Translation
Completion of your Love is what I
desire
Look at my sincerity what little I desire1
It may be oppression or the promise of unveiling
Something testing my perseverance I desire
May the pious be happy with this Paradise
Only to see your Countenance I desire 2
Though I am but a tiny little heart I am so bold
To hear the same "Lan tar�n� " I desire 3
O assembly’s companions! I am existing only for a few moments
I am the dawn’s candle, I am about to be extinguished
I have divulged the secret in the full assembly
I am very insolent, punishment I desire4
Explanatory
Notes
1. Both the veiling of
the Beloved, represented here by torture, and the unveiling are tests of the patience and
perseverance of the Lover.
2. For a Mu’min the highest reward on the Day of Judgment is to be able to witness the Countenance of God (The Holy Qur’�n 3:15; 56:1-41).. See also Appendix III, No. 27, p. 123.
3. Allusion to the Holy Qur’�n 7:143. S. M�s� A.S. , a human being, made of clay, had the courage to request the Sight of the Countenance of God. His Love for God gave him that courage.
4. Allusion to the theory of Khud� of ‘All�mah Iqb�l.