إذاwhen قلتI said ياO اللهGod لبىhe answered منfrom الحشىthe inner depths
إذا قلت يا الله لبى من الحشى
فأصغيتso I listened attentively نحوtoward الصوتthe voice والعينand the eye فيin غشاa veil
فأصغيت نحو الصوت والعين في غشا
When I cried, “O God,” an “At Your service!” answered from deep within.
When I said, “O God,” he answered from the depths within.
Then I listened toward the voice, while the eye lay beneath a veil.
So I listened toward the voice, while the eye was veiled.
وقالand said شهوديmy witnessing إنif تأملتyou contemplated شاهديmy witness
وقال شهودي إن تأملت شاهدي
إذاwhen طلعrose الليلthe night الإلهيdivine فيin العشاthe evening
إذا طلع الليل الإلهي في العشا
My witnessing said, as I contemplated my Witness,
And my witnessing said, if you contemplate my witness,
when the divine night rose amid the darkening dusk:
when the divine night rises in the evening.
لأنيbecause I وترam unpaired لمnot تشفعهmake it even ذاتكمyour plural essence
لأني وتر لم تشفعه ذاتكم
لأنكbecause you منamong أهلthe people of العزاءconsolation معwith العشاdim sight
لأنك من أهل العزاء مع العشا
“For I am the Odd, whom your essence has not made even,
For I am unpaired; your essence has not made me even,
for you are among the mourners at nightfall.
because you are among the people of consolation, with dim sight.
وإنand if شئتyou wished قلتI said العينthe essence منيin me عينهhis essence
وإن شئت قلت العين مني عينه
وإنand if مدمنهstretches from himself (reading مدّ منه) نحوtoward أعيانناour essences الرشاthe rope
وإن مدمنه نحو أعياننا الرشا
And if you wish, say: the eye within me is His eye.
And if you wish, I say: the essence in me is his essence.
And if He stretches ropes from it toward our very essences,
And if he stretches the rope from himself toward our essences,
وجاءand came بنعتٍwith an attribute فيهin it عينيmy essence وعينهand his essence
وجاء بنعتٍ فيه عيني وعينه
لذاtherefore يقبلaccepts القرضthe loan الذيthe one who حرَّمforbade الرشىbribes
لذا يقبل القرض الذي حرَّم الرشى
and my eye and His come there bearing my attribute,
and comes with an attribute containing my essence and his,
then He who forbade bribes accepts the loan.
thus the one who forbade bribes accepts a loan.
ومَنْand whoever كانwas هذاthis حالهhis state فهوthen he is شاهدa witness
ومَنْ كان هذا حاله فهو شاهد
عليهagainst him بأنthat العقلَthe intellect فيin الفكرthought فيin غشاa veil
عليه بأن العقلَ في الفكر في غشا
Whoever is in such a state is a witness
And whoever is in this state bears witness
to this: that reason, amid thought, is veiled.
against himself that the intellect is veiled in thought.
فماso nothing ثَمthere إلاexcept الكشفunveiling ماnothing ثمthere غيرهُother than it
فما ثَم إلا الكشف ما ثم غيرهُ
لهfor him ترفعare lifted الأستارthe veils فيat الحالِthe present moment إنif يشاhe wills
له ترفع الأستار في الحالِ إن يشا
For there is nothing there but unveiling, nothing besides it.
So there is nothing there but unveiling; nothing else is there.
Through it the veils are lifted at once, if He wills.
For him the veils are lifted at once, if he wills.
وماand no ثمthere سترٌveil غيرexcept أنيthat I فرضتهposited it
وما ثم سترٌ غير أني فرضته
ومَنْand whoever يقبلِaccepts النقصانَdeficiency قدmay يقبلaccept المشاwalking
ومَنْ يقبلِ النقصانَ قد يقبل المشا
There is no veil there, except that I myself posited it;
And there is no veil there except one I have posited.
and whoever accepts deficiency may accept the Peripatetic school.
And whoever accepts deficiency may accept walking.
هوhe القمرthe moon الوضّاحradiant فيهاwithin it كمثلِjust like ماthat
هو القمر الوضّاح فيها كمثلِ ما
هوhe الشمسُthe sun والروضُand the garden المنمنمembroidered والرشاand the fawn
هو الشمسُ والروضُ المنمنم والرشا
He is the radiant moon therein, just as
He is the radiant moon within it, just as
He is the sun, the embroidered meadow, and the young gazelle.
he is the sun, the embroidered garden, and the fawn.
