النون كالعينِ في أنطى وأعطاه

النون كالعينِ في أنطى وأعطاه

لحنٌ أتاه به شرعٌ فأعطاهُ

لحنٌ أتاه به شرعٌ فأعطاهُ

The nūn is like the ʿayn in “anṭā” and “aʿṭāhu.”

The noon is like the eye in giving and bestowing

A variant pronunciation that sacred law brought him and bestowed upon him.

A melody came to it through law so it bestowed

الحرفُ يُبدَل من حرفٍ يماثله

الحرفُ يُبدَل من حرفٍ يماثله

في قربِ مخرجهِ لذاك ساواه

في قربِ مخرجهِ لذاك ساواه

A letter is substituted for a letter that resembles it

The letter is substituted with a similar one

In the nearness of its articulation point; thus it matched it.

In the closeness of its articulation thus equated

وذا بعيدٌ فكيفَ الأمر فيه فقلْ

وذا بعيدٌ فكيفَ الأمر فيه فقلْ

بأنه بعضُ عينِ حينَ سمَّاه

بأنه بعضُ عينِ حينَ سمَّاه

Yet this is distant—how, then, does the matter stand here? Say:

If this is far, how so? Say

That it is part of ʿayn when he named it.

It is part of the eye when named

فقال والعين أيضا مثله وكذا

فقال والعين أيضا مثله وكذا

سين وشين لماذا العين حلاه

سين وشين لماذا العين حلاه

Then he said: the ʿayn too is like it, and likewise

So it said and the eye is also akin and so

Sīn and shīn; why did the ʿayn adorn it?

Sin and sheen why was the eye resolved

العين عم نفوس الكون أجمعها

العين عم نفوس الكون أجمعها

جداً وحققها فذاك معناه

جداً وحققها فذاك معناه

The ʿayn encompassed all the souls of the cosmos,

The eye comprehends the souls of the universe

Thoroughly, and made them real; that is its meaning.

Truly and verified thus its meaning

وما سواه فليس الأمر فيه كذا

وما سواه فليس الأمر فيه كذا

لسرِّ ذلك ربّ اللحن جلاه

لسرِّ ذلك ربّ اللحن جلاه

And for anything other than it, the matter is not so.

And anything else is not so

For that mystery, the master of speech unveiled it.

For the secret of melody glorified it

فقد تبين أنَّ العينِ سارية

فقد تبين أنَّ العينِ سارية

في كلِّ شيء لهذا السرِّ أدناه

في كلِّ شيء لهذا السرِّ أدناه

So it has become clear that the ʿayn flows

So it is clear the eye flows

Through everything; for this mystery he brought it nearer,

In everything for this secret we lowered

قرباً فأبدله نوناً مسامحةً

قرباً فأبدله نوناً مسامحةً

في كلِّ كونٍ يريدُ الحقَّ أبداه

في كلِّ كونٍ يريدُ الحقَّ أبداه

Into proximity, then replaced it with nūn, as a concession,

Closely so substituted it with a noon leniently

In every being that desires the Real, he made it manifest.

In every universe the truth desires perpetuated