Sol 6.1

  1. أَمَرتَني بِسَترِ كَشفِ غِطائي

    إِذ أَرَتني صَباحَها في مَسائي

    She commanded me to conceal the unveiling of my veil,

    When she showed me her morning in my evening.

  2. وَدَعَتني وَأَودَعَتني سِرّاً

    في سُراها عَدَت بِهِ أَعدائي

    And she called me and entrusted me with a secret;

    In her night journey, she outstripped my enemies with it.

  3. وَنَهَتني إِذ نَبَّهَتني عَن بَثِّ

    هَواها إِلى ذَوي الأَهواءِ

    And, when she awakened me, she forbade me to spread

    Love of her among those given to passions.

  4. وَإِلى الفَجرِ أَوعَدتني وَفيهِ

    وَعَدتني الإِبلالَ مِن بَلوائي

    And until dawn she threatened me, while at dawn

    She promised me recovery from my affliction.

  5. فَأَزاحَت خَوفَ الوَعيدِ بِوَعدٍ

    قَبَضَ اليَأسَ مِنهُ بَسطُ رَجائي

    So she dispelled fear of the threat with a promise;

    The expansion of my hope through it constricted despair.

  6. وَعَلَيَّ المَوتُ بايَعَتني وَقالَت

    مَن وَفى لي مَنَحتُهُ بِوَفائي

    With death upon me, she made a pact with me and said:

    Whoever is faithful to me, I reward with my faithfulness.

  7. وَلِتَعليقِها المُنى بِالمَنايا

    صِرتُ أَهوى مَنِيَّتي لِمُنائي

    And because she bound hopes to death,

    I came to love my death for the sake of my hopes.

  8. وَبِها إِذا قُضيتُ نَحبي قَضَت لي

    بِمَقامِ الأَبرارِ وَالشُهَداءِ

    And through her, when I fulfilled my term, she decreed for me

    The station of the righteous and the martyrs.

  9. وَمِنَ المَسجَدِ الحَرامِ إِلى

    الأَقصى أَرَتني أَسِرَّةَ الإِسراءِ

    And from the Sacred Mosque to

    Al-Aqsa, she showed me the couches of the Night Journey.

  10. وَأَقَرَّت بِنورِ نارِ قِراها

    في قُراها بِناظِري أَحشائي

    And with the light of her hospitable fire she soothed

    My inmost being through my eye, within her villages.

  11. وَاِنثَنَت عِندَها اِنثَنَت لي إِماماً

    سَدرَةُ المُنتَهى إِلَيها وَرائي

    And she turned; in her presence there bowed, as my guide,

    The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, toward her, behind me.

  12. وَبِروباصِها تَهَيّا خَلاصي

    مِن قَذى طينَتي فَراقَ صَفائي

    And through her rūbāṣ [unclear term], my deliverance was readied

    From the dross of my clay; thus my purity grew clear.

  13. وَوُرودُ السَرابِ مِنها ثَناني

    مَورِداً لِلعِطاشِ بَعدَ ظَمائي

    And approaching her mirage transformed me

    Into a watering place for the thirsty, after my own thirst.

  14. وَبِعَينِ الحَياةِ سِرتُ إِلى حَيٍّ

    بِهِ المَوتُ مُنيَةَ الأَحياءِ

    And by the Spring of Life I journeyed to an encampment

    Where death is the wish of the living.

  15. غَيَّبَتني مِن بَعدِما أَشهَدَتني

    وَأَعادَت شَهادَتي بِنَداءِ

    She made me absent after letting me witness,

    And restored my witnessing with a call.

  16. فَثَناني اِستِحياؤُها في اِنثِنائي

    نَحوَها ماشِياً عَلى اِستِحياءِ

    Then her modesty checked me as I turned

    Toward her, walking bashfully.

  17. وَبِأَلطافِها إِلَيها دَعَتني

    وَأَرَتني نُزولُها في سَمائي

    And with her gentle graces she called me to her,

    And showed me her descent into my sky,

  18. بِكِتابٍ فيهِ شِفاءُ اِكتِئابي

    مِن وَعيدِ القَلى بِوَعدِ اللِقاءِ

    With a book holding the cure for my dejection

    At the threat of rejection, through the promise of reunion.

  19. ناطِقٌ صامِتٌ مُبينٌ مُعمى

    ساتِرٌ كاشِفٌ قَريبَ نائي

    Speaking yet silent, clear yet obscure,

    Veiling yet unveiling, near yet far,

  20. ظاهِرٌ باطِنٌ أَنيقٌ عَميقٌ

    شاهِدٌ غائِبٌ عَنِ الأَغنياءِ

    Outward yet inward, elegant yet profound,

    Present, yet absent from the wealthy;

  21. مُحكَمٌ ذو تَشابُهٍ وَاِئتِلافٍ

    في اِختِلافِ الآياتِ وَالأَجزاءِ

    Firmly wrought, possessing resemblance and harmony

    Amid the diversity of verses and parts.

  22. فَعَلَيهِ جَعَلتُ وَقفاً فُؤادي

    عِندَما جاءَ جامِعُ الأَشياءِ

    So I made my heart an endowment to it,

    When the gatherer of all things came.

  23. وَإِلَيهِ عِندَ الخِصامِ اِحتِكامي

    فَلِذا رُحتُ داحِضاً خُصَمائي

    And to it I turn for judgment in disputes;

    Thus I went forth refuting my adversaries.

  24. حَبَّذا ما بِهش حَبَّتني عَلى الهَجرِ

    جَزاءً مِنها لِصِدقِ وَلائي

    How welcome what she bestowed on me despite estrangement [wording uncertain],

    A recompense from her for the truth of my devotion.

  25. فَسَناها أَهدى لِعَيني ضِياها

    وَهُداها أَسرى إِلَيَّ هُدائي

    So her radiance gave my eye her brightness,

    And her guidance conveyed my guidance to me by night.

  26. بِصَفاها مِمَنوعَةً أَن تَراها

    عَينُ راءِ إِلّا بِوَصفِ الرائي

    In her purity, she cannot be seen

    By a beholder's eye, except through the beholder's attributes.

  27. وَلِعجزي عَن أَن أَراها بِإِيّاها

    بَدَت بِالصِفاتِ وَالأَسماءِ

    And because I cannot see her through her very self,

    She appeared through attributes and names.

  28. فَعَلَيها ما دَلَّ قَلبي سِواها

    وَإِلَيها لَم تَدَعُني بِسَوائي

    So none but she guided my heart to her,

    And she did not summon me to her through anyone but myself.

  29. وَلِهَذا شاهَدتُ آياتُ صَحبي

    وَنَهاياتِ ما رَأَوا في اِبتِدائي

    And thus I witnessed my companions' signs,

    And the utmost reaches of what they saw, at my own beginning.