قَليلٌ بِالوَرى مِثلي

قَليلٌ بِالوَرى مِثلي

عَزيزٌ عَزَّ بِالذُلِّ

عَزيزٌ عَزَّ بِالذُلِّ

Rare among humankind is one like me—

Few in the world are like me,

mighty, grown mighty through abasement

Precious to be honored amid disgrace.

لِمَن أَنظُرُهُ بَعدي

لِمَن أَنظُرُهُ بَعدي

وَمَن هُوَ قَبلُ مِن قَبلي

وَمَن هُوَ قَبلُ مِن قَبلي

to the one I behold after me,

To whom shall I look after me,

and the one who is before—before me.

And who was before me from before?

فَفي فَتقي بِهِ رَتقي

فَفي فَتقي بِهِ رَتقي

وَفي وَصلي بِهِ فَصلي

وَفي وَصلي بِهِ فَصلي

So in my rending through him lies my mending,

So in my separation is my binding,

and in my union with him lie my separation

And in my connection is my severance.

وَكُلِّياتُ جُزئِيّا

وَكُلِّياتُ جُزئِيّا

تِ ما يَظهَرُ مِن كُلّي

تِ ما يَظهَرُ مِن كُلّي

and the universals of the particu-

All my parts are wholes

lars of what appears from my whole.

Of what appears from the Totality.

وَفي تَفريقِ الجامِ

وَفي تَفريقِ الجامِ

عِ عِندي مُجمَعُ الكُلِّ

عِ عِندي مُجمَعُ الكُلِّ

And in the dispersal of the gather-

And in the cup's dispersion

er, with me is the gathering of the whole.

Is for me the whole's collection.