أناI سرّsecret الجنونmadness قبلbefore الجنونmadness
أنا سرّ الجنون قبل الجنون
قلseldom أنthat تستقلstands on its own كافkāf (the Arabic letter k) بنونwith nūn (the Arabic letter n)
قل أن تستقل كاف بنون
I am the secret of madness, before madness itself.
I am the secret of madness before madness.
Say: a kāf attains independence through a nūn.
Seldom does a kāf stand on its own with a nūn.
أناI ظلshadow الهوىlove القديمancient ومعناand meaning (continued)
أنا ظل الهوى القديم ومعنا
هits (suffix completing the preceding word) ومجلىand the manifestation جمالهits beauty المكنونhidden
ه ومجلى جماله المكنون
I am the shadow of primordial love, and its meaning—
I am the shadow of ancient love and its meaning,
and the locus where its hidden beauty is revealed.
and the manifestation of its hidden beauty.
أناI روحspirit المعنىmeaning وآيةand a sign ملكdominion الthe (article continued on the next line)
أنا روح المعنى وآية ملك ال
خلقcreation قبلbefore الإبداعorigination والتكوينand formation
خلق قبل الإبداع والتكوين
I am the spirit of meaning, and a sign of creation’s King—
I am the spirit of meaning and a sign of dominion over
before origination and formation.
creation, before origination and formation.
أناI وجهface الوجهthe face الجميلbeautiful ومرآand visible form (continued)
أنا وجه الوجه الجميل ومرآ
هits (suffix completing the preceding word) ومهدىand the gift ندائهits call الكينونيpertaining to being
ه ومهدى ندائه الكينوني
I am the face of the beautiful Face, and its reflection—
I am the face of the beautiful face and its visible form,
and the destination of its ontological call.
and the gift of its call to being.
كنتI was قبلbefore الأكوانthe universes ذاتاًan essence وسرّاًand a secret
كنت قبل الأكوان ذاتاً وسرّاً
ملءُfullness معنىmeaning محبّةlove الياسمينjasmine
ملءُ معنى محبّة الياسمين
Before the worlds, I was an essence and a secret
I was, before the universes, an essence and a secret,
that filled the meaning of the love of jasmine.
the fullness of the meaning of love of jasmine.