أناI ورقاءُa gray dove المثانيdualities
أنا ورقاءُ المثاني
مَسكنيmy dwelling رَوضُthe garden المعانيthe meanings
مَسكني رَوضُ المعاني
I am the gray dove of dualities.
I am the sublime verses
My dwelling is the garden of meanings.
My abode is the garden of meanings
أناI عينٌan essence فيin العيانِthe visible realm
أنا عينٌ في العيانِ
ليسthere is not ليfor me غيرُanything other than المثانيdualities
ليس لي غيرُ المثاني
I am an essence in the visible realm.
I am an eye witnessing Existence
I have nothing but dualities.
I have none other than the sublime verses
فينادينيso He calls me ياO ثانيsecond
فيناديني يا ثاني
وأناand I لستُI am not بثانيa second
وأنا لستُ بثاني
So He calls me, “O second!”
So call me, oh companion
Yet I am no second.
And I am not a companion
ينتهيculminates إلىin وجوديmy existence
ينتهي إلى وجودي
كلُّevery شيءٍthing فيin الكيانbeing
كلُّ شيءٍ في الكيان
In my existence culminates
Everything in existence ends with me
Everything in being.
I recite the one whose essence
أناI أتلوI follow منthe One whose تسامتْhas risen high
أنا أتلو من تسامتْ
ذاتُهHis essence عنِbeyond العيانِsight
ذاتُه عنِ العيانِ
I follow Him whose exalted
Transcended existence
Essence is beyond sight.
I have acquired wisdom
ليfor me حكمٌauthority مُستفادٌderived
لي حكمٌ مُستفادٌ
فيamong الأقاصيthe farthest والأدانيand the nearest
في الأقاصي والأداني
Mine is a derived authority
In the farthest and nearest places
Among the farthest and the nearest.
I have no equal but the one
ليسthere is not ليfor me مثلa peer سوىexcept منone whose
ليس لي مثل سوى من
شانُهhis state يشبهresembles شانيmy state
شانُه يشبه شاني
I have no peer except one
Whose affair resembles mine
Whose state resembles mine.
So critique if you wish
فانتقدso examine critically إنif كنتَyou are تبغيyou seek
فانتقد إن كنتَ تبغي
ماwhat أتىcame بهwith it لسانيmy tongue
ما أتى به لساني
So examine closely, if you seek
What my tongue has brought
What my tongue has brought forth,
Of subtle things that draped
منof رقائقَsubtleties تدلَّتْhave descended
من رقائقَ تدلَّتْ
بحقائقَwith truths حسانِbeautiful
بحقائقَ حسانِ
Of subtleties that have descended
The realities of beautiful making
With beautiful truths,
For hearts that have turned
لقلوبٍfor hearts قدalready تولَّتْhave turned away
لقلوبٍ قد تولَّتْ
عنfrom زخارفِthe adornments الجِنانِthe gardens of Paradise
عن زخارفِ الجِنانِ
For hearts that have turned away
From the superficialities of paradise
From the finery of Paradise’s gardens,
Seekers of the Most High
طالباتٍseeking منHim who تعالىis exalted
طالباتٍ من تعالى
عنbeyond تصاريفِthe vicissitudes الزمانِtime
عن تصاريفِ الزمانِ
Seeking Him who is exalted
Beyond the cycles of time
Above the vicissitudes of time.
He is the One, the Exalted
فهوso He الفردُthe Unique One المعلىthe exalted
فهو الفردُ المعلى
ماnot لهfor Him فيin الحكمِauthority ثانيa second
ما له في الحكمِ ثاني
For He is the exalted Unique One;
He has no second in dominion
He has no second in authority.
It is He who chose me
وهوand He الذيthe One who اجتبانيHe singled me out
وهو الذي اجتباني
وهوand He الذيthe One who اصطفانيHe chose me
وهو الذي اصطفاني
And He is the One who singled me out,
And He who elected me
And He is the One who chose me,
And made me a peer
وأقامنيand set me عَديلاًa counterpart
وأقامني عَديلاً
بينbetween دنٍّa wine jar ودِنانِand wine jars
بين دنٍّ ودِنانِ
And set me as a counterpart
Between baseness and exaltation
Between a wine jar and wine jars.
So I oppose all opponents
فأُقاصيso I keep far from كلَّevery قاصٍdistant one
فأُقاصي كلَّ قاصٍ
وأُدانيand I draw near to كلَّevery دانيnear one
وأُداني كلَّ داني
So I keep far from everyone distant,
And befriend all companions
And draw near to everyone near,
And assist all assistants
وأُواليand I befriend كلَّevery والٍruler
وأُوالي كلَّ والٍ
وأُعانيand I tend to كلَّevery عانيcaptive
وأُعاني كلَّ عاني
And befriend every ruler,
And accompany all accompaniers
And care for every captive.
فإذاso when هَويتI fall سَفلاًdownward
فإذا هَويت سَفلاً
فبروجُthen the towers السَّرَيانِpermeation
فبروجُ السَّرَيانِ
So when I fall downward,
So when I fall low
Then, the towers of permeation;
It is by the mansions of exaltation
وإذاand when صعدتُI ascend عُلواًupward
وإذا صعدتُ عُلواً
فلتحليلthen for dissolving المبانيthe structures
فلتحليل المباني
And when I ascend on high,
And when I ascend on high
Then it is to dissolve the structures.
It is by unraveling creations
فأناso I أعطيI give المعانيthe meanings
فأنا أعطي المعاني
وأناand I أخليI empty المغانيthe abodes
وأنا أخلي المغاني
So I bestow meanings,
So I give meanings
And I empty the abodes.
And I empty supplications
Partial English translation: 37 of 38 Arabic lines translated.