مِن قَبلِها طِبتَ في الظِلالِ وَفي

مِن قَبلِها طِبتَ في الظِلالِ وَفي

مُستَودَعٍ يَومَ يُخصَفُ الوَرَقُ

مُستَودَعٍ يَومَ يُخصَفُ الوَرَقُ

Before that, you were pure in the shades and in

In shadows you reposed before her being

A place of safekeeping, on the day the leaves were stitched together.

In storehouses, until leaves turn sere.

ثُمَّ سَكَنتَ البِلادَ لا بَشَرٌ

ثُمَّ سَكَنتَ البِلادَ لا بَشَرٌ

أَنتَ وَلا نُطفَةٌ وَلا عَلَقُ

أَنتَ وَلا نُطفَةٌ وَلا عَلَقُ

Then you dwelt in the lands—not a human

Then you inhabited countries, no man there,

Were you, nor a drop of seed, nor a blood clot.

Nor embryo, nor clot yet did appear.

مُطَّهَرٌ تَركَبُ السَفينَ وَقَد

مُطَّهَرٌ تَركَبُ السَفينَ وَقَد

أَلجَمَ نِسراً وَأَهلَهُ الغَرَقُ

أَلجَمَ نِسراً وَأَهلَهُ الغَرَقُ

Purified, you rode the ship, while

Pure essence, who rode the ark while surging

Drowning had bridled Nisr and his people.

Deluge engulfed all, leaving none to hear.

تُقَلُ مِن صالِبٍ إِلى رَحِمٍ

تُقَلُ مِن صالِبٍ إِلى رَحِمٍ

إِذا مَضى عَلَمٌ بَدا طَبَقُ

إِذا مَضى عَلَمٌ بَدا طَبَقُ

You are carried from a father's loins to a womb;

You travel from resolute loins to womb

Whenever a leader passes, a generation appears.

When time passes, a sign shines bright and clear.