تغيرّتI changed لماwhen أنْthat تغيرchanged ليfor me المجرىthe course
تغيرّت لما أنْ تغير لي المجرى
لذاtherefore جئتُI did شيئاًsomething خارقاًviolating عندكمin your view أمراa command
لذا جئتُ شيئاً خارقاً عندكم أمرا
I changed when the course changed for me.
When my path was changed
Thus I did something that, in your eyes, violated a command.
I came to you as something extraordinary
فياso, oh ليتَif only شِعريmy knowing منwho يسيرtravels سيرناour journey
فيا ليتَ شِعري من يسير سيرنا
إلىto حضرةٍa presence ذوقيةٍknown through tasting شربهاdrinking of it أمراa command
إلى حضرةٍ ذوقيةٍ شربها أمرا
Oh, if only I knew who travels our path
I wish I knew who would walk our walk
to a presence known through tasting, drinking of it as a command.
To a spiritual presence whose drink was a matter
إذاwhen رويتare quenched أكبادناour livers منfrom شَرابهاits drink
إذا رويت أكبادنا من شَرابها
وأحدثand I bring about فيin الأكوانthe worlds منthrough شربهاdrinking it أمراa matter
وأحدث في الأكوان من شربها أمرا
When our livers are quenched by its drink,
When our livers are watered from her drink
and I bring something about in the worlds through drinking it,
And her drink affects the universes in some way
وصحتْand became established لناfor us فيin العالمينthe worlds خلافةvicegerency
وصحتْ لنا في العالمين خلافة
خلعتُI cast off بهاthrough it عنfrom ذاتهhis essence النهيthe prohibition والأمراand the command
خلعتُ بها عن ذاته النهي والأمرا
and vicegerency is established for us in the worlds,
And the vicegerency was sound for us in the two worlds
I cast off, through it, prohibition and command from his essence.
I stripped from it prohibitions and commands