يا من إذا أبصرتُه

يا من إذا أبصرتُه

أبصرتُ نفسي وإذا

أبصرتُ نفسي وإذا

O you, at the sight of whom

O you whom when I see

I behold myself; and when

I see myself and when

أبصرَني أبصرَ أي

أبصرَني أبصرَ أي

ضاً نفسَه مُعوّذا

ضاً نفسَه مُعوّذا

he beholds me, he also beholds

He sees me, he sees his own

himself, seeking refuge

Soul protected by him from him

منه به فليتني

منه به فليتني

لم أكُ إذا كنتُ كذا

لم أكُ إذا كنتُ كذا

from him in him—if only I

Would that I were not so

had not existed, if I am thus!

Whenever I am such

فكلُّ ما أسأله

فكلُّ ما أسأله

فيه يقولُ حبَّذا

فيه يقولُ حبَّذا

For whatever I ask of him,

For whatever I ask of him

he says of it, “How excellent!”

He says: would that!

هذا هو الجودُ الذي

هذا هو الجودُ الذي

صيَّر قلبي جِهبِذا

صيَّر قلبي جِهبِذا

This is the generosity that

This is the generosity which

made my heart a master of discernment.

Has made my heart panic-stricken

لذا تراني كلما

لذا تراني كلما

أذكره منتبذا

أذكره منتبذا

Thus you see me, whenever

Hence you see me whenever

I remember him, withdrawn.

I remember him, deranged

فالحمد لله الذي

فالحمد لله الذي

أقامني في ذا وذا

أقامني في ذا وذا

So praise be to God, who

So praise be to God who

has established me in this and that.

Kept me in this and that