1. دنت العناصرُ من علائك

    عند انحدراك من سمائكْ

    The elements drew near to your loftiness

    when you descended from your heaven.

  2. يا مالئ الكونين قد

    شَدَهَ الورى حَصرُ امتلائك

    O you who fill both worlds, indeed,

    the confinement of your fullness has bewildered humankind.

  3. لما ظرهت وأنت في

    طي اخفتائك من سنائك

    When you appeared, while still within

    the folds of your concealment through your splendor,

  4. فمتحجِّباً متظاهراً

    بين انحدارك واعتلائك

    thus veiled, yet manifest,

    between your descent and your exaltation,

  5. متجلياً متوارياً

    عن فهمنا بين الملائك

    revealed, yet hidden

    from our understanding, among the angels,

  6. نادت بك الآثار يا

    من جئتنا بعد اختفائك

    the signs proclaimed you, O

    you who came to us after your concealment,

  7. متأنساً متجسداً

    والنور نورٌ من ضيائك

    assuming human nature, becoming incarnate,

    and the light is light from your radiance,

  8. من مريم البِكر التي

    صينت وخُصت من نسائك

    from Mary, the virgin, who

    was preserved and singled out among your women.

  9. نور الوجود خلاصة ال

    كونين صفوةُ أوليائك

    Light of existence, essence of the

    two worlds, choicest among your saints,

  10. جمعت قلوب المؤمني

    ن المتقين على ولائك

    you united the hearts of the believers,

    the God-fearing, in allegiance to you.

  11. وبها عرفنا أنك ال

    مرموز عنك بأنبيائك

    And through them we knew that you are the

    one foreshadowed by your prophets.

  12. أنت الإله الحي وال

    قيوم في معنى بقائك

    You are the living God and the

    Self-Subsisting, in the sense of your enduring being,

  13. متصدراً في عرشك ال

    عالي المنيع بكبريائك

    presiding on your throne, the

    lofty, impregnable through your majesty.

  14. يا علة الكون الذي

    بهر العقولَ سنا بهائك

    O cause of the universe, whose

    beauty's radiance dazzled minds!

  15. عِقدُ الملائكِ والخلا

    ئقِ والوجودِ على ثنائك

    The necklace of angels and creatures,

    and of existence, is strung upon your praise.

  16. كلّ فقيرٌ يستمد

    د الخير من وافي غنائك

    Each is needy, drawing

    goodness from your ample wealth.

  17. هذا الوجود ومثله

    يكفيه جزءٌ من عطائك

    This existence, and its like,

    need only a portion of your bounty.

  18. امنُن على عبدٍ أتا

    ك يروم عِتقاً من بلائك

    Grant favor to a servant who has come

    to you, seeking release from your affliction.

  19. واعطف على نفسٍ رمت

    ه فطوَّحته في شَبائك

    And have compassion on a soul that cast

    him, then hurled him into your snares,

  20. حتى غدا من نفسه

    بيد امتحانك وابتلائك

    until, through his own soul, he came to be

    in the hand of your testing and your trial.

  21. وسطت عليه الموبقا

    تُ فأخَّرته عن فِنائك

    And deadly sins assailed him

    and held him back from your court,

  22. وقضت عليه وأين من

    يرجو مناصاً من قضائك

    and doomed him—and where is anyone who

    hopes for escape from your decree?

  23. فالطف به أنت الرجا

    ء وليس ييأس من رجائك

    So be gentle with him; you are hope,

    and he does not despair of hope in you.

  24. وانظمه في سلك البني

    ن القائمين على ولائك

    And string him upon the thread of the sons

    who stand steadfast in allegiance to you.