عِمْ صباحاً أيها الطللُ

عِمْ صباحاً أيها الطللُ

رسمُ أمرٍ كلُّه جللُ

رسمُ أمرٍ كلُّه جللُ

May your morning be happy, O ruined dwelling.

O ruins of the morning,

A trace of a command, wholly momentous.

The drawing of a matter, all majestic,

أمر مولى عنه قد ظهرت

أمر مولى عنه قد ظهرت

كل روح ما بها خلل

كل روح ما بها خلل

A Lord's command, from which has emerged

The command of the Master has appeared,

Every spirit, with no flaw within it.

Every spirit in it has no flaw,

وهو شأن الحق يسفر عن

وهو شأن الحق يسفر عن

نشأة بالنقص تكتمل

نشأة بالنقص تكتمل

And it is the Real's affair, giving rise to

And it is the affair of Truth that reveals

A creation that becomes complete through imperfection.

An origin completed with deficiency,

كل يوم قال خالقنا

كل يوم قال خالقنا

هو في شأن ولا ملل

هو في شأن ولا ملل

Every day, our Creator said,

Every day our Creator said

He is engaged in an affair, with no weariness.

He is in a matter and not bored,

يا عظيم الخطب أنت لها

يا عظيم الخطب أنت لها

لا يُمِلْكَ القصدُ والأمل

لا يُمِلْكَ القصدُ والأمل

O you of great import, you are equal to it.

O Greatest of tidings, You are for it

Let purpose and hope not weary you.

Neither purpose nor hope can possess,

جامع للكل منفرد

جامع للكل منفرد

ما سيأتي فيك والأول

ما سيأتي فيك والأول

Encompassing all, yet standing alone,

Gatherer of all, Singular,

What is to come is in you, and what came first.

What will come in You and the First,

وعليكم جاء أنفسَكم

وعليكم جاء أنفسَكم

فاستمعها أيها البطل

فاستمعها أيها البطل

And 'Attend to yourselves' has come;

And unto yourselves has come your souls

So listen to it, O hero.

So listen to it, O hero,

وتأمل من سواك ومن

وتأمل من سواك ومن

هو أنت الكل قد بطلوا

هو أنت الكل قد بطلوا

And contemplate whoever is other than you, and whoever

And contemplate other than You and who

Is you—all have come to naught.

Is You, all have been nullified,

ثم إن الغيب عنك بقي

ثم إن الغيب عنك بقي

ما له عما به حِوَل

ما له عما به حِوَل

Then indeed the unseen has remained beyond you;

Then indeed the unseen from You remained

It has no turning away from what is within it.

What has no revolution over it.