يا مَنْ خَفَى ولَمْ يَزَل

يا مَنْ خَفَى ولَمْ يَزَل

ما أبْيَنَكْ ما أظْهَرَكْ

ما أبْيَنَكْ ما أظْهَرَكْ

O You who are hidden and have ever been,

O You who is hidden yet always present

How evident You are, how manifest!

How manifest yet concealed You are

إِن كانْ تَغِيبْ عَنْ بَصَري

إِن كانْ تَغِيبْ عَنْ بَصَري

بِعَيْنِ قَلْبِي نُبْصِرَكْ

بِعَيْنِ قَلْبِي نُبْصِرَكْ

If You are absent from my sight,

If You disappear from my sight

With my heart’s eye I behold You.

With the eye of my heart I see You

لَمْ قَطُّ عَنِّي تَخْتَفِي

لَمْ قَطُّ عَنِّي تَخْتَفِي

ولا خَفَى سِرُّكَ عَلَيْ

ولا خَفَى سِرُّكَ عَلَيْ

Never have You hidden Yourself from me,

Never have You been absent from me

Nor has Your secret been hidden from me.

Nor is Your secret hidden from me

أمْرُكْ وحُكمَكْ وقَضاك

أمْرُكْ وحُكمَكْ وقَضاك

يَجْرِي عَلَى مَيِّتْ وحَيْ

يَجْرِي عَلَى مَيِّتْ وحَيْ

Your command, Your judgment, and Your decree

Your command, judgment and decree

Take effect upon the dead and the living.

Apply to the living and dead alike

نَنْظُرْ لِلأشْيَا فَنَرَى

نَنْظُرْ لِلأشْيَا فَنَرَى

لُطْفُكْ تَوَلَّى كُلَّ شيْ

لُطْفُكْ تَوَلَّى كُلَّ شيْ

I look at things and see

We look at things and see

Your kindness has taken care of everything.

Your subtle kindness pervades all

وأنْتَ دايِمْ لَم تَزَلْ

وأنْتَ دايِمْ لَم تَزَلْ

بالحكْمِ تقْهَر بَشَرَك

بالحكْمِ تقْهَر بَشَرَك

And You are everlasting, never ceasing to be,

You are eternal, never changing

By Your judgment You subdue Your human creatures.

Your power overwhelms humankind

والْجَانِي مِنَّا والْبَرِي

والْجَانِي مِنَّا والْبَرِي

كَيْفْ ينْتَهَوا عن أمْرَكْ

كَيْفْ ينْتَهَوا عن أمْرَكْ

And the guilty among us and the innocent—

Both the wrongdoer and the righteous

How could they turn away from Your command?

How can they evade Your command?

يا منْ يُريد يرى الإله

يا منْ يُريد يرى الإله

يَنْظُر جَميعَ الْمَوجُودات

يَنْظُر جَميعَ الْمَوجُودات

O you who wish to see God,

Whoever desires to see God

Look at all existing things:

Let him look upon all existence

صامِتْ وناطِق وَجمَادْ

صامِتْ وناطِق وَجمَادْ

مِن حَيوان ومِن نبات

مِن حَيوان ومِن نبات

The silent, the speaking, and the inanimate,

Silent or articulate, inanimate or alive

Among animals and among plants.

In every being he will see God

في كُلِّ شَيْ يَرَى الإلهْ

في كُلِّ شَيْ يَرَى الإلهْ

مِن غَيْر حُلُولْ ولا جِهاتْ

مِن غَيْر حُلُولْ ولا جِهاتْ

In everything one sees God,

Without incarnation or dimension

Without indwelling or spatial directions.

Without dimension or incarnation

مِنْ غَيْر جِهَاتٍ ولا حُلُولْ

مِنْ غَيْر جِهَاتٍ ولا حُلُولْ

تَرَى إلاها دَبَّرَكْ

تَرَى إلاها دَبَّرَكْ

Without spatial directions or indwelling,

You will see only the God who ordained you

You behold a God who has governed you.

And all He created and sowed

وكُلُ ما هُ بِهْ ذَرَى

وكُلُ ما هُ بِهْ ذَرَى

يُريدْ بِهِ يَخْتَبِرَكْ

يُريدْ بِهِ يَخْتَبِرَكْ

And all He has thereby brought forth,

He wants to test you with

He intends through it to test you.

O One without equal or likeness

يا وَاحِدا لَسْ لُو نظيرْ

يا وَاحِدا لَسْ لُو نظيرْ

ولا مَثِيل ولاَ شَبِيهْ

ولا مَثِيل ولاَ شَبِيهْ

O One who has no peer,

Without peer or parallel

Nor equal, nor anyone like Him,

And he who recites and says

ومَنْ لِمُنْشِدْ يَقُول

ومَنْ لِمُنْشِدْ يَقُول

نَقْطع طَويلَ اللَّيْلِ بِيهْ

نَقْطع طَويلَ اللَّيْلِ بِيهْ

And be gracious to a singer who says:

We pass the long night with Him

“With Him I pass the long night.”

Forgive the reciter who says

اغفرْ لِمُنْشِدْ يَقُول

اغفرْ لِمُنْشِدْ يَقُول

ومن بِذا القولِ إِليهْ

ومن بِذا القولِ إِليهْ

Forgive a singer who says,

And the one who makes this plea to Him

And favor him with this saying:

O night, be long or do not be long

يا ليلُ طُلْ أو لا تطولْ

يا ليلُ طُلْ أو لا تطولْ

فرضٌ عليَّ سَهَرَك

فرضٌ عليَّ سَهَرَك

“O night, grow long or do not grow long;

I am obliged to keep You company

Keeping vigil through you is my duty.

If my moon stayed with me

لو باتَ عِندي قمرِي

لو باتَ عِندي قمرِي

ما بتُ أرعى قَمَرَك

ما بتُ أرعى قَمَرَك

If my moon had spent the night with me,

I would not tend to Your moon

I would not have spent the night watching your moon.”