بك اللهم أصبحنا — Abdulrahman Ashmawi

بك اللهم أصبحنا يقينً

وإيمانًا بفضلك يحتوينا

Through You, O God, we have entered the morning in certainty,

and in faith that, by Your grace, enfolds us.

بك اللهم أصبحنا قلوبً

تتوق لربها دنيا ودينا

Through You, O God, we have entered the morning as hearts

that yearn for their Lord in worldly life and faith.

بك اللهم أصبحنا ,غسلن

بذكرك كل هم يعترينا

Through You, O God, we have entered the morning; we washed away

with remembrance of You every care that afflicts us.

غرسنا يومنا بالذكر غرسً

فما أحلى ثمار الغارسينا

We planted our day with remembrance;

how sweet, then, are the planters' fruits!

جنينا التمر والرمان منه

ونلنا خيرها عنبا وتينا

We gathered dates and pomegranates from it,

and gained its bounty—grapes and figs.

بك اللهم أصبحنا نفوسً

وأفئدةً تحب الصالحينا

Through You, O God, we have entered the morning as souls

and hearts that love the righteous.

وجدنا راحةً في النفس لمَّ

تلقينا الصباح مكبرينا

We found comfort in the soul when

we greeted the morning proclaiming God's greatness.

ذكرنا الله فابتسمت زهورٌ

وأرسلت الشذى بوحًا دفينا

We remembered God, and flowers smiled,

and sent forth their fragrance as a hidden avowal.

ورددت البلابلُ ذكر ربي

على أغصان دوحتنا لحونا

And the nightingales repeated remembrance of my Lord

in melodies upon the branches of our spreading tree.

رأينا الطير حين غدت خماصً

وراحت بعدما ملئت بطونا

We saw the birds as they went out hungry in the morning,

and returned in the evening after their bellies were filled.

رأينا الأفق مبتسمًا بشوشً

ضحوك الثغر حين بدى رضينا

We saw the horizon smiling, cheerful,

with a laughing mouth; when it appeared, we were content.

رأينا الشمس تنسجُ للروابي

خيوط شعاعها تاجًا ثمينا

We saw the sun weaving for the hills

the threads of its rays into a precious crown.

بك اللهم أصبحنا ,وقفن

أما جلال وجهك خاضعينا

Through You, O God, we have entered the morning; we stood

humbly before the majesty of Your face.

شربنا من معين الذكر حتى

شعرنا بالرضا لما رَوينا

We drank from the wellspring of remembrance until

we felt contentment when we had drunk our fill.

وعانقنا الفضاء الرحب لمَّ

سجدنا للمهيمن خاشعينا

And we embraced the vast expanse when

we prostrated before the Guardian in reverent humility.

بك اللهم أصبحنا ,لقين

من الأمل المغردِ ما لقينا

Through You, O God, we have entered the morning; we have found

what we have found of warbling hope.

نُؤمل فيك آمالا عِظامً

نعلق فيك قلبًا مستكينا

We place great hopes in You;

we attach to You a submissive heart.

بك اللهم أصبحنا فعشن

يقينًا مشرقًا يجلو الظنونا

Through You, O God, we have entered the morning, and so lived

in radiant certainty that dispels doubts.

وأطربنا المؤذن حين نادى

نداءً يسكبُ الإيمان فينا

And the muezzin delighted us when he called

a call that pours faith into us.

أرحنا يا بلالُ بها أرحن

فديتك يا ختام المرسلينا

Give us rest, O Bilal, through it; give us rest.

May I be your ransom, O last of the messengers.

بمنهجك الكريمِ قد اقتدين

و أركضنا العزائمَ مقبلينا

We have indeed followed your noble path,

and spurred our resolves as we advanced.

طلبنا الراحة الكبرى ففاضت

علينا راكعين وساجدينا

We sought the greatest rest, and it overflowed

upon us as we bowed and prostrated.

بك اللهم أصبحنا قلوبً

ترى في ربها الركن الركينا

Through You, O God, we have entered the morning as hearts

that see in their Lord the steadfast support.

رفعنا بالسجود لنا مَقامً

رفيعًا مشرقُ المعنى مكينا

Through prostration we raised our own station,

lofty, radiant in meaning, firmly established.

وأرفع ما يكونُ الناس قدرً

إذا وضعوا الجباه مسبحينا

And people are at their highest in standing

when they lay down their foreheads, glorifying God.

بك اللهم أصبحنا ستبقى

كتغريد البلابل ما حيينا

"Through You, O God, we have entered the morning" will remain

like the warbling of nightingales as long as we live.