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ثم إني أخبرك بقصتي ـــ و أبت إليك شكوى غصتي
أقسم بعلى عزته ـــ و قوي قدرته
لقد خلقني ـــ و في بحار أحديته غرقني
و في بيداء أبديته حيرني
تارة يطلع من مطالع أبديته فينعشني
و تارة يدنيني من مواقف قربه فيؤنسني
و تارة يحتجب بحجاب عزته فيوحشني
و تارة يناجيني بمناجاة لطفه فيطربني
و تارة يواصلني بكاسات حبه فيسكرني
و كلما استعذبت من عربذة سكري
قال لسان أحديته "لن تراني"ـ
فذبت من هيبته فرقا ـــ و تمزقت من محبته قلقا
و صعقت من تجلي عظمته ـــ كما خر موسى صعقا
فلما أفقت من سكرة وجدي به ـــ قيل لي
أيها العاشق هذا جمال قد صناه ـــ و حسن قد حجبناه
فلا ينظره إلا حبيب قد اصطفيناه ـــ و يتيم قد ربيناه
فإذا سمعت "سبحان الذي أسرى بعبده" ـ
فقف على طريق عروجه إلينا ـــ و قدومه علينا
لعلك ترى من يرانا ـــ و تفوز بمشاهدة من لم ينظر سوانا
The text below is a try to translate into English the above excerpt from the book "The Tree of Universe" by the great Sufi "Ibn Arabi". It narrates what the Throne of God said about the day of Ascent of the Prophet Mohamed :
I'll tell you my story ـــ And whisper to you my heartbreak
I swear by His High Glory ـــ And His powerful outbreak
He created me ـــ And in his Oneness drowned me
And in his infinite eternity ـــ I lost my identity
Sometimes He arises and refreshes me from His Eternity
Sometimes He brings me in His Nearness, such intimacy
Sometimes He hides behind his Glory Curtain, I'm too lonely
Sometimes His whispers make me jubilant out of sound beauty
Sometimes He gives me glass after glass of his Love until I'm drunk
of His Majesty
And when I am totally intoxicated
His Oneness says : "you can't see me" poor plotzed
Then all my being from His Majesty shattered
And from His Love my anxiety exploded
I collapse since He reveals himself to me
As Moses collapsed one day near the sacred tree
When I wake up from my drunkenness, I'm said,
You lover, this beauty is protected
This prettiness is behind a curtain safeguarded
Only a chosen lover can see it
An orphan we raised can only access it
If you hear "Exalted is He who took His Servant by night ..."
Stand up in the path of his ascent light
In his way coming to Us
You may see who sees Us
And earn to contemplate who never see anyone other than Us
