بهجة النور بعد وقت الكسوفِ

بهجة النور بعد وقت الكسوفِ

فتعجب لواصف موصوفِ

فتعجب لواصف موصوفِ

The splendor of light after the hour of eclipse.

The joy of light after the eclipse's time

So marvel at a describer who is himself described.

So wonder at the describer of the described

حرفوه فصححوه جهاراً

حرفوه فصححوه جهاراً

وهو صف في عين كل الصفوف

وهو صف في عين كل الصفوف

They distorted it, then corrected it openly.

They pronounced it wrongly so corrected it openly

And it is a row in the very essence of all rows.

And it is a row among all rows

فقده وجده بعزة ذات

فقده وجده بعزة ذات

طبعه خارج عن المألوف

طبعه خارج عن المألوف

Its loss is its finding, through the might of essence.

Lost then found it with the honor of essence

Its nature lies outside the ordinary.

Its nature beyond the conventional

حرف لفظ وحرف رقم وحفظ

حرف لفظ وحرف رقم وحفظ

وحروف تألفت بحروف

وحروف تألفت بحروف

A letter of speech, a letter of writing and memory.

A letter of utterance and a letter of number and keeping

And letters joined together with letters.

And letters assembled with letters

كل من باعه به يشتريه

كل من باعه به يشتريه

واحد وهو ألف ألف ألوف

واحد وهو ألف ألف ألوف

Everyone who sold it buys it with it.

All who sold it buy it with it

One, yet it is a thousand thousand thousands.

One while it is thousands of thousands