Sol 6.1

  1. كم رأيناك ولم تشعر بنا

    إذ أنت وما أنت أنا

    How often we saw you, though you were unaware of us,

    when you were yourself, and you were not I.

  2. يعلم الله باني عبد من

    كلما قال أنا كان أنا

    God knows that I am the servant of the one

    who, whenever he said 'I,' was I.

  3. تاه فيه الفكر من عزته

    ليرى ما لا يرى إلا بنا

    Thought wandered lost in him because of his inaccessibility,

    seeking to see what is seen only through us.

  4. فإذا ما قلت هب لي نظرة

    قال لا أفعل ما دمت هنا

    So whenever I said, 'Grant me a glimpse,'

    he said, 'I will not, so long as you remain here.

  5. زل ترى ذاك الذي تطلبه

    من وجودي بك مرأى حسنا

    Vanish, and you will see what you seek

    of my existence through you—a beautiful sight.'

  6. إنَّ قلبي عين قلبي فانظروا

    تبصروا ما قلت صبحا بينا

    Indeed, my heart is my heart's eye; so look:

    you will see what I said as a clear dawn.

  7. لستُ ممن شرب العلم به

    عسلا بل كان ورشا لبنا

    I am not among those who drank knowledge through it

    as honey; rather, it was a preparation of milk.

  8. فإذا أسند لي ما يدَّعي

    من نصوص الوحي فيه عنعنا

    So when he supplied me a chain of transmission for what he claimed

    from revelation's texts, he narrated through 'on the authority of':

  9. حدث القلب عن الروح كما

    حدثَ القلب عن الله لنا

    The heart related on the spirit's authority, just as

    the heart related to us on God's authority:

  10. إنني عينك فانظر ما ترى

    فأتى بالنص فيه ما كنى

    'I am your eye; so look at what you see.'

    Thus he gave the explicit text concerning it, without speaking indirectly.