1. قرّة العينِ والبصرْ

    جاء موسى على قدرْ

    Delight of the eye and sight.

    Moses came as ordained,

  2. بالذي يقتضي النظر

    والذي يرتضي القدر

    with what reflection requires,

    and what destiny approves,

  3. من أمورٍ إذا بدتْ

    أذهلتْ صاحبَ النظرْ

    among matters which, when they appear,

    bewilder the one who reflects.

  4. قد تعالتْ فما يرا

    ها سوى مَن له بصرْ

    They have risen so high that none sees

    them except one endowed with sight.

  5. والذي يدركونه

    إنما ذلك الأثرْ

    And what they perceive

    is only the trace,

  6. مثلُ أسمائه العلى

    التي عيَّن البشرْ

    like His exalted names,

    which humankind has designated.

  7. وهي بالذات في حمى

    مانع ما له خبر

    And in essence they are in a sanctuary

    that bars access, of which he has no knowledge.

  8. نسبٌ كلها لها

    نسبٌ في الذي ظهر

    All are relations; they have

    relations in what has appeared

  9. من وجودي ومن بلو

    غي إلى غاية العمر

    of my existence and of my reaching

    the utmost limit of life.

  10. وانتقالي ما ينتهي

    هكذا جاء في الزُّبُر

    And my passage never ends—

    thus it is written in the scriptures—

  11. من نعيمٍ مؤبَّدٍ

    في جنان وفي نهر

    from everlasting bliss

    in gardens and in a river,

  12. عند ربِّ مؤيّدٍ

    في الذي شاء مقتدر

    beside a Lord who grants support,

    all-powerful in whatever He wills,

  13. أو عذابٍ سرمدٍ

    في ضلالٍ وفي سَعَر

    or everlasting torment

    in error and in burning heat.

  14. نسألُ الله عفوَه

    فالكريمُ الذي غفر

    We ask God for His pardon,

    for the Generous One is He who has forgiven.