وياand O حيLiving One قبلbefore الكلall things حيliving لذاتهby His own essence
ويا حي قبل الكل حي لذاته
بغيرwithout افتقارneed منهon His part للحيويةfor vitality
بغير افتقار منه للحيوية
And O Living One, alive by Your own essence before all things,
O Ever-Living before all life, Living of Himself
without any need on Your part for vitality.
Without needing life from another,
وياand O حيLiving One لاno شيءthing سواهother than Him حياتهHis life
ويا حي لا شيء سواه حياته
فيلزمso would follow فقرdependence of الذاتthe Essence للمعنويةon an attribute
فيلزم فقر الذات للمعنوية
And O Living One, whose life is none other than Yourself,
O Ever-Living, none but His life exists,
for otherwise the Essence would depend on an attribute.
So all souls need His spiritual essence,
وياand O حيLiving One معطgiving كلevery حيliving being حياتهits life
ويا حي معط كل حي حياته
مجازاًfiguratively وحيand living نفسهHimself بالحقيقةin truth
مجازاً وحي نفسه بالحقيقة
And O Living One, who gives every living being its life—
O Ever-Living, Granter of life to all the living,
a figurative life, while You Yourself live in truth.
Metaphorically and truly the Giver of life to Himself,
وياand O حيLiving One لاnot عنfrom مبدءa beginning لحياتهfor His life
ويا حي لا عن مبدء لحياته
ولاnor منتهىan end يأتيcomes علىupon الأبديةeternity
ولا منتهى يأتي على الأبدية
And O Living One, whose life has no beginning,
O Ever-Living, without beginning or end to His life
and no end can overtake eternity.
Or finality that could limit His perpetuity,
وياand O حيLiving One منfrom قبلbefore الوجودexistence وضدهand its opposite
ويا حي من قبل الوجود وضده
هماthey both نسبتاtwo relations of خلقcreation وتركand withholding مشيئةwill
هما نسبتا خلق وترك مشيئة
And O Living One, before existence and its opposite—
O Ever-Living, before existence and its opposite,
the two are relations of creation and the withholding of will.
Both related as acts of creating and ordaining will,
وياand O حيLiving One محييreviver of النفسthe soul بعدafter فنائهاits passing away
ويا حي محيي النفس بعد فنائها
وباعثand resurrector of عينthe selfsame being of النشأةthe creation الأوليةthe first
وباعث عين النشأة الأولية
And O Living One, who revives the soul after its passing away,
O Ever-Living, Reviver of souls after their extinction,
and resurrects the selfsame being of the first creation.
Raiser of the eye of primal creation,
وياand O حيLiving One يحييrevives الأرضthe earth منfrom بعدafter موتهاits death
ويا حي يحيي الأرض من بعد موتها
بلاwithout أثرany influence فيin خلقهHis creation لطبيعةfrom nature
بلا أثر في خلقه لطبيعة
And O Living One, who revives the earth after its death,
O Ever Living, Reviver of the earth after its death,
with no influence from nature in Your creation.
With no imprint on His nature from creating physics,
تولتhas passed حياتيmy life فيin اغترارdeluded trust بظاهرin outward appearances
تولت حياتي في اغترار بظاهر
وفيand in نكبةa calamity أعقابهاin its wake ألفa thousand نكبةcalamities
وفي نكبة أعقابها ألف نكبة
My life has passed in deluded trust in outward appearances,
My life was misled by attachment to appearances,
and in calamity, with a thousand calamities in its wake.
And so stumbled into countless pitfalls,
تولتhas passed حياتيmy life جاهلاًignorant متجاهلاًfeigning ignorance
تولت حياتي جاهلاً متجاهلاً
أخوضI wade والهوand I play فيin مقاصدthe objects of شهوتيmy lust
أخوض والهو في مقاصد شهوتي
My life has passed while I was ignorant and feigned ignorance,
My life went ignorantly, ignoring the Real,
wading and playing among the objects of my lust.
Caught up in the ends of my passions and desires,
افضpour forth ليfor me منfrom فيضthe overflow of اسمكYour name الحيthe Living منعشاًsomething reviving
افض لي من فيض اسمك الحي منعشاً
يعجلhastens منfrom رمسthe grave of الشقاوةwretchedness بعتثيmy resurrection
يعجل من رمس الشقاوة بعتثي
Pour forth for me, from the overflow of Your name the Living, something reviving
So pour on me from Your Name’s eternal fount,
that hastens my resurrection from the grave of wretchedness,
Reviving me, to heal the brand of misery on my soul,
يصبpours down حياthe rain of الأسرارthe mysteries والنورand light والهدىand guidance
يصب حيا الأسرار والنور والهدى
وينفخand breathes روحthe spirit of العلمknowledge فيinto بشريتيmy human nature
وينفخ روح العلم في بشريتي
pours down the rain of mysteries, light, and guidance,
Flowing with life’s secrets, light and guidance,
and breathes the spirit of knowledge into my human nature.
Breathing the spirit of knowledge into my humanity.
Sol 6.1