إنَّ الذي فرضَ القرآنَ يرجعكم

إنَّ الذي فرضَ القرآنَ يرجعكم

إلى معاد وفيه العيشُ والفرحُ

إلى معاد وفيه العيشُ والفرحُ

Indeed, He who prescribed the Qur’an will return you

He who ordained the Qur'an will return you

To a place of return, where there are life and joy.

To an abode wherein is life and joy.

ياتي إليك له من كلِّ ناحية

ياتي إليك له من كلِّ ناحية

عوارفُ الخيرِ والآلاء والمنح

عوارفُ الخيرِ والآلاء والمنح

From every direction there come to you His

To you will come from every quarter

Bounties of goodness, blessings, and gifts.

Kindnesses, favors, and gifts galore.

وحار منها رجالٌ سادةٌ صبروا

وحار منها رجالٌ سادةٌ صبروا

عن بابه الدهرَ ما زالوا وما برحوا

عن بابه الدهرَ ما زالوا وما برحوا

And men, noble masters, were bewildered by them and endured patiently;

And men of worth, leaders, have suffered

For all time, they never moved or departed from His door.

Beside his door, nor ever left or fled.

إنَّ الذين بسهم الحبِّ قد قتلوا

إنَّ الذين بسهم الحبِّ قد قتلوا

وددتُ لو أنهم ماتوا وما جرحوا

وددتُ لو أنهم ماتوا وما جرحوا

Indeed, those who have been slain by love’s arrow—

Those by love's arrow smitten and wounded

I wish they had died and had not been wounded.

Would that they'd died and had not been injured!

لله قومٌ إذا ما أصلحوا فسدوا

لله قومٌ إذا ما أصلحوا فسدوا

وثم قوم إذا ما أفسدوا صلحوا

وثم قوم إذا ما أفسدوا صلحوا

To God belong a people who, whenever they set things right, become corrupt,

Some people, when amended, go astray,

And there are people who, whenever they corrupt things, become righteous.

While others, when corrupt, find the right way.