قرّةdelight العينِthe eye والبصرْand sight
قرّة العينِ والبصرْ
جاءcame موسىMoses علىaccording to قدرْa decree
جاء موسى على قدرْ
Delight of the eye and sight.
The delight of the eye and sight
Moses came as ordained,
Moses came with fate
بالذيwith what يقتضيrequires النظرreflection
بالذي يقتضي النظر
والذيand what يرتضيapproves القدرdestiny
والذي يرتضي القدر
with what reflection requires,
With what calls for consideration
and what destiny approves,
And what destiny approves
منamong أمورٍmatters إذاwhen بدتْthey appeared
من أمورٍ إذا بدتْ
أذهلتْthey bewildered صاحبَthe possessor of النظرْreflection
أذهلتْ صاحبَ النظرْ
among matters which, when they appear,
Of matters when they appear
bewilder the one who reflects.
They confound the beholder
قدindeed تعالتْthey have risen high فماso not يراsees
قد تعالتْ فما يرا
هاthem سوىexcept مَنone who لهhe has بصرْsight
ها سوى مَن له بصرْ
They have risen so high that none sees
Exalted, nothing is seen
them except one endowed with sight.
Except by the one with sight
والذيand what يدركونهthey perceive it
والذي يدركونه
إنماonly ذلكthat الأثرْthe trace
إنما ذلك الأثرْ
And what they perceive
And what they perceive
is only the trace,
Is merely the trace
مثلُlike أسمائهHis names العلىexalted
مثلُ أسمائه العلى
التيwhich عيَّنdesignated البشرْhumankind
التي عيَّن البشرْ
like His exalted names,
Like His supreme names
which humankind has designated.
That people specify
وهيand they بالذاتin essence فيin حمىa sanctuary
وهي بالذات في حمى
مانعbarring access ماnot لهfor him خبرknowledge
مانع ما له خبر
And in essence they are in a sanctuary
Protected, unaware of it
that bars access, of which he has no knowledge.
A lineage, all belonging to it
نسبٌrelations كلهاall of them لهاthey have
نسبٌ كلها لها
نسبٌrelations فيin الذيwhat ظهرhas appeared
نسبٌ في الذي ظهر
All are relations; they have
A lineage in what is apparent
relations in what has appeared
Of my existence and affliction
منof وجوديmy existence ومنand of بلوreach-
من وجودي ومن بلو
غي-ing of mine إلىto غايةthe utmost limit العمرof life
غي إلى غاية العمر
of my existence and of my reaching
To the end of life
the utmost limit of life.
And my transition that concludes
وانتقاليand my passage ماnot ينتهيends
وانتقالي ما ينتهي
هكذاthus جاءwas stated فيin الزُّبُرthe scriptures
هكذا جاء في الزُّبُر
And my passage never ends—
Thus it came in scriptures
thus it is written in the scriptures—
Of lasting bliss
منfrom نعيمٍbliss مؤبَّدٍeverlasting
من نعيمٍ مؤبَّدٍ
فيin جنانgardens وفيand in نهرa river
في جنان وفي نهر
from everlasting bliss
In gardens and river
in gardens and in a river,
With a Lord all-powerful
عندbeside ربِّa Lord مؤيّدٍgranting support
عند ربِّ مؤيّدٍ
فيin الذيwhatever شاءHe willed مقتدرall-powerful
في الذي شاء مقتدر
beside a Lord who grants support,
In what He willed by might
all-powerful in whatever He wills,
Or eternal torment
أوor عذابٍtorment سرمدٍeverlasting
أو عذابٍ سرمدٍ
فيin ضلالٍerror وفيand in سَعَرburning heat
في ضلالٍ وفي سَعَر
or everlasting torment
In misguidance and flame
in error and in burning heat.
We ask Allah for pardon
نسألُwe ask اللهGod عفوَهHis pardon
نسألُ الله عفوَه
فالكريمُfor the Generous One الذيwho غفرhas forgiven
فالكريمُ الذي غفر
We ask God for His pardon,
The Generous One who forgave
for the Generous One is He who has forgiven.
Partial English translation: 27 of 28 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1