداً للحق
This path is known
Knows this path
to whoever is a servant of the Truth.
Who was a servant of the Truth
إنindeed ذلكthat البحرsea لاnot يقاسُis measured ببحريagainst my sea
إن ذلك البحر لا يقاسُ ببحري
بحرُthe sea of فكريmy thought دررpearls والزهرُand the flowers فيon بريmy land
بحرُ فكري درر والزهرُ في بري
Indeed, that sea cannot be measured against my sea.
That sea cannot be measured against my sea
My thought's sea is pearls, and on my land are flowers.
My sea of thought is pearls and flowers on land
فانتَبَهتthen I awoke للخطابto the address
فانتَبَهت للخطاب
وسمِعتُand I heard منّيfrom myself
وسمِعتُ منّي
Then I awoke to the address,
So I heeded the address
and heard from myself.
And heard from me
كلّيmy whole self عنfrom كليmy whole self غابvanished
كلّي عن كلي غاب
وأناand I عنيfrom myself مفنيeffaced
وأنا عني مفني
My whole self vanished from my whole self,
All of me was absent from all of me
and I was effaced from myself.
And I from myself vanished
وارتفعand was lifted ليfor me الحجابthe veil
وارتفع لي الحجاب
وشهِدتُand I witnessed أنّيthat I
وشهِدتُ أنّي
And the veil was lifted for me,
And the veil was lifted from me
and I witnessed that I
And I witnessed that
ماnot بقىremained ليto me آثارtraces غبتُI vanished عنfrom أثريmy trace
ما بقى لي آثار غبتُ عن أثري
لمdid not أجِدI find منanyone who حضرwas present فيin الحقيقةreality غيرanother
لم أجِد من حضر في الحقيقة غير
had no traces left; I vanished from my own trace.
No traces remained, I was absent from my traces
I found no other present in reality.
I did not find anyone present in reality except
ساداتيmy masters وافهمواand understand
ساداتي وافهموا
المرادthe intended meaning منof قوليmy words
المراد من قولي
And understand, my masters,
My masters, understand
the intent of my words.
The intended meaning of my words
هذاthis لاnot نكتُمُهwe conceal it
هذا لا نكتُمُه
عنfrom أحدanyone منamong أهليmy people
عن أحد من أهلي
This we do not conceal
This we do not conceal
from any of my people.
From anyone of my people
سرّيmy secret لاnot يفهَمُهunderstands it
سرّي لا يفهَمُه
إلّاexcept منwhoever كانis مثليlike me
إلّا من كان مثلي
No one understands my secret
My secret cannot be comprehended
except one who is like me.
Except by one who is like me
سلكُthe thread of عقديmy necklace انتَشَرcame undone بداappeared ليto me دريmy pearls
سلكُ عقدي انتَشَر بدا لي دري
نظّمواهُrestring it ياO جوارmaidens إنَّنيfor I am فيin سكريmy intoxication
نظّمواهُ يا جوار إنَّني في سكري
The thread of my necklace came undone; my pearls appeared to me.
Follow my strand, it spread, my inner reality appeared to me
Restring it, O maidens, for I am intoxicated.
Arrange it, O neighbors, I am indeed intoxicated