وجودي وجودُ العارفين لأنهم

وجودي وجودُ العارفين لأنهم

كمثلِ الذي أشهدته أشهد واحقا

كمثلِ الذي أشهدته أشهد واحقا

My existence is the existence of the knowers, for they

My existence is the existence of the knowers, for they

Are like the one I made to witness: they were truly made to witness.

Are like those I have witnessed, I witness truly

فعينهمُ عيني ولستُ سوى لهم

فعينهمُ عيني ولستُ سوى لهم

ولو أطلقوا جمعاً ولو أطلقوا فرقا

ولو أطلقوا جمعاً ولو أطلقوا فرقا

So their essence is my essence, and I am no other to them,

Their eyes are my eyes, and I am none but them

Even if they call it union, even if they call it separation.

Be they joined or separated, universally or particularly

وكونهمُ كون الإله كما أنا

وكونهمُ كون الإله كما أنا

فقل إنْ تشا حقاً وقل إن تشا خلقا

فقل إنْ تشا حقاً وقل إن تشا خلقا

And their being is God's being, as is mine.

And their being is the being of God, as I am

So say 'the Real,' if you wish, and say 'creation,' if you wish.

Say truth if you wish, or say creation if you wish

كزيتونة قامت على ساقِ موجودي

كزيتونة قامت على ساقِ موجودي

فما هي في غربٍ ولا رأتِ الشرقا

فما هي في غربٍ ولا رأتِ الشرقا

Like an olive tree that stood upon the stem of my existent being,

Like an olive tree standing on the leg of my existence

So it is not in the west, nor has it seen the east.

Neither westbound nor eastbound did it see

تعالت عن الأرواح لا ميل عندها

تعالت عن الأرواح لا ميل عندها

ويمطرها السحب الذي يُخرجُ الودقا

ويمطرها السحب الذي يُخرجُ الودقا

It rose above the spirits; it has no inclination.

Transcending spirits, without inclination it has

And the clouds that bring forth rain shower it.

And the clouds that bring forth drizzle rain upon it

فمنها بدا إلى ساق حرٍّ كما بدتْ

فمنها بدا إلى ساق حرٍّ كما بدتْ

لعيني منها المطوقة الورقا

لعيني منها المطوقة الورقا

So from it, something appeared to Sāq Ḥurr, just as there appeared

From it appeared to the leg of a free man, as appeared

To my eye, from it, the gray collared dove.

To my eyes from it, the leafy foliage

فعاينت آحاداً ولم أر كثرةً

فعاينت آحاداً ولم أر كثرةً

وقد قلت فيما قلته الحقَّ والصدقا

وقد قلت فيما قلته الحقَّ والصدقا

So I beheld individual ones, and saw no multiplicity.

So I witnessed unities, and saw no multiplicity

And in what I said, I spoke truth and truthfulness.

And I have spoken in what I spoke the truth and honesty

ونظمت أبياتاً من الشعر فيهما

ونظمت أبياتاً من الشعر فيهما

وما كان نطقي بل هما عينا النطقا

وما كان نطقي بل هما عينا النطقا

And I composed verses of poetry about them both.

And composed verses of poetry about them

And it was not my speech; rather, those two were the twin eyes of speech.

Not my speech, but they are the essence of speech

سواسيةٌ أسنانُ مشطٍ تراهمُ

سواسيةٌ أسنانُ مشطٍ تراهمُ

وهم في سفال جاوزوا الدوح والأفقا

وهم في سفال جاوزوا الدوح والأفقا

You see them equal, like the teeth of a comb.

The teeth of a comb they are, you see them

And while low down, they passed beyond the great trees and the horizon.

And in a lowland beyond hills and horizon they are

لهم حركات في سكون فصنعهُم

لهم حركات في سكون فصنعهُم

صنيعُ الذي من أجله أوجدوا الفرقا

صنيعُ الذي من أجله أوجدوا الفرقا

They have movements in stillness; so their work

They have motions in stillness, so their maker

Is the work of the one for whose sake they brought separation into being.

Is He for whom they were created, the separator

فيفعل بالشكل المعين وضعه

فيفعل بالشكل المعين وضعه

لذاك تراه يحفظ الرتق والفتقا

لذاك تراه يحفظ الرتق والفتقا

So he acts through the form whose placement is specified.

So He acts in the form that He has set for it

For that reason, you see him preserving the joining and the sundering.

Thus you see Him preserving harmony and rupture