Sol 6.1

  1. قرأت كتابَ الحقِّ بالحقِّ مُفهماً

    فلم أر مشهوداً سوى ألسنِ الخلقِ

    I read the book of the Real through the Real, granted understanding,

    and witnessed nothing but the tongues of creation.

  2. قلقت فلما أنْ سمعتُ معلمي

    تسمَّى بما للخلقِ عدتُ إلى الحقِّ

    I grew restless; then, when I heard my teacher

    take names belonging to creation, I returned to the Real,

  3. قريباً بما عندي من الحالِ بائناً

    بعيداً بما عندي من العلمِ والخلقِ

    near through the spiritual state I possessed, yet separate,

    far through the knowledge and created nature I possessed.

  4. قد أفلح من زكَّى حقيقةَ نفسِه

    وقد خاب من دساها في عالمِ الرتقِ

    He has indeed prospered who purified his soul's true nature,

    and he has indeed failed who buried it in the realm of closure.

  5. قدرتُ على كوني بعلمي بفاطري

    ولولا وجودُ الرتقِ لم أحظ بالفتق

    I gained mastery over my being through my knowledge of my Originator;

    and but for closure's existence, I would not have attained opening.

  6. قليل ترى من كانَ رَتقاً مُنضداً

    يحوز بميدانِ النهى قصبَ السبق

    Rarely do you see one once closed and layered

    win the reed of victory in reason's arena.

  7. قتيلٌ بسيفِ الوهم من كان ذا فكر

    وأين شهودُ الصفوِ من مشهد الرنق

    Whoever is given to thought is slain by the sword of illusion;

    and how far is witnessing clarity from beholding murk!

  8. قصدت بصدقي أن أفوز بخالقي

    فناداني المطلوبُ لا قرب في الصدقِ

    I sought through my sincerity to attain my Creator;

    so the One I sought called to me: "There is no nearness in sincerity."

  9. قنعتُ بما قد جاءني في بداية

    أيقنعُ بالتكليم من كان ذا عشقِ

    I was content with what had already come to me at the outset;

    is one possessed of passionate love content with being addressed?

  10. قبضتُ على ما قاله لا حجه

    فيا ليت شعري هل يرى الحق في الحق

    I seized upon what he said, to refute him;

    ah, would that I knew: is the Real seen in the Real?