قَدindeed أَحسَنَhas done well اللَهُGod فيin الَّذيwhat صَنَعَهHe wrought it
قَد أَحسَنَ اللَهُ في الَّذي صَنَعَه
عارِضُa passing bout كَربٍof distress بِلُطفِهِthrough His kindness رَفَعَهHe lifted it
عارِضُ كَربٍ بِلُطفِهِ رَفَعَه
God has indeed done well in what He has wrought;
God has done well in what He has made
A passing spell of distress He lifted through His kindness.
Relieving affliction with His kindness
تَبارَكَblessed be اللَهُGod إِنَّindeed عادَةَcustom حُسstart of 'His beneficence'
تَبارَكَ اللَهُ إِنَّ عادَةَ حُس
ناهُend of 'His beneficence' مَعَwith الشُكرِgratitude غَيرُnot مُنتَزَعَهwithdrawn
ناهُ مَعَ الشُكرِ غَيرُ مُنتَزَعَه
Blessed be God! Indeed, His customary beneficence
Blessed is God, truly the nature of good fortune
Is never withdrawn when met with gratitude.
Along with gratitude cannot be taken away
ياO سَيِّديmy lord المُستَبِدَّwho has sole claim مِنfrom مِقَتيmy affection
يا سَيِّدي المُستَبِدَّ مِن مِقَتي
بِخُطَّةٍwith a share فاتَتِsurpassed الحِسابَreckoning سَعَهbreadth
بِخُطَّةٍ فاتَتِ الحِسابَ سَعَه
O my lord, who alone holds in my affection
O my master who controls me with disdain
A place whose breadth surpasses all reckoning.
With a plan that eluded reckoning
وافانيَreached me العِقدُthe necklace زينَmay be adorned ناظِمُهُits stringer
وافانيَ العِقدُ زينَ ناظِمُهُ
وَالوَشيُand the brocade لاmay not راعَfrighten حادِثٌa calamity صَنَعَهits craftsman
وَالوَشيُ لا راعَ حادِثٌ صَنَعَه
The necklace reached me—may its stringer be adorned—
The sequence adorned me, its arranger
And the brocade—may no calamity frighten its craftsman.
And intimacy - no incident made it
بَثَثتَyou scattered فيهِthrough it البَديعَexquisite artistry مُنتَقِياًchoosing carefully
بَثَثتَ فيهِ البَديعَ مُنتَقِياً
كَالرَوضِlike the meadow إِذwhen بَثَّit scattered فيin الرُبىthe hills قِطَعَهits patches
كَالرَوضِ إِذ بَثَّ في الرُبى قِطَعَه
You scattered exquisite artistry through it, choosing carefully,
You have scattered in it fine selections
Like a meadow when it spreads its patches across the hills.
As a garden when it has scattered its sections
أَزاحَdispelled كَربَdistress الدَواءِthe medicine مَطلَعُهُits opening
أَزاحَ كَربَ الدَواءِ مَطلَعُهُ
لَمّاwhen بَداappeared طالِعُrising star السُرورِjoy مَعَهwith it
لَمّا بَدا طالِعُ السُرورِ مَعَه
Its opening dispelled the distress of the medicine,
Its emergence dispelled the affliction of remedy
When joy's rising star appeared alongside it.
When the auspicious star rose with it
كَمmany a دَعوَةٍprayer قَدindeed حَواهُhas contained it صالِحَةٍworthy
كَم دَعوَةٍ قَد حَواهُ صالِحَةٍ
مِنamong أَمَليmy hopes أَنthat تَكونَit be مُستَمَعَهheard
مِن أَمَلي أَن تَكونَ مُستَمَعَه
Many a worthy prayer it has contained,
How many good prayers it contained
Which I hope will be heard.
From my hopes that you would hear them
جُملَةُthe sum ماwhat نَفسِكَyour soul السَرِيَّةُnoble مِنconcerning حاstart of 'my condition'
جُملَةُ ما نَفسِكَ السَرِيَّةُ مِن حا
ليend of 'my condition' إِلىtoward عِلمِknowledge كُنهِهِits true nature طُلَعَهeager to learn
لي إِلى عِلمِ كُنهِهِ طُلَعَه
The sum of what your noble soul, concerning my condition,
The totality of what your soul secretly
Is eager to know in full is this:
From my state to the knowledge of its essence perceived
أَنَّthat الدَواءَthe medicine اِلتَذَّتtook delight in عَواقِبَهُits effects
أَنَّ الدَواءَ اِلتَذَّت عَواقِبَهُ
مِنِّيَof mine نَفسٌa soul تَشَبَّعَتwas sated with جُرَعَهits draughts
مِنِّيَ نَفسٌ تَشَبَّعَت جُرَعَه
That the medicine's effects delighted
That the remedy - its consequences have settled
My soul, which had drunk its fill of its draughts.
A soul that drank its draught
فَالحَمدُso praise لِلَّهِto God لاno شَريكَpartner لَهُfor Him
فَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ لا شَريكَ لَهُ
إِنif بَدَأَHe began الطَولَbounty مُنعِماًbestowing favors شَفَعَهHe doubled it
إِن بَدَأَ الطَولَ مُنعِماً شَفَعَه
So praise be to God; He has no partner.
So praise be to God, who has no partner
If He begins to bestow His bounty, He doubles it.
If He began the height, favoring it He coupled.
Sol 6.1