حتّام في لَيل الهُمو

حتّام في لَيل الهُمو

م زِناد فكرك تَنقدح

م زِناد فكرك تَنقدح

How long, in the night of sorrows,

In the night of worries

will the flints of your thought keep sparking?

The flint of your thoughts sparks

قَلب تَقرح بِالأَسى

قَلب تَقرح بِالأَسى

وَدُموع عَين تَتَسفح

وَدُموع عَين تَتَسفح

A heart grown sore with grief,

A heart ulcerated with sorrow

and tears streaming from an eye.

And tears of eyes overflowing

ارفق بِنَفسك وَاِعتَصم

ارفق بِنَفسك وَاِعتَصم

بِحِمى المُهيمن تَنشَرح

بِحِمى المُهيمن تَنشَرح

Be gentle with yourself, and seek refuge

Be gentle with yourself and hold fast

in the Guardian's sanctuary; you will feel at ease.

To the protection of the Guardian, and you will relax

وَاضرع لَهُ إِن ضاق عَن

وَاضرع لَهُ إِن ضاق عَن

كَ خِناق حالك تَنفسح

كَ خِناق حالك تَنفسح

And implore Him; should there tighten about

And supplicate to Him if the noose of

you the noose of your plight, you will find relief.

Your condition tightens, and it will loosen

ما أَم ساحة جودِهِ

ما أَم ساحة جودِهِ

ذو محنة إِلّا مَنَح

ذو محنة إِلّا مَنَح

Never has the court of His generosity been approached

What afflicted person came to the space of His generosity

by one in distress without His bestowing a gift.

Except He granted?

أَو جاءَهُ ذو المُعضِلا

أَو جاءَهُ ذو المُعضِلا

ت بِمغلق إِلّا فَتح

ت بِمغلق إِلّا فَتح

Nor has one with intractable problems come to Him

Or who came to Him with complex matters

with something locked, without His opening it.

Except He untied?

فَدَع السوى وَاِنهَج عَلى

فَدَع السوى وَاِنهَج عَلى

نَهج السويّ المتضح

نَهج السويّ المتضح

So leave all else, and proceed along

So leave aberrance and take

the clear, upright path.

The path of moderation illuminated

وَاسمَع مَقالة ناصح

وَاسمَع مَقالة ناصح

إِن كُنت مِمَن يَنتَصح

إِن كُنت مِمَن يَنتَصح

And listen to an adviser's words,

And listen to the advice of an advisor

if you are among those who heed advice.

If you are one who takes advice

ما تَمَّ إِلّا ما يُري

ما تَمَّ إِلّا ما يُري

د فَدَع مُرادك وَاِطرَح

د فَدَع مُرادك وَاِطرَح

Nothing comes to pass but what He wills;

Nothing happens except what He wills

so relinquish your desire and cast it aside.

So leave your desire and let go

وَاِترُك وَساوسك الَّتي

وَاِترُك وَساوسك الَّتي

شغلت فُؤادك تَستَرح

شغلت فُؤادك تَستَرح

And abandon your troubling thoughts, which

And leave your whispers that

have preoccupied your heart; you will find rest.

Preoccupied your heart, so it may rest