يا حارِ في سِنَةٍ مِن نَومِ أَوَّلِكُم

يا حارِ في سِنَةٍ مِن نَومِ أَوَّلِكُم

أَم كُنتَ وَيحَكَ مُغتَرّاً بِجِبريلِ

أَم كُنتَ وَيحَكَ مُغتَرّاً بِجِبريلِ

O Har, were you in a doze from the sleep of the first among you,

O sleeper for years in the slumber of your first ones,

Or were you—alas for you!—deluded about Gabriel?

Were you deluded, poor soul, by Gabriel?

أَم كُنتَ يا بنَ زِيادٍ حينَ تَقتُلُهُ

أَم كُنتَ يا بنَ زِيادٍ حينَ تَقتُلُهُ

بِغِرَّةٍ في فَضاءِ الأَرضِ مَجهولِ

بِغِرَّةٍ في فَضاءِ الأَرضِ مَجهولِ

Or were you, O son of Ziyad, when you killed him

Or were you, son of Ziyad, when you killed him

By surprise, in an unknown expanse of land?

In a lonely spot on the bare earth unknown?

وَقُلتُمُ لَن نُرى وَاللَهُ مُبصِرُكُم

وَقُلتُمُ لَن نُرى وَاللَهُ مُبصِرُكُم

وَفيكُمُ مُحكَمُ الآياتِ وَالقيلِ

وَفيكُمُ مُحكَمُ الآياتِ وَالقيلِ

And you said, “We shall not be seen,” while God sees you;

And you said "We will not see" - but God sees you

And among you is he whose verses and speech are firmly established—

And in you the explicit verses and hints abound

مُحَمَّدٌ وَالعَزيزُ اللَهُ يُخبِرُهُ

مُحَمَّدٌ وَالعَزيزُ اللَهُ يُخبِرُهُ

بِما تُكِنُّ سَريراتُ الأَقاويلِ

بِما تُكِنُّ سَريراتُ الأَقاويلِ

Muhammad; and God, the Almighty, informs him

Muhammad - and the Almighty God informs him

Of what the secret depths of utterances conceal.

Of the secrets hidden in your innermost thoughts.