Ibn Arabi
قلت لما أن قال قومي بأنـي | قلت ما قلت والكؤس تـدار | |
من مدير الكؤس قلت حبيبـي | وهو شربي الذي عليه المدار | |
ثم قالوا فما يقـول حـبـيب | في إله له القلـوب تـعـار | |
ولسان الكريم يعطـيك مـالا | ثم يأتيك سـائلاً فـتـحـار | |
كرماً منه وامتناناً وفـضـلاً | ولك الحكم بعد ذا والخـيار | |
إن تشأ قلت أنت مالـك هـذا | أو تشأ ضده فـلـيس يغـا | |
كل هذا أباحه لـك فـضـلاً | حكم الخبر فيه والاضطرار |
Since my people said that I said what I said as the goblets were passed around,
I said, “Who is passing the goblets?”
I said, “My beloved! He also is my drink being passed around”.
They said, “What does a lover say of a Divinity to whom hearts are loaned ?
The speech of the most Generous confounds you;
he gives you money then comes, a beggar, asking from you”
All of it is from Him: Generosity, Bounty and Grace.
The decision is after that for you, and the choice:
You may wish to say, "You are the Owner of all this",
or you may wish otherwise, He will not dispute.
All of it He has permitted you out of His Grace:
To decide what to make known about Him freely or to be compelled.
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