جَلَّ صَنِيعْ الْبَدِيعْ

جَلَّ صَنِيعْ الْبَدِيعْ

الْفَاعِلُ الْمُخْتَارْ

الْفَاعِلُ الْمُخْتَارْ

Sublime is the handiwork of the Originator,

The Maker's work is excellently done

Exalted is the creation of the Originator,

the Agent who acts by choice.

The Choosing Doer chose wisely

The Doer of His own free will;

حَلَّى الرَّبِيعْ الرَّفِيعْ

حَلَّى الرَّبِيعْ الرَّفِيعْ

بِحِلْيَةِ النُّوَّارْ

بِحِلْيَةِ النُّوَّارْ

He adorned the noble spring

The gentle spring is beautifully adorned

He adorned the exalted spring

with the finery of blossoms.

With the raiment of light

With the ornament of blossoms.

سِرٌّ بَدِيعْ فِي مُذِيعْ

سِرٌّ بَدِيعْ فِي مُذِيعْ

سَرَائِرِ الأَزْهَارْ

سَرَائِرِ الأَزْهَارْ

A wondrous secret lies in the revealer

A wondrous secret lies in the widespread

A wondrous secret lies in what reveals

of the flowers’ hidden secrets.

Secrets of the flowers

The hidden mysteries of the flowers.

اَلرَّوْضُ رَاضْ وَهْوَ رَاضْ

اَلرَّوْضُ رَاضْ وَهْوَ رَاضْ

غُصُونَ أَشْجَارِهْ

غُصُونَ أَشْجَارِهْ

The garden has tamed—while itself content—

The garden is pleased and it is pleasing

The garden tames, and is content with

the boughs of its trees.

The branches of its trees

The branches of its trees;

شِفَا الْمِرَاضْ فِي مَرَاضْ

شِفَا الْمِرَاضْ فِي مَرَاضْ

جُفُونِ أَنْوَارِهْ

جُفُونِ أَنْوَارِهْ

A cure for the sick lies in the languid

Healed the sick in the sickbeds

The cure for the sick lies in the languor

eyelids of its blossoms.

With the rays of its lights

Of the eyelids of its blooms.

صَحَّ الْعَلِيلْ مِنْ عَلِيلْ

صَحَّ الْعَلِيلْ مِنْ عَلِيلْ

نَسِيمِهِ الْمِعْطَارْ

نَسِيمِهِ الْمِعْطَارْ

The ailing one was healed by the gentleness

The ailing recovered from the ailing

The sick are healed by the gentle

of its fragrant breeze.

With its fragrant breeze

Breath of its fragrant breeze,

إِذْ فِي مُمِيلْ النَّحِيلْ

إِذْ فِي مُمِيلْ النَّحِيلْ

مِنْ غُصْنِهِ أَسْرَارْ

مِنْ غُصْنِهِ أَسْرَارْ

For in what sways the slender one

When in the incline of the slender

For in the swaying of the slender

among its boughs lie secrets.

Are secrets from its branch

Among its branches are secrets,

وَفِي مَسِيلْ سَلْسَبِيلْ

وَفِي مَسِيلْ سَلْسَبِيلْ

مِيَاهِهِ اسْتِعْبَارْ

مِيَاهِهِ اسْتِعْبَارْ

And in the sweet, smooth flow

And in the waters flowing down

And in the flowing of the sweet

of its waters is a shedding of tears.

Is lively vigor

Waters is a shedding of tears.

فِعْلُهُ مَاضْ عِنْدَ قَاضْ

فِعْلُهُ مَاضْ عِنْدَ قَاضْ

أَفْكَارِ زُوَّارِهْ

أَفْكَارِ زُوَّارِهْ

Its action is binding before the judge

Its action is approved by the Judge

Its effect is decisive before the judge

of its visitors’ thoughts.

Of thoughts of its visitors

Of the thoughts of its visitors,

إِذْ لاَ اعْتِرَاضْ فِي افْتِرَاضْ

إِذْ لاَ اعْتِرَاضْ فِي افْتِرَاضْ

نُقُودِ أَزْهَارِهْ

نُقُودِ أَزْهَارِهْ

For there is no objection to supposing

Since there is no objection in supposition

For there is no objection to the taking

its blossoms to be coins.

Of the scents of its flowers

Of the coins of its flowers,

وَلاَ جُنَاحْ فِي مُبَاحْ

وَلاَ جُنَاحْ فِي مُبَاحْ

أَلْحَانِ وَرْشَانِهْ

أَلْحَانِ وَرْشَانِهْ

Nor is there blame in the permitted

Nor wrong in the permitted

And there is no sin in the permissible

melodies of its wood pigeon.

Songs and poetry

Melodies of its wood-pigeons,

وَهَلْ يُتَاحْ اِرْتِيَاحْ

وَهَلْ يُتَاحْ اِرْتِيَاحْ

إِلاَّ بِرَيْحَانِهْ

إِلاَّ بِرَيْحَانِهْ

And can delight be attained

And is comfort attained

And is comfort ever granted

except through its sweet basil?

Except through its basil?

Except through its sweet basil?

تَرْوِي الرِّيَاحْ عَنْ صِحَاحْ

تَرْوِي الرِّيَاحْ عَنْ صِحَاحْ

آثَارِ نَيْسَانِهْ

آثَارِ نَيْسَانِهْ

The winds tell of the authentic

The winds narrate about the correct

The winds narrate from the authentic

traces of its April.

Traces of its April

Traces of its April,

مَنْ فِي الرِّيَاضْ وَالْحِيَاضْ

مَنْ فِي الرِّيَاضْ وَالْحِيَاضْ

أَجَلُّ أَوْطَارِهْ

أَجَلُّ أَوْطَارِهْ

For one who has, in gardens and pools,

Whoever is in the gardens and ponds

That whoever seeks in the gardens and pools

his highest desires,

Is best of its shapes

The greatest of his desires,

فِيهُ تُرَاضْ عَنْ تَرَاضْ

فِيهُ تُرَاضْ عَنْ تَرَاضْ

بَنَاتِ أَفْكَارِهْ

بَنَاتِ أَفْكَارِهْ

within it are trained, by mutual consent,

In it quenched from quenched

Will tame within them, by mutual consent,

the daughters of his thoughts.

Are daughters of its thoughts

The daughters of his thoughts.