Alone with the Alone by Ibn Arabi

Alone with the Alone by Ibn Arabi

Listen, O dearly beloved!

I am the reality of the world, the centre of the circumference,

I am the parts and the whole.

I am the will established between Heaven and Earth,

I have created perception in you only in order to be the object of My Perception.

If then you perceive Me, you perceive yourself.

But you cannot perceive Me through yourself.

It is through My Eyes that you see Me and see yourself,

Through your eyes you cannot see Me.

Dearly beloved!

I have called you so often and you have not heard Me.

I have shown Myself to you so often and you have not seen Me.

I have made Myself fragrance so often, and you have not smelled Me,

Savorous food, and you have not tasted Me.

Why can you not reach Me through the object you touch

Or breathe Me through sweet perfumes?

Why do you not see Me? Why do you not hear Me?

Why? Why? Why?

For you My delights surpass all other delights,

And the pleasure I procure you surpasses all other pleasures.

For you I am preferable to all other good things,

I am Beauty, I am Grace.

Love Me, love Me alone.

Love yourself in Me, in Me alone.

Attach yourself to Me,

No one is more inward than I.

Others love you for their own sakes,

I love you for yourself.

And you, you flee from Me.

Dearly beloved!

You cannot treat Me fairly,

For if you approach Me,

It is because I have approached you.

I am nearer to you than yourself,

Than your soul, than your breath.

Who among creatures

Would treat you as I do?

I am jealous of you, over you,

I want you to belong to no other,

Not even to yourself.

Be Mine, be for Me as you are in Me,

Though you are not even aware of it.

Dearly beloved!

Let us go toward Union.

And if we find the road

That leads to separation,

We will destroy separation.

Let us go hand in hand.

Let us enter the presence of Truth.

Let It be our judge

And imprint Its seal upon our union

For ever.

Alleen met de Alleen door Ibn Arabi

Luister, o zeer geliefde!

Ik ben de realiteit van de wereld, het middelpunt van de omtrek,

Ik ben de delen en het geheel.

Ik ben de wil die is gevestigd tussen Hemel en Aarde,

Ik heb perceptie in jou gecreëerd alleen om het object van Mijn Perceptie te zijn.

Als je Mij dan waarneemt, neem je jezelf waar.

Maar je kunt Mij niet door jezelf waarnemen.

Het is door Mijn Ogen dat je Mij ziet en jezelf ziet,

Door je ogen kun je Mij niet zien.

Zeer geliefde!

Ik heb je zo vaak geroepen en je hebt Mij niet gehoord.

Ik heb Mij zo vaak aan je getoond en je hebt Mij niet gezien.

Ik heb Mij zo vaak geurig gemaakt, en je hebt Mij niet geroken,

Heerlijk eten, en je