ذلت لعزة دينِكَ الأديانُ

ذلت لعزة دينِكَ الأديانُ

وتكونت بوجودكَ الأكوانُ

وتكونت بوجودكَ الأكوانُ

The religions bowed to the might of Your religion,

Religions were humiliated for the glory of your religion,

and the worlds came into being through Your existence.

And the universes were formed by your existence,

يا أيها المولى يسوع ابنُ العلى

يا أيها المولى يسوع ابنُ العلى

أنت الإله الفاطر الديّان

أنت الإله الفاطر الديّان

O Lord Jesus, Son of the Most High,

O Master Jesus, Son of the Most High,

You are God, the Creator and Judge.

You are the Creator God, the Judge.

وافيتَنا متجسداً لخلاصنا

وافيتَنا متجسداً لخلاصنا

من مريمٍ يا أيها الرحمان

من مريمٍ يا أيها الرحمان

You came to us incarnate for our salvation,

You came to us incarnate for our salvation,

from Mary, O Merciful One.

From Mary, O Merciful One.

واخترتَها من بين أبكار النِسا

واخترتَها من بين أبكار النِسا

وبطهرها يتأكَّد البرهان

وبطهرها يتأكَّد البرهان

You chose her from among the virgins,

And you chose her from among the virgins of women,

and her purity confirms the proof.

Confirming the proof by her purity.

قامت وسيطاً بالشفاعة مثلما

قامت وسيطاً بالشفاعة مثلما

أَستيرُ قامت واختزى هامان

أَستيرُ قامت واختزى هامان

She stood as an intercessor, pleading, just as

She stood as an intercessor like Esther,

Esther stood, and Haman was put to shame.

And Haman was humiliated.

وظهرتَ في ناسوتنا متردِّداً

وظهرتَ في ناسوتنا متردِّداً

ورآك آدمُ ذلك الإنسان

ورآك آدمُ ذلك الإنسان

You appeared, moving to and fro in our human nature,

You appeared hesitating in our humanity,

and Adam, that human being, saw You.

And Adam, that man, saw you.

وبَرزتَ ذا فعلٍ بديعٍ معجِزٍ

وبَرزتَ ذا فعلٍ بديعٍ معجِزٍ

يَرويهِ عنكَ الصِدقُ والإذعان

يَرويهِ عنكَ الصِدقُ والإذعان

You emerged as the doer of a wondrous, miraculous deed,

You emerged with a wonderful, miraculous deed,

which truth and submission recount of You.

Reported by truth and submission.

وأمطتَ ذيلَ الكفر لما أن بدا

وأمطتَ ذيلَ الكفر لما أن بدا

من نورك الإرشاد والإيمان

من نورك الإرشاد والإيمان

You swept away unbelief's trailing hem when there appeared

You erased the tail of disbelief when

from Your light guidance and faith.

Your guidance, faith and light appeared.

وخذلت أوثان الضلال بقوةٍ

وخذلت أوثان الضلال بقوةٍ

قد خاف منها الكفر والشيطان

قد خاف منها الكفر والشيطان

You overthrew the idols of error with a power

You defeated the idols of misguidance with power,

feared by unbelief and Satan.

Feared by disbelief and Satan.

فارتد نحوك آدمٌ وبنوه من

فارتد نحوك آدمٌ وبنوه من

أسر المُعاند وامتحَى الثعبان

أسر المُعاند وامتحَى الثعبان

So Adam and his sons turned back toward You from

So Adam and his sons turned back

the adversary's bondage, and the serpent was effaced.

From the bonds of the obstinate and shed serpent.

وصعدتَ من بعد اَن هدمتَ حصونَه

وصعدتَ من بعد اَن هدمتَ حصونَه

وتقوَّضت من بأسك الأركان

وتقوَّضت من بأسك الأركان

You ascended after demolishing his fortresses,

After you demolished its fortresses,

and the pillars collapsed before Your might.

And its pillars were shaken by your might,

لكن محبتك التي فَتحَت لنا ال

لكن محبتك التي فَتحَت لنا ال

ملكوتَ وانطفأت بها النيران

ملكوتَ وانطفأت بها النيران

Yet Your love, which opened for us the

Your love which opened for us

Kingdom, and through which the fires were quenched,

The kingdom and extinguished the fires,

قد حركت من فضل جودك نعمةً

قد حركت من فضل جودك نعمةً

روحيةً وشعارُها الكتمان

روحيةً وشعارُها الكتمان

stirred, from the abundance of Your generosity, a grace

Moved by your generosity a

spiritual, whose hallmark is concealment.

Spiritual grace whose motto is secrecy.

فنهضت معتضداً وقد برز الهدى

فنهضت معتضداً وقد برز الهدى

من فيك والبركاتُ والرضوان

من فيك والبركاتُ والرضوان

So You arose, upheld, and guidance came forth

So orthodoxy rose supported

from Your mouth, with blessings and divine favor.

And guidance, blessings and contentment appeared from you.

ومنحتنا لرضاك في ذلك العشا ال

ومنحتنا لرضاك في ذلك العشا ال

سريِّ سرّاً زانه الإحسان

سريِّ سرّاً زانه الإحسان

And You granted us, for Your good pleasure, at that supper,

For your satisfaction in that secret supper

the mystical one, a mystery graced by goodness.

You granted us a secret gift marked by kindness.

لما تناولتَ اختياراً مُعلِناً

لما تناولتَ اختياراً مُعلِناً

خبزاً وخمراً والرضا برهان

خبزاً وخمراً والرضا برهان

When You freely took, openly,

When you chose deliberately

bread and wine, with Your good pleasure as proof,

Bread and wine, proof of consent,

فشكرتَ مغتفراً وقدستَ الذي

فشكرتَ مغتفراً وقدستَ الذي

بيديك فانطاعت لك الأكوان

بيديك فانطاعت لك الأكوان

You gave thanks, forgiving, and sanctified what

You gave thanks, forgiving, and sanctified

was in Your hands, and the worlds obeyed You.

What was in your hands, so the universes obeyed you.

وجعلتَه لك بالحقيقة ظاهراً

وجعلتَه لك بالحقيقة ظاهراً

جسداً يُرَى ودماً به الغفران

جسداً يُرَى ودماً به الغفران

And You made it truly manifest as Your own

You made it truly your visible body

visible body, and blood in which is forgiveness.

And blood, with it forgiveness,

وأبنتَه سرّاً عجيباً منقذاً

وأبنتَه سرّاً عجيباً منقذاً

للمؤمنين وصدقُه العِرفان

للمؤمنين وصدقُه العِرفان

You revealed it as a wondrous, saving mystery

And secretly built it, a wondrous savior

for believers, with knowledge attesting its truth.

For believers, and its truth is recognized.

يتضمن اللاهوتَ متَّحداً به

يتضمن اللاهوتَ متَّحداً به

والإتحاد يزينه التبيان

والإتحاد يزينه التبيان

It contains divinity united with it,

It contains divinity united with it

and elucidation adorns that union.

And the union is adorned by explanation.

فتراه لاهوتاً وناسوتاً معاً

فتراه لاهوتاً وناسوتاً معاً

لا يعتريه الشك والنقصان

لا يعتريه الشك والنقصان

Thus you behold it as divinity and humanity together,

So you see it as divinity and humanity together,

untouched by doubt or deficiency

Free of doubt and defect.

عن ذلك الجسد الذي قد حزتَه

عن ذلك الجسد الذي قد حزتَه

من مريمٍ وبه الأنام تُصان

من مريمٍ وبه الأنام تُصان

in comparison with that body which You received

This is the body you took

from Mary, through which humankind is guarded.

From Mary, and through it people are protected.

ومنحتَناهُ ذخيرةً ننجو به

ومنحتَناهُ ذخيرةً ننجو به

من عثرة يَرمي بها الطغيان

من عثرة يَرمي بها الطغيان

You bestowed it on us as a treasure through which we escape

You granted it to us as provisions by which we are saved

the stumbling block that tyranny hurls.

From the stumbling block thrown by the tyrant.

وبدت شريعتُنا تَحُلُّ رموز ما

وبدت شريعتُنا تَحُلُّ رموز ما

رمزَت به عن أُسِّها الأركان

رمزَت به عن أُسِّها الأركان

And our sacred law appeared, unraveling the symbols of what

Our law seemed to unravel the symbols

the pillars had signified concerning their foundation.

Of what its pillars symbolized.

فكأنما الإنجيل للمعنى فمٌ

فكأنما الإنجيل للمعنى فمٌ

وكأنَّ توراة الكليم لسان

وكأنَّ توراة الكليم لسان

As though the Gospel were a mouth for the meaning,

So the Gospel is like the mouth to the meaning

and the Torah of God's interlocutor a tongue.

And the Torah of Moses the tongue.

هذا هو الحَمَل الذبيح عشيةً

هذا هو الحَمَل الذبيح عشيةً

قد إضمحلَّ بذبحه القربان

قد إضمحلَّ بذبحه القربان

This is the Lamb slain at evening;

This is the lamb sacrificed on the eve

through its slaughter the offering vanished.

When sacrifice faded with his slaughter.

موسى أزال بفَصْحِه عن قومه

موسى أزال بفَصْحِه عن قومه

أسراً تُخَصُّ بمصره البُلدان

أسراً تُخَصُّ بمصره البُلدان

Moses, through his Passover, removed from his people

Moses removed the captivity from his people

a bondage peculiar to his Egypt among the lands.

By his Passover, and countries were specialized by their Egypt.

لكن يسوع بفَصْحِه فتح السما

لكن يسوع بفَصْحِه فتح السما

وبه تخلَّص آدمُ الإنسان

وبه تخلَّص آدمُ الإنسان

But Jesus, through His Passover, opened heaven,

But Jesus by his Passover opened the heavens

and through Him Adam, the human being, was delivered.

And through it Adam the human was delivered.

تتجدد الأرواح في تجديده

تتجدد الأرواح في تجديده

حيناً تجدِّدُ سرَّه الكُهّان

حيناً تجدِّدُ سرَّه الكُهّان

Souls are renewed as it is renewed,

Spirits are renewed in his renewal

whenever the priests renew His mystery.

When its mystery renews the priests.

ونحوز منه نعمةً في نعمةٍ

ونحوز منه نعمةً في نعمةٍ

سريةٍ وظهورُها الإيمان

سريةٍ وظهورُها الإيمان

And we receive from it grace within a grace

We gain from it grace upon grace,

mystical, whose manifestation is faith.

Secret and its appearance is faith.

هذا هو القوت الذي من دونه

هذا هو القوت الذي من دونه

ذا جائعٌ يوماً وذا عطشان

ذا جائعٌ يوماً وذا عطشان

This is the nourishment without which

This is the bread without which

one is hungry one day, another thirsty.

One would be hungry and another thirsty.

وذبيحةٌ سريةٌ ذُبحت به ال

وذبيحةٌ سريةٌ ذُبحت به ال

أعداءُ والأضداد والأوثان

أعداءُ والأضداد والأوثان

And a mystical sacrifice, through which were slain the

A secret sacrifice by which

enemies, adversaries, and idols.

Enemies, adversaries and idols were slaughtered.

هذا هو السر الذي فضحت به ال

هذا هو السر الذي فضحت به ال

آثام واغتُسِلت به الأدران

آثام واغتُسِلت به الأدران

This is the mystery through which were exposed the

This is the mystery which exposed

sins, and through which the stains were washed away.

Sins and purged consciences.

والسُلَّمُ المركوزُ في أفق السما

والسُلَّمُ المركوزُ في أفق السما

تسمو به الأرواح والأبدان

تسمو به الأرواح والأبدان

And the ladder planted on heaven's horizon,

The ladder set up in the horizon of the sky

by which souls and bodies ascend.

By which souls and bodies ascend.

هذا هو المنُّ الذي من ذاقه

هذا هو المنُّ الذي من ذاقه

ذاقَ الحياة وزاره الرحمن

ذاقَ الحياة وزاره الرحمن

This is the manna: whoever has tasted it

This is the manna, whoever tastes it

has tasted life, and the Merciful has visited him.

Tastes life and is visited by the Merciful.

وبه يقوم مشيَّعاً من قبره

وبه يقوم مشيَّعاً من قبره

مِن دونه تتمزق الأكفان

مِن دونه تتمزق الأكفان

Through it he rises, escorted, from his grave;

By it he who dies will rise from his grave,

beneath him the shrouds are torn apart.

Without it shrouds are torn apart.

هذا هو الجسد الإلهي الذي

هذا هو الجسد الإلهي الذي

رُفعت به وبنصره الصلبان

رُفعت به وبنصره الصلبان

This is the divine body through which

This is the divine body

the crosses were raised, through it and its victory.

By which crosses were raised and victory achieved.

واندقَّ طودُ الكفر منحطّاً به

واندقَّ طودُ الكفر منحطّاً به

نحو الحضيض وأدبر الدَبَران

نحو الحضيض وأدبر الدَبَران

The mountain of unbelief was crushed, brought low by it

The mountain of disbelief collapsed by it

toward the depths, and Aldebaran retreated.

Down to the abyss and fled.

هذا هو الثمر الإلهي الذي

هذا هو الثمر الإلهي الذي

خضعت له الأثمار والأغصان

خضعت له الأثمار والأغصان

This is the divine fruit to which

This is the divine fruit which

the fruits and branches bowed.

Fruits and branches submit to.

لو ذاق آدم بعد موتٍ طعمَه

لو ذاق آدم بعد موتٍ طعمَه

ما مات واهتُصرت له الخُرصان

ما مات واهتُصرت له الخُرصان

Had Adam tasted its flavor after death,

If Adam tasted it after death

he would not have died, and the spears would have been snapped for him.

He would not have died and fig leaves would not have shriveled.

هذا هو الشجر الإلهي الذي

هذا هو الشجر الإلهي الذي

يَحمي حماه صارمٌ وسنان

يَحمي حماه صارمٌ وسنان

This is the divine tree whose

This is the divine tree which

sanctuary a sharp sword and spearhead guard.

Sharp swords and spears protect.

من عُوده تُجنَى الحياة وإنما

من عُوده تُجنَى الحياة وإنما

يفنَى به من مسَّهُ النكران

يفنَى به من مسَّهُ النكران

From its wood life is harvested; yet

From its wood life is harvested, and only

through it perishes whoever denial has touched.

Those touched by disbelief perish.

هذا هو النار التي لم تحترق

هذا هو النار التي لم تحترق

بسعيرها الأجرام والأكوان

بسعيرها الأجرام والأكوان

This is the fire that did not consume

This is the fire which did not burn

the bodies and worlds with its blaze.

Creation in its flames.

شَعياً رآها بكفِّ سارافيمها

شَعياً رآها بكفِّ سارافيمها

فتطهرت من لمسها الأذهان

فتطهرت من لمسها الأذهان

Isaiah saw it in the hand of its seraphim,

Isaiah saw it in the palm of Seraphim's hand

and minds were purified by its touch.

So minds were purified by its touch.

هذا هو الحق الإلهي الذي

هذا هو الحق الإلهي الذي

بطلت به الأشباه والعنوان

بطلت به الأشباه والعنوان

This is the divine truth through which

This is the divine truth by which

the figures and the sign were annulled.

Pretense and false appearances failed.

وتهدمت منه الضحايا كلُّها

وتهدمت منه الضحايا كلُّها

حتى تلاشى الدُهنُ والقربان

حتى تلاشى الدُهنُ والقربان

All sacrifices collapsed before it,

Victims were all demolished by it

until the oil and offering vanished.

Until oils and offerings vanished.

هذا هو الرمز الإلهي الذي

هذا هو الرمز الإلهي الذي

تنحو به التوراة والألحان

تنحو به التوراة والألحان

This is the divine symbol

This is the divine symbol to which

toward which the Torah and hymns incline.

The Torah and psalms point.

داود ينشد نَحوَه مترنماً

داود ينشد نَحوَه مترنماً

وكذاك موسى والنبي يونان

وكذاك موسى والنبي يونان

David sings toward it in melody,

David chants toward it singing

and likewise Moses and the prophet Jonah,

As do Moses, Jonah and the prophets.

حزقيلُ واَرْمِيّا وشَعياءٌ معاً

حزقيلُ واَرْمِيّا وشَعياءٌ معاً

والأنبيا كلٌّ له إعلان

والأنبيا كلٌّ له إعلان

Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah together,

Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Isaiah together

and all the prophets: each proclaims it.

And every prophet has a revelation.

هذا هو النور الذي ما أومضت

هذا هو النور الذي ما أومضت

أسرارُه إلّا بدا الكتمان

أسرارُه إلّا بدا الكتمان

This is the light: no sooner did there flash

This is the light whose secrets

its mysteries than concealment appeared.

Only appeared obscured.

فانجاب ليل الكفر منه مذ بدا

فانجاب ليل الكفر منه مذ بدا

وزَهَت وِهادُ الحق والكثبان

وزَهَت وِهادُ الحق والكثبان

The night of unbelief lifted through it when it appeared,

So the night of disbelief gave birth to it since it appeared

and truth's valleys and dunes grew radiant.

And the beacons of truth and dunes shone.

هذا هو القوس التي ميثاقُها

هذا هو القوس التي ميثاقُها

يُنبي بأن قد أُبطلَ الطوفان

يُنبي بأن قد أُبطلَ الطوفان

This is the bow whose covenant

This is the covenant whose bow

announces that the flood has been annulled.

Indicates the flood was nullified.

لو أنْ حَسا نوحٌ شرابَ دمائه

لو أنْ حَسا نوحٌ شرابَ دمائه

ما نام مفتضحاً وهوْ سكران

ما نام مفتضحاً وهوْ سكران

Had Noah sipped the drink of its blood,

If Noah had sensed the taste of its blood

he would not have slept exposed and drunk.

He would not have slept exposed drunk.

هذا هو الفلك المنيف إلى العلا

هذا هو الفلك المنيف إلى العلا

وبعرشه تَتسوَّم التيجان

وبعرشه تَتسوَّم التيجان

This is the celestial sphere, towering toward the heights,

This is the safe ship to the heights

and by its throne the crowns are distinguished.

With its throne garlanded by crowns.

أقماره وشموسه ونجومه

أقماره وشموسه ونجومه

الأنبيا والرسل والرهبان

الأنبيا والرسل والرهبان

Its moons, its suns, and its stars

Its moons, suns and stars

are the prophets, apostles, and monks.

Are the prophets, apostles and monks.

هذا هو القطبُ الذي من حوله

هذا هو القطبُ الذي من حوله

رسلُ البشائر كلهم أعوان

رسلُ البشائر كلهم أعوان

This is the pole about which

This is the pole around which

the messengers of glad tidings are all helpers.

The messengers of good news are all assistants.

ورحى البشارة حول مركزه إذا

ورحى البشارة حول مركزه إذا

دارت يزول بدورها الطغيان

دارت يزول بدورها الطغيان

And when the millstone of glad tidings, about its center,

The mill of evangelism revolves around its center, so

turns, tyranny vanishes through its turning.

Tyranny disappears with its cycle.

هذا هو المولى الإلهُ بعزه

هذا هو المولى الإلهُ بعزه

وجنودُه من حوله ألوان

وجنودُه من حوله ألوان

This is the Lord, God in His might,

This is the Master God, with His might

and His hosts around Him are of many kinds.

And soldiers around Him of every kind.

حسبي أراه والملائكُ حولَه

حسبي أراه والملائكُ حولَه

ذا راكعٌ خوفاً وذا فرحان

ذا راكعٌ خوفاً وذا فرحان

It is enough for me to see Him, with angels about Him,

It suffices that I see Him and the angels around Him

one bowing in fear, another joyful.

Bowing in awe, happy.

يترنمون بشدوِهِم وهديرُهم

يترنمون بشدوِهِم وهديرُهم

كالوُرْق تَخفِقُ فيهمُ الأفنان

كالوُرْق تَخفِقُ فيهمُ الأفنان

They chant with their singing, and their cooing is

They sing with their humming and murmuring

like gray doves, with boughs fluttering among them.

Like leaves fluttering among them.

رقت به أصواتهم فترنموا

رقت به أصواتهم فترنموا

قُدُّوسُ ربٍّ بالجلال يُزان

قُدُّوسُ ربٍّ بالجلال يُزان

Through Him their voices grew tender, and they chanted:

Their voices softened and they sang

"Holy is the Lord, adorned with majesty!"

“Holy Lord” with majesty and balance.

فالهيكل السفلي كالعرش العلِي

فالهيكل السفلي كالعرش العلِي

والسرُّ ربٌّ والدعا ألحان

والسرُّ ربٌّ والدعا ألحان

So the sanctuary below is like the throne on high,

So the lower sanctuary is like the highest heaven

the mystery is Lord, and prayers are melodies.

The mystery is Lord and prayer is chant.

يا أيها السر الذي نُسخت به ال

يا أيها السر الذي نُسخت به ال

أشباهُ وانحطمت به الأوثان

أشباهُ وانحطمت به الأوثان

O mystery through which were superseded the

O mystery by which semblances were abrogated

figures, and through which the idols were shattered!

And idols were smashed by you.

خُفِضت بك الأصنام طرّاً مثلما

خُفِضت بك الأصنام طرّاً مثلما

رُفعت لنصر حقوقك الصلبان

رُفعت لنصر حقوقك الصلبان

Through You the idols were all brought low, just as

Idols were lowered in pieces just as

the crosses were raised to uphold Your rights.

Crosses were raised in victory by you.

بك صَدَّقَ الإنجيلَ كلُّ موفَّقٍ

بك صَدَّقَ الإنجيلَ كلُّ موفَّقٍ

وتداولَت مدحاً له الأزمان

وتداولَت مدحاً له الأزمان

Through You every favored soul believed the Gospel,

The Gospel was proven true by every successful one because of you

and the ages handed on praise for it.

And eras passed around singing your praise.

وبك استبان الحق بعد خفائه

وبك استبان الحق بعد خفائه

حتى أطاعك إنسها والجان

حتى أطاعك إنسها والجان

Through You truth became clear after its concealment,

By you, truth appeared after being hidden

until its humankind and the jinn obeyed You.

Until humans and jinn obeyed you.

وبك اتخذنا الأمنَ من كيد العدا

وبك اتخذنا الأمنَ من كيد العدا

ثمَ اُخمدت من طَلِّكَ النيران

ثمَ اُخمدت من طَلِّكَ النيران

Through You we secured safety from the enemies' plotting;

By you, we felt safe from the cunning of enemies

then the fires were quenched by Your dew.

Then fires were extinguished by your rising.

بك كاهن الأصنام يَجحَدُ كفرَه

بك كاهن الأصنام يَجحَدُ كفرَه

حيناً يرى أصنامَه تنهان

حيناً يرى أصنامَه تنهان

Through You the priest of idols repudiates his unbelief

By you, the idol priest disavows his disbelief

when he sees his idols abased.

When he sees his idols forbid him.

بكَ بيعت الدنيا بأبخس درهمٍ

بكَ بيعت الدنيا بأبخس درهمٍ

فانٍ فليسَ لبيعها أثمان

فانٍ فليسَ لبيعها أثمان

Through You the world was sold for the paltriest dirham,

By you, the world was sold for the lowest price

a perishing coin, for its sale has no value.

For there are no prices for selling it.

بك قصرُ قيصرَ قد تداعى مذ هوى

بك قصرُ قيصرَ قد تداعى مذ هوى

من كِسرِهِ كسرى أنوشروان

من كِسرِهِ كسرى أنوشروان

Through You Caesar's palace crumbled, since there fell

By you, Caesar’s palace collapsed when it fell

from its ruin Khosrow Anushirvan.

Like Chosroes’ palace cracked and ruined.

يا أيها الجسد المقدس والذي

يا أيها الجسد المقدس والذي

جلَّت به الأقطار والأكوان

جلَّت به الأقطار والأكوان

O holy body, through which

O sanctified body, by which

the regions and the worlds have been exalted!

Lands and universes were exalted.

إن الكنائسَ من حضورك ظاهراً

إن الكنائسَ من حضورك ظاهراً

فيهن أضحت من يديك تُعان

فيهن أضحت من يديك تُعان

Indeed, the churches, through Your visible presence

Churches became visibly supported by your presence

within them, have come to be aided by Your hands.

And the faithful, young and old, rely on you.

والمؤمنون كبيرُهم وصغيرهم

والمؤمنون كبيرُهم وصغيرهم

متوكلون عليك والوِلدان

متوكلون عليك والوِلدان

And the believers, their elders and their young,

The East bows to you with its suns

rely on You, as do the children.

And the West is lit by your brilliance.

فالشرق نحوك ساجدٌ بشموسه

فالشرق نحوك ساجدٌ بشموسه

والغرب منك يَحُفُّه اللمعان

والغرب منك يَحُفُّه اللمعان

The East bows toward You with its suns,

Truth blossoms on all sides like the moon

and radiance from You surrounds the West.

And the earth's expanse is folded in contentment.

والحق منبجس الجوانب مُقمرٌ

والحق منبجس الجوانب مُقمرٌ

والأرض يَطوي طيَّها الرضوان

والأرض يَطوي طيَّها الرضوان

And truth gushes on all sides, moonlit,

The kingdom was sanctified on the day it accepted you

and divine favor gathers up the earth's folds.

Bodily, with favor and forgiveness.

وتقدس الملكوتُ يوم قَبُوله

وتقدس الملكوتُ يوم قَبُوله

جسداً به الإحسان والغفران

جسداً به الإحسان والغفران

The Kingdom was sanctified on the day it received

It did not extinguish the fires or their prisoners

a body in which are goodness and forgiveness.

In Hell and Satan's cinders.

ما أخمدَ النيرانَ في سجِّينها

ما أخمدَ النيرانَ في سجِّينها

بجهنمٍ وسَجيرُها الشيطان

بجهنمٍ وسَجيرُها الشيطان

None quenched the fires in their dungeon,

Except my God whose kindness fills its gardens

in Gehenna, whose companion is Satan,

It suffices that gardens are filled with kindness!

إلاه والإحسانُ ملءُ جنانه

إلاه والإحسانُ ملءُ جنانه

حَسبي جَنانٌ ملؤُه الإحسان

حَسبي جَنانٌ ملؤُه الإحسان

but He, whose heart is filled with goodness.

O Lord, grant me the success of righteousness

Enough for me is a heart filled with goodness.

For righteousness is your righteousness and all else is madness.

يا ربِّّ هب لي أن أفوز ببرِّه

يا ربِّّ هب لي أن أفوز ببرِّه

فالبر برُّك والسوى هذيان

فالبر برُّك والسوى هذيان

O Lord, grant me triumph through His righteousness;

So when you come to me as a visitor

for righteousness is Yours, and all else is babble.

You will find me, my square and gardens ready for you.

حتى إذا وافيتَ نحوي زائراً

حتى إذا وافيتَ نحوي زائراً

يَحويك مني مَربعٌ وجَنان

يَحويك مني مَربعٌ وجَنان

So that, when You come to visit me,

This is my hope before the day of my death

a dwelling and a heart within me may contain You.

When the self is terrified by the scale.

هذا رجائي قبل يوم منيتي

هذا رجائي قبل يوم منيتي

والنفس يُرهِبُ دَينَها الميزان

والنفس يُرهِبُ دَينَها الميزان

This is my hope before the day of my death,

I have no debts but my sins

while the scales make the soul fear for its debt.

Too many to count or reckon.

لا دَين لي إلّا ذنوبي إنها

لا دَين لي إلّا ذنوبي إنها

قد كلَّ عن إحصائهن بَنان

قد كلَّ عن إحصائهن بَنان

I have no debt but my sins; indeed,

So purge with your pardon what I see as grave

fingers have grown weary of counting them.

With blood by which consciences are cleansed.

فامحص بعفوك ما أراه باهظاً

فامحص بعفوك ما أراه باهظاً

بدمٍ به تَتمحَّصُ الأدران

بدمٍ به تَتمحَّصُ الأدران

So purge by Your pardon what I find burdensome,

And accept my praise and forgive my inadequacy in it,

with blood through which stains are cleansed.

For praises like yours perplex all weights.

واقبل مديحي واعف عن عجزي به

واقبل مديحي واعف عن عجزي به

عن مدح مثلك تَعجزُ الأوزان

عن مدح مثلك تَعجزُ الأوزان

Accept my praise, and pardon my inadequacy in it;

the meters fall short of praising one like You.