فديتُكَ يا روحَ المكارمِ كُلِّها

فديتُكَ يا روحَ المكارمِ كُلِّها

بأنفَسِ ما عندي من الرُّوح والنَّفسِ

بأنفَسِ ما عندي من الرُّوح والنَّفسِ

I would ransom you, O soul of all noble virtues,

I ransom you, O soul of all generosity

with the most precious I possess—my spirit and my soul.

With the most precious of my soul and breath

حُبِسْتُ ومن بَعدِ الكُسوفِ تَبَلُّجٌ

حُبِسْتُ ومن بَعدِ الكُسوفِ تَبَلُّجٌ

تُضئُ بهِ الآفاق للبَدرِ والشَّمسِ

تُضئُ بهِ الآفاق للبَدرِ والشَّمسِ

I have been imprisoned, and after the eclipse comes radiance,

I was imprisoned, and after the eclipse - brightness

by which the horizons shine for the full moon and the sun.

It illuminates the horizons for the moon and sun

فلا تَعتقِدْ للحَبْسِ غَمّاً وَوحْشَةً

فلا تَعتقِدْ للحَبْسِ غَمّاً وَوحْشَةً

فأوَّلُ كَونِ المَرءِ في أضيّقِ الحَبسِ

فأوَّلُ كَونِ المَرءِ في أضيّقِ الحَبسِ

So do not regard confinement as sorrow and loneliness,

So do not believe imprisonment causes gloom and loneliness

for a person's existence begins in the narrowest confinement.

For the first being of man is in the narrowest prison