1. ويا محيِيَ الأرواح في ملكوتها

    كما شاء من ذات وكيف وحلية

    And O Giver of life to spirits in their heavenly realm,

    As He willed, in essence, mode of being, and adornment;

  2. ومنشئها من بحر نور محمد

    كما شاء من أشكالها الملكية

    And their Creator from the ocean of Muhammad’s light,

    As He willed, in their angelic forms;

  3. ويا محيي الأرواح سراً مخدراً

    لسر حياة الأنفس الحيوية

    And O Giver of life to spirits as a veiled mystery,

    For the mystery of the life of living souls;

  4. ويا محيي الأجساد بعد انحلالها

    وافنائها من عالم البرزخية

    And O Giver of life to bodies after their dissolution

    And their annihilation, bringing them forth from the intermediate realm;

  5. ويا محيي الأنوار في دار قدسه

    حياة خلود لا تحد بمدة

    And O Giver of life to lights in the abode of His holiness,

    A life everlasting, bounded by no span of time;

  6. ويا محيي الأنوار في دار قدسه

    حياة خلود لا تحد بمدة

    And O Giver of life to lights in the abode of His holiness,

    A life everlasting, bounded by no span of time;

  7. ويا محيي الفجار في دار عدله

    معاذك من تلك الحياة المقيمة

    And O Giver of life to the wicked in the abode of His justice,

    I seek refuge in You from that abiding life.

  8. ويا محيي الأسرار بالنور والهدى

    وبالعلم والعرفان والمددية

    And O Giver of life to inner secrets through light and guidance,

    And through knowledge, gnosis, and sustaining aid;

  9. ويا محيي الألباب منا بذكره

    فقامت بحق الذكر شوقاً وحطت

    And O Giver of life to the intellects within us through remembrance of Him,

    So they rose through true remembrance, in longing, and descended;

  10. ويا محيي الأحياء تحت شهوده

    وهم في الهوى والمحق تحت الهوية

    And O Giver of life to the living beneath His witnessing,

    While they are in love and effacement beneath the divine Identity;

  11. تقدست أدركني بتقديس باطني

    وإحياء نفسي بالحياة الزكية

    Holy are You! Come to my aid by sanctifying my inner being

    And reviving my soul with pure life—

  12. حياة مع الكونين أحيا بحظها

    وأحيى بها موتى العمى بهدايتي

    A life through a share of which I live alongside both worlds,

    And through it revive those dead in blindness by my guidance.