هو الوارد القدسيُّ كالسيل يحطمُ

هو الوارد القدسيُّ كالسيل يحطمُ

فلا يستطيع القلب ذلك يكتمُ

فلا يستطيع القلب ذلك يكتمُ

It is the sacred influx, shattering like a torrent;

He is the sanctified stream, like a torrent that smashes

So the heart cannot conceal it.

So the heart cannot conceal that

جرى في مجاري الروح من حضرة العلى

جرى في مجاري الروح من حضرة العلى

فصادفنا نهواه والقلب مغرم

فصادفنا نهواه والقلب مغرم

It coursed through the spirit's channels from the Presence on high;

It flowed in the channels of the soul from the presence of the Most High

So it found us loving it, the heart enamored.

So we met its breeze, and the heart is enamored

فنلقيه نظماً تارة بكلامنا

فنلقيه نظماً تارة بكلامنا

ونلقيه نثراً عند من هو يفهم

ونلقيه نثراً عند من هو يفهم

So sometimes we voice it as verse in our own words,

Thus we cast it into poetry at times with our words

And we voice it as prose before one who understands.

And we cast it into prose for one who understands

نفرج عنا ما نقاسي بوقعه

نفرج عنا ما نقاسي بوقعه

فصولته غلابة والتحكُّم

فصولته غلابة والتحكُّم

We relieve ourselves of what its impact makes us suffer,

We relieve ourselves of what we suffer from its impact

For its onslaught is overpowering, and so is its dominion.

For its control is overwhelming and overpowering

له محونا طوراً وطوراً ثبوتنا

له محونا طوراً وطوراً ثبوتنا

ونحن به في جنة نتنعم

ونحن به في جنة نتنعم

To it belong our effacement at times, and at times our abiding;

It makes us vanish at times and at others makes us firm

And through it we revel in a paradise.

And we through it are in bliss and comfort

ألا عم صباحا قول من قال قبلنا

ألا عم صباحا قول من قال قبلنا

له ومساء نحن قلنا نتمم

له ومساء نحن قلنا نتمم

Lo, 'Good morning!' was what those before us said

Oh what a morning the words of one who spoke before us

To it; we said 'and evening,' to complete it.

To Him in the evening we say to fulfill

وليس الذي قد قال من كل قائل

وليس الذي قد قال من كل قائل

ومنا سوى الغيب الذي يتكلم

ومنا سوى الغيب الذي يتكلم

Nor is the one who has spoken through every speaker

And not everyone who has spoken is of every speaker

And through us, other than the Unseen who speaks.

Except the unseen who speaks from us

هو الظاهر المعروف في كل ظاهر

هو الظاهر المعروف في كل ظاهر

هو الباطن المجهول من ليس يعلم

هو الباطن المجهول من ليس يعلم

He is the Manifest, known in all that is manifest;

He is the evident, known in every evident

He is the Hidden, the unknown One, who is not known.

He is the hidden, unknown to one who does not know

عرفناه لا أنا عرفناه مثل ما

عرفناه لا أنا عرفناه مثل ما

عرفنا سواه والسوى فيه يعدم

عرفنا سواه والسوى فيه يعدم

We knew Him—not that we knew Him as

We knew Him, not that we knew Him as we knew

We knew what is other than Him; in Him all else is annihilated.

Others besides Him, and otherness in Him ceases to exist

وهيهات هيهات الوجود القديم لا

وهيهات هيهات الوجود القديم لا

يشير به عرفاننا ويترجم

يشير به عرفاننا ويترجم

And far, far beyond is eternal Being: never

Far, far removed, the eternal existence cannot

Does our knowing point to it or express it.

Be indicated by our knowing and translated