إِذا المَولى لِعَبدٍ صارَ سَمعاً

إِذا المَولى لِعَبدٍ صارَ سَمعاً

وَعَيناً في الرِضى وَيَداً وَرِجلا

وَعَيناً في الرِضى وَيَداً وَرِجلا

If the Lord becomes a servant's hearing,

When my Master becomes for His servant hearing, sight,

and an eye, in His good pleasure, and a hand and a foot,

A hand in prosperity, a foot in difficulties

فَلَم ذا في الأَحَبِّ إِلَيهِ يَنفي

فَلَم ذا في الأَحَبِّ إِلَيهِ يَنفي

مَقالَةَ مَن يَقولُ بِهِ تَجَلّى

مَقالَةَ مَن يَقولُ بِهِ تَجَلّى

then why does this deny, concerning the one dearest to Him,

Then why should the report of one who says He has appeared

the claim of one who says, 'Through him He manifested Himself'?

Be unwelcome to me in my love for Him?

وَلَستُ بِذا أُدينُ وَإِن أَدنى

وَلَستُ بِذا أُدينُ وَإِن أَدنى

مَقالي فيهِ مِن ذا القَولِ أَعلى

مَقالي فيهِ مِن ذا القَولِ أَعلى

And I do not believe in this, though the least

And though I do not share that doctrine, yet my words

of what I say concerning Him is higher than this claim.

Concerning Him are higher than those which assert it.

لِأَنّي مُذ تَأَتّى مِنهُ سَمعي

لِأَنّي مُذ تَأَتّى مِنهُ سَمعي

تَجَلّى عَنهُ طَرفي ما تَجَلّى

تَجَلّى عَنهُ طَرفي ما تَجَلّى

For since my hearing came from Him,

For since my hearing and my sight of Him proceeded

my gaze has beheld what shone forth from Him.

My eyes have never turned from Him when He appeared.

وَهَل أَقصى وَبِالأَقصى رَآهُ

وَهَل أَقصى وَبِالأَقصى رَآهُ

فُؤادي بِالدُنُوِّ وَقَد تَدَلّى

فُؤادي بِالدُنُوِّ وَقَد تَدَلّى

And is there any farther reach, when at the farthest He was seen

And can the innermost heart of one who has seen Him

by my heart in nearness, as He descended?

Perceive Him with any other approach than humility?