The Lament of Iblees

ووٚد ابلیٖسن ٹکھ لوٚگُم دورس

Wod Ibleesan, takh logum dooras

Iblees wept bitterly: "My reign has met its ruin!

سٮؠٹھاہ کرے مس عبادت

Setha karemas ibaadat

Even though I had offered Him such boundless, unyielding worship

کٔمؠ پوو دوٗرٮؠر مےٚ تہٕ منصوٗرس

Kamy poow dooryer may te Mansooras

Who created this vast distance between me and Mansur?

تس تہٕ مےٚ ٲس اکٕے کتھ

Tas te may aas akey kath

For he and I uttered the exact same word

تس ژوٚل نیٖرتھ انَ منصوٗرس

Tas tsol neerith 'Ana' Mansooras

From Mansur's lips slipped the cry 'Ana' (I Am)

شاباش کوٚرنس چھے ''رحمت''

Shaabaash kornas chhey 'rahmat'

And he was praised and embraced with Divine Mercy

میٚے چھُم ژھٮؠپہٕ زن دیاوان ژوٗرس

Mye chhum tshepe zan dyawaan tsooras

Yet I am treated with the hidden contempt reserved for a thief

مردوٗد میانیو رٹو لعنت

Mardood myaanyo rato laanat

And condemned with the decree: 'O My outcast, take My curse!'

بہٕ اوسُس وٲقف تِہنٛدس سیٖرس

Bo oosus waaqif tihindis seeras

I was intimately aware of His divine secret

مولوٗم ٲسٕم نہٕ سۄ حقیقت

Moloom aasim ne soa haqeeqat

But alas, I could not comprehend that ultimate Reality

تٔمؠ ییٚلہِ لوٚدنم بہٕ کتٛیو لوٗرس

Tamy yeli lodnam, bo kityo looras

When He Himself decreed this fate for me, how could I possibly avert it?

اتھ معنہِ ژارن اہلِ معرفت

Ath maani tsaaran ahl-e-maarifat

The profound meaning of this paradox will only be unraveled by the true Gnostics