تعاليت يا باقي بلا أمَدِيّةٍ

تعاليت يا باقي بلا أمَدِيّةٍ

كما كنت قبل القبل في الأزلية

كما كنت قبل القبل في الأزلية

Exalted are You, O Everlasting One, beyond all temporal bounds,

Exalted are You, O Everlasting One, without temporal limit,

as You were before all before, in pre-eternity.

As You were before 'before,' in beginningless eternity.

وجودك ربي واجب لا لمنتهى

وجودك ربي واجب لا لمنتهى

يقدر بالأزمان والعددية

يقدر بالأزمان والعددية

Your existence, my Lord, is necessary, subject to no endpoint

Your existence, my Lord, is necessary, with no limit

that can be measured in times or numbers.

That can be measured by spans of time and number.

بقاؤك يا باقي بقاء لذاته

بقاؤك يا باقي بقاء لذاته

وكل بقاء تحته تحت غاية

وكل بقاء تحته تحت غاية

Your abiding, O Everlasting One, subsists through itself,

Your endurance, O Everlasting One, is endurance in its own right,

while every other abiding beneath it is bounded by an end.

And every endurance beneath it is subject to an end.

وبالحق يغني الخلق والحق قائم

وبالحق يغني الخلق والحق قائم

تعالى بلا ابقاء شيء مثبت

تعالى بلا ابقاء شيء مثبت

Through the Real, creation is sustained, while the Real stands self-subsistent,

And through the Truth He enriches creation, while the Truth abides,

exalted beyond any established thing's preserving Him.

Exalted is He, without keeping any established thing in being.

وتنصرم الآباد والحق ثابت

وتنصرم الآباد والحق ثابت

كما كان قبل القبل لا لنهاية

كما كان قبل القبل لا لنهاية

The eons pass away, while the Real remains steadfast,

And the ages pass away, while the Truth stands firm,

as He was before all before, without end.

As He was before 'before,' without an end.

ومن قدر الآباد كان بقاؤه

ومن قدر الآباد كان بقاؤه

لغايتها من حالة مستحيلة

لغايتها من حالة مستحيلة

He whose abiding is measured by the eons—

And He who measured out the ages—His endurance would be

his lasting to their utmost limit is an impossible state.

An impossible state if bounded by their end.

وما الأبد الفاني وما هو دائر

وما الأبد الفاني وما هو دائر

عليه سوى آثار باقي الألوهة

عليه سوى آثار باقي الألوهة

What are perishing eternity and all that revolves

And perishing eternity, and whatever revolves

within it but traces of the Everlasting One, possessed of divinity?

Around it, are but traces of the One whose divinity endures.

بقاء قديم لا يجدده بقا

بقاء قديم لا يجدده بقا

ولا تتقضاه قضايا الخليقة

ولا تتقضاه قضايا الخليقة

An ancient abiding, renewed by no further continuance,

A beginningless endurance that no endurance renews,

nor brought to an end by the decrees of creation;

Nor do the affairs of creation bring it to an end.

بقاء قديم يهلك الكل قبله

بقاء قديم يهلك الكل قبله

ويبقى بلا شرط ولا متوية

ويبقى بلا شرط ولا متوية

an ancient abiding: all things perish before Him,

A beginningless endurance: everything perishes before it,

while He remains without condition or ulterior purpose.

And it remains without condition or temporal limitation.

بسر البقاء المستمر لذاته

بسر البقاء المستمر لذاته

تدارك الهي كشف ضري ومحنتي

تدارك الهي كشف ضري ومحنتي

By the mystery of His abiding, which endures through itself,

By the mystery of endurance that continues of itself,

come to my aid, my God, and lift my suffering and ordeal.

Hasten, my God, to lift my suffering and my ordeal.

أنا عبدك الفاني القليل بقاؤه

أنا عبدك الفاني القليل بقاؤه

تول حياتي ما بقيت بنظرة

تول حياتي ما بقيت بنظرة

I am Your perishing servant, whose abiding is brief;

I am Your mortal servant, whose endurance is brief.

watch over my life, for as long as I remain, with one gracious glance.

Watch over my life, as long as I remain, with a glance.