مُذْ طَلَعْ شَمْسِي

مُذْ طَلَعْ شَمْسِي

لاَحَ لِي أُنْسِي

لاَحَ لِي أُنْسِي

Since my sun rose,

Since my sun rose

My solace shone forth to me,

My intimacy shone

وَرأتْ نَفْسِي

وَرأتْ نَفْسِي

سِرَّها المكتوم

سِرَّها المكتوم

And my soul saw

And my soul saw

Its concealed secret.

Its hidden secret

أنت هُوَ رَبِّي

أنت هُوَ رَبِّي

قد رَأى قَلْبي

قد رَأى قَلْبي

You are He, my Lord;

You are my Lord

My heart has seen.

My heart saw

إِنْجَلَى كَرْبي

إِنْجَلَى كَرْبي

وبَقِيتْ موهومْ

وبَقِيتْ موهومْ

My anguish cleared,

My sorrow cleared

And I remained an illusion.

And my delusions remained

مُذْ رَأيْتُ النُّور

مُذْ رَأيْتُ النُّور

عَلى جبلِ الطُّورْ

عَلى جبلِ الطُّورْ

Since I saw the light

Since I saw the light

Upon Mount Ṭūr,

On the Mount of Tur

ونفخ في الصُّورْ

ونفخ في الصُّورْ

سِرُّها المفهومْ

سِرُّها المفهومْ

And into the trumpet was blown

And the trumpet was blown

Its understood secret.

Its hidden meaning was understood

لو رأيتَ فَنِّي

لو رأيتَ فَنِّي

والذي نعْنِي

والذي نعْنِي

If you saw my art

If you saw my art

And what I mean,

And what we mean

كانْ تَقُولْ عَنَّي

كانْ تَقُولْ عَنَّي

أنْتَ هُ المعلومْ

أنْتَ هُ المعلومْ

You would say of me:

You would say about me

"You are He who is known."

You are the Known

إِنْ ظَهَرْ سِرُّوا

إِنْ ظَهَرْ سِرُّوا

أوْ بَدَا أمْرُوا

أوْ بَدَا أمْرُوا

If his secret is revealed,

If the secret appears

Or his affair becomes manifest,

Or the matter emerges

بِلا شَكْ تَدْرُوا

بِلا شَكْ تَدْرُوا

باشْ أنا مَتْهُومْ

باشْ أنا مَتْهُومْ

You will know without doubt

Without doubt you would know

What I am accused of.

I am possessed, insane

يا تُرَى أيْشُ ذا

يا تُرَى أيْشُ ذا

مَنْ هُ ذَا أو ذَا

مَنْ هُ ذَا أو ذَا

I wonder—what is this?

I wonder who is this

Who is he—this one or that one?

Who is this or that

رُدَّ ذِي مَعْ ذَا

رُدَّ ذِي مَعْ ذَا

لَسْ تَجِدْ مقْسُوم

لَسْ تَجِدْ مقْسُوم

Put this together with that;

Take this with that

You will find nothing divided.

You will not find prescribed

أنا هُ لَوْلاَ

أنا هُ لَوْلاَ

أنْ نكُنْ أعْلاَ

أنْ نكُنْ أعْلاَ

I am He, were it not

I am Him, if not

That I am higher.

For us to be supreme

أنا ليْس نَبْلاَ

أنا ليْس نَبْلاَ

دايِمُ الدَّيْمُوم

دايِمُ الدَّيْمُوم

I do not wear away,

I am not glorious

Everlasting, ever-enduring.

Always blameworthy

ليْس عليْكْ نَعْنِي

ليْس عليْكْ نَعْنِي

يا رُوحَ المعنى

يا رُوحَ المعنى

It is not you I mean,

Do not mean us

O spirit of meaning.

O spirit of meaning

الجسومْ تفنى

الجسومْ تفنى

الفنا المحْتومْ

الفنا المحْتومْ

Bodies pass away—

Bodies perish

The inevitable passing-away.

Destined extinction

مِنْ هَذِي النُّقْلَةْ

مِنْ هَذِي النُّقْلَةْ

في الْقُلوب ثِقْلهْ

في الْقُلوب ثِقْلهْ

From this departure

From this transition

Comes heaviness in hearts.

In hearts a burden

إنَّ في الرحْلَه

إنَّ في الرحْلَه

خَبَراً مَذْمومْ

خَبَراً مَذْمومْ

Indeed, in the journey

Indeed in the journey

There is unwelcome news.

There is blameworthy news

ما عَلاَ يَبْقَى

ما عَلاَ يَبْقَى

في التُّرابْ مُلْقَى

في التُّرابْ مُلْقَى

What rose remains

What ascends remains

Cast down in the dust;

Thrown in the dust

والَّذي يَرْقَى

والَّذي يَرْقَى

ليسَ يَرى مذْمُوم

ليسَ يَرى مذْمُوم

And he who ascends

And what ascends

Sees nothing blameworthy.

Sees no blame

مَن فَهِم عَنِّي

مَن فَهِم عَنِّي

واتَّبَعْ فَنِّي

واتَّبَعْ فَنِّي

Whoever understands me

Who understood me

And follows my art,

And followed my art

إنْ سَمِعْ مِنِّي

إنْ سَمِعْ مِنِّي

لَسْ يكُنْ مَعْدومْ

لَسْ يكُنْ مَعْدومْ

If he listens to me,

If he heard from me

Will not cease to exist.

Would not be non-existent