ريان فلكي عين الحق تحفظه

ريان فلكي عين الحق تحفظه

وهو السفينة والأمواج والماءُ

وهو السفينة والأمواج والماءُ

My ship is water-sated; the eye of the Real guards it.

Cosmic ray, God's eye preserves it

And He is the ship, the waves, and the water.

It is the ship, the waves, and the water

تجري بأعينه والعينُ واحدةٌ

تجري بأعينه والعينُ واحدةٌ

ممن وقل لي إلى من فهي أسماءُ

ممن وقل لي إلى من فهي أسماءُ

It sails under His eyes, though the eye is one.

It flows with His eyes, though the eye is one

From whom—and tell me, to whom? For these are names.

Tell me, from whom and to whom are they names?

ما في الوجود سوى هذا وكان لنا

ما في الوجود سوى هذا وكان لنا

في كل حادثة رمز وإيماء

في كل حادثة رمز وإيماء

Nothing exists but this; and we have had

Nothing exists but this, and for us

In every occurrence a symbol and a hint.

In every incident, a symbol and a gesture

الله يحفظنا منه ويحفظه

الله يحفظنا منه ويحفظه

منا فتحن الأذلاء الأعزاء

منا فتحن الأذلاء الأعزاء

God protects us from Him and protects Him

May God protect us from it and protect it

From us; so we are the lowly, the mighty.

From us, so the lowly and the noble opened

به اعتززنا كما بنا يعزّ وهل

به اعتززنا كما بنا يعزّ وهل

يحلُّ رمزي إلا الواو والهاءُ

يحلُّ رمزي إلا الواو والهاءُ

Through Him we gained might, as through us He gains might; and does

Through it we were ennobled, as through us He is exalted

Anything unravel my riddle except wāw and hāʾ?

Can my symbol be resolved except into Waw and Ha?

مضى وجودي به عني فلستُ أنا

مضى وجودي به عني فلستُ أنا

ولستُ هن وهي أغراضٌ وآراء

ولستُ هن وهي أغراضٌ وآراء

My existence departed from me through Him, so I am not I.

My existence passed through it, I am no longer I

Nor am I they; these are aims and opinions.

Nor am I they, but objects and opinions

قد قلت ذلك عن علمٍ وعن ثقة

قد قلت ذلك عن علمٍ وعن ثقة

بما أقول وراح اللام والياء

بما أقول وراح اللام والياء

I have said that with knowledge and with confidence

I have said this with knowledge and certainty

In what I say; and lām and yāʾ have departed.

About what I say, and the L and the Y departed

فلا به كان كون لا و لا وله

فلا به كان كون لا و لا وله

وعنه كان فأمراضٌ وأدواء

وعنه كان فأمراضٌ وأدواء

So no being came to be through Him—no—nor for Him;

So neither by it was there being nor nothingness, but by it

And from Him it came to be—so there are illnesses and maladies.

Were illness and disease

لذاك قيل بمعلولٍ وعلة

لذاك قيل بمعلولٍ وعلة

من أجل ذا ثَم أسرارٌ وأشياءُ

من أجل ذا ثَم أسرارٌ وأشياءُ

For that reason, an effect and a cause were spoken of.

Thus it was said, with cause and causation

For this reason, there are mysteries and things.

For that, then, secrets and things

ونحن نعلمها وهو العليم بها

ونحن نعلمها وهو العليم بها

حين التوالد آباء وأبناء

حين التوالد آباء وأبناء

And we know them, and He is all-knowing about them:

We know them, and He knows them

At the time of begetting, fathers and sons.

At the time of genesis, fathers and sons

هو الشخيص الذي لا ريبَ يلحقنا

هو الشخيص الذي لا ريبَ يلحقنا

فيه ونحن ظلالاتٌ وأفياء

فيه ونحن ظلالاتٌ وأفياء

He is the distinct figure: no doubt assails us

He is the essence to which we undoubtedly will return

Concerning Him, while we are shadows and shades.

In it, while we are shadows and phantoms

لولا السنا ما بدت منه الظلالُ و لا

لولا السنا ما بدت منه الظلالُ و لا

إليه يقبض فالأنوار آباء

إليه يقبض فالأنوار آباء

Were it not for the radiance, the shadows would not appear from Him, nor

Had He not created us, no shadows would appear

Would He draw them back to Himself; thus the lights are fathers.

And to Him they shrink, so lights are fathers

والشخص أم لها وعنه قد ظهرتْ

والشخص أم لها وعنه قد ظهرتْ

وفيه كانت فإظهار وإخفاء

وفيه كانت فإظهار وإخفاء

And the figure is their mother, and from Him they have appeared.

And the essence is their mother, and through it

And in Him they were: manifestation and concealment.

They appeared, so manifestation and hiding