أَنْتُمُ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالأَثَرِ

أَنْتُمُ لِلْعَيْنِ وَالأَثَرِمُنْتَهَى الآمَالِ وَالوَطَرِ

Antumu lilʿayni wa-al-ʾathari, Muntahā al-ʾāmāli wa-al-waṭari

You are, for the eye and the trace, the utmost of hopes and desires.

يَا سُكُوناً فِي السَّرَائِرِ مِنْسِرِّ سِرِّي لَا مِنَ النَّظَرِ

Yā sukūnan fī as-sarāʾiri min, Sirri sirrī lā mina an-naẓari

O tranquillity in the inmost depths, from the secret of my secret, not from sight,

عَطْفَةً يَهْدَأْ بِهَا قَلِقٌضَاعَ مِنْهُ العُمْرُ فِي السَّفَرِ

ʿaṭfatan yahdaʾ bihā qaliqun, Ḍāʿa minhu al-ʿumru fī as-safari

A kind glance to calm a restless one whose life has been lost in travelling.

لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي لُجِّ فِكْرَتِهِرَاكِباً لِلْهَوْلِ وَالخَطَرِ

Lam yazal fī lujji fikratihi, Rākiban lilhawli wa-al-khaṭari

He has never ceased, in the depths of his thought, to ride out terror and danger,

سَائِحاً فِي بَرِّ مُعْتَبِرٍوَيْحَ مَقْصُورٍ عَلَى الفِكَرِ

Sāʾiḥan fī barri muʿtabirin, Wayḥa maqṣūrin ʿalā al-fikari

Wandering through the land of one who takes lessons; alas for one confined to his thoughts!

هَكَذَا فِي طُولِ مُدَّتِهِطَائِفاً فِي الحَادِثِ الدَّثِرِ

Hakadhā fī ṭūli muddatihi, Ṭāʾifan fī al-ḥādithi ad-dathiri

So he has been, all his long life, circling around the passing, perishing world.

أَيْنَ عِلْمُ الكَشْفِ مِنْ نَظَرٍأَيْنَ رَأْيُ العَيْنِ مِنْ خَبَرِ

Ayna ʿilmu al-kashfi min naẓarin, Ayna raʾyu al-ʿayni min khabari

What is the knowledge of unveiling beside reasoning? What is seeing with the eye beside hearsay?

أَيْنَ أَيْنَ المُهْمَلَانِ عُلاًوَانْخِفَاضاً فَارْمِ بِالبَصَرِ

Ayna ayna al-muhmalāni ʿulan, Wankhifāḍan farmi bi-al-baṣari

Where, where are the two left unmarked, above and below? Cast your gaze and see.

إِنَّ سِرَّ اللهِ مُسْتَتِرٌفِي جَمِيعِ الكَوْنِ وَالبَشَرِ

Inna sirra Allāhi mustatirun, Fī jamīʿi al-kawni wa-al-bashari

The secret of Allah is hidden throughout all creation and humanity.

فَاقْطَعِ الحُجْبَ الكَثِيفَةَ بِالسَّيْرِ عَنْهَا غَيْرَ مُقْتَصِرِ

Faqṭaʿi al-ḥujba al-kathīfata bi-as-sa, Yri ʿanhā ghayra muqtaṣiri

So cut through the dense veils by travelling away from them, never stopping short,

وَاقْطَعِ الحُجْبَ اللَّطِيفَةَ بِالسَّيْرِ فِيهَا غَيْرَ مُغْتَرِرِ

Waqṭaʿi al-ḥujba al-laṭīfata bi-as-sa, Yri fīhā ghayra mughtariri

And cut through the subtle veils by travelling within them, never deceived.

فَإِذَا جَاوَزْتَ مُرْتَقِياًسِدْرَةَ الأَسْرَارِ وَالقَدَرِ

Faʾidhā jāwazta murtaqiyan, Sidrata al-ʾasrāri wa-al-qadari

When you have passed beyond, ascending, the lote tree of secrets and destiny,

فَتَوَقَّفْ وَانْتَظِرْ عَلَماًمِنْ عُلُومِ الأَمْرِ وَادَّكِرِ

Fatawaqqaf wantaẓir ʿalaman, Min ʿulūmi al-ʾamri waddakiri

Then stop, and wait for a knowledge from the sciences of the divine command, and remember.

وَاحْتَفِظْ بِالشَّرْعِ وَابْغِ بِهِحُكْمَ رَبِّ العَرْشِ فِي الصُّوَرِ

Waḥtafiẓ bi-ash-sharʿi wabghi bihi, Ḥukma rabbi al-ʿarshi fī aṣ-ṣuwari

Hold fast to the Law and seek by it the judgment of the Lord of the Throne in all forms,

دِينَ خَيْرِ الخَلْقِ أَشْرَفِهِمْسَيِّدِ السَّادَاتِ مِنْ مُضَرِ

Dīna khayri al-khalqi ashrafihim, Sayyidi as-sādāti min muḍari

The religion of the best of creation, the noblest of them, master of masters, of Mudar.

صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ تَبْلُغُهُمَا تَغَنَّى الوُرْقُ فِي الشَّجَرِ

Ṣalawātu Allāhi tablughuhu, Mā taghannā al-wurqu fī ash-shajari

May the blessings of Allah reach him as long as the grey doves sing in the trees.