لي في خَلوَتي بِجَلوَةِ مَحبوبي

لي في خَلوَتي بِجَلوَةِ مَحبوبي

مَغيبٌ عَن مَشهَدِ الرُقباءِ

مَغيبٌ عَن مَشهَدِ الرُقباءِ

In my solitude, through my beloved's unveiling,

In my solitude with the beauty of my beloved

I am absent from the watchers' sight.

Hidden from the sight of spies

وَاِنقِطاعي بِهِ إِلَيهِ ثَناني

وَاِنقِطاعي بِهِ إِلَيهِ ثَناني

بِفِناءٍ أَطالَ فيهِ بَقائي

بِفِناءٍ أَطالَ فيهِ بَقائي

And my detachment, through him and toward him, turned me back

My turning to him made me disappear in him

through an annihilation in which he prolonged my abiding.

Prolonging my existence in annihilation

وَوَراهُ مِن حَيثُ أَضحى أَماماً

وَوَراهُ مِن حَيثُ أَضحى أَماماً

لِوَرائي أَمسى أَمامي وَرائي

لِوَرائي أَمسى أَمامي وَرائي

And behind him—where he came to be in front

What lay beyond him became, when he came before me,

of what lay behind me—my front became my rear.

Behind me, my fore and my aft,

وَبِإِيّاهٍ إِذ بَدا لي كَإِيّايَ

وَبِإِيّاهٍ إِذ بَدا لي كَإِيّايَ

إِلَيهِ عَرفَتُ مِنهُ دُعائي

إِلَيهِ عَرفَتُ مِنهُ دُعائي

And through his very self, when he appeared to me as my own self,

And I, when he seemed like me to me

I came to know, from him, my invocation to him.

Knew my prayer in calling upon him.

وَاِستَوَت نِسبَةُ الجِهاتِ إِلَيهِ

وَاِستَوَت نِسبَةُ الجِهاتِ إِلَيهِ

مَع تَعاليهِ عَن حُدودِ الفَضاءِ

مَع تَعاليهِ عَن حُدودِ الفَضاءِ

And all directions became equal in their relation to him,

All directions took on equal relation to him

while he transcends the bounds of space.

Though he is too sublime for space to contain

قَد أَراني السَماءَ قِبلَةَ أَرضي

قَد أَراني السَماءَ قِبلَةَ أَرضي

وَثَنى الأَرضَ قِبلَةً لِلسَماءِ

وَثَنى الأَرضَ قِبلَةً لِلسَماءِ

Indeed, he showed me the sky as my earth's direction of prayer,

The sky showed me my earthly orientation

and turned the earth into a direction of prayer for the sky.

Bending the earth into orientation with the sky

فَلِهَذا لَدَيهِ أَضحَت صَلاتي

فَلِهَذا لَدَيهِ أَضحَت صَلاتي

بِرُكوعي وَسَجدَتي وَاِستِوائي

بِرُكوعي وَسَجدَتي وَاِستِوائي

Thus, in his presence, my prayer is now

Thus with him my ritual prayer consists In my kneeling, my prostration, and my upright stance.

in my bowing, my prostration, and my standing upright.