شهدتُ الذي تدعونه الغوث والذي

شهدتُ الذي تدعونه الغوث والذي

له الملكُ بعد الغوثِ والغوثُ لا يدري

له الملكُ بعد الغوثِ والغوثُ لا يدري

I beheld the one you call the Succor, and the one

I witnessed what you call rescue, and he who

To whom dominion belongs after the Succor; yet the Succor does not know

Owns the kingdom after rescue, and rescue does not know

بما هو غوث ثم إنْ كان عالماً

بما هو غوث ثم إنْ كان عالماً

به فاختصاص جاء في ليله يسري

به فاختصاص جاء في ليله يسري

What makes him the Succor; then, if he is aware

What rescue is. Then if he was knowledgeable

Of it, then it is a special favor that came, traveling through his night.

About it, the specialty came in an easy night

تباركَ ملكُ الملك جلَّ جلاله

تباركَ ملكُ الملك جلَّ جلاله

وعزَّ فلم يُدرَك بفكرٍ ولا ذِكر

وعزَّ فلم يُدرَك بفكرٍ ولا ذِكر

Blessed is the King of dominion; exalted is His majesty.

Blessed is the King of kings, His majesty is supreme

And mighty is He, so neither thought nor remembrance can grasp Him.

His might is unmatched by thought or mention

تعالى عن الأمثالِ علو مكانةٍ

تعالى عن الأمثالِ علو مكانةٍ

تبارك حتى ضمه القلبُ في صدري

تبارك حتى ضمه القلبُ في صدري

He is exalted above all likenesses, lofty in station.

Exalted above equals, lofty in status

Blessed is He, until the heart embraced Him within my breast.

Blessed until my heart embraced Him in my chest

ولم أدر ما هذا ولا ينجلي لنا

ولم أدر ما هذا ولا ينجلي لنا

مقالته فيه والشفع والوترِ

مقالته فيه والشفع والوترِ

And I did not know what this was, nor is it clear to us—

I did not know what this was, nor did it become clear to us

His saying about it: 'By the even and the odd.'

His words about it, the even and the odd

عرفناه لما أن تلونا كتابه

عرفناه لما أن تلونا كتابه

فللجهر ذاك الوتر والشفع للسرِّ

فللجهر ذاك الوتر والشفع للسرِّ

We knew Him when we recited His Book.

We knew Him when we recited His book

Thus that odd is for open utterance, and the even for the secret.

So the even is for the public, and the odd for the secret

وما عجبي من ماءِ مُزن وإنما

وما عجبي من ماءِ مُزن وإنما

عجبتُ لماءٍ سال من يابس الصخر

عجبتُ لماءٍ سال من يابس الصخر

And my wonder is not at water from rain clouds; rather,

I am not surprised by Muzn's water, but

I marveled at water that flowed from dry rock,

I was surprised by water that flowed from solid rock

كضربةِ موسى بالعصا الحجر الذي

كضربةِ موسى بالعصا الحجر الذي

تفجر ماءً في أناسٍ له تجري

تفجر ماءً في أناسٍ له تجري

As when Moses struck with the staff the stone that

Like Moses' strike with the staff on the rock

Gushed forth water among people, for whom it flows.

Which gushed water for people to drink

وكلُّ أناسٍ شربُه عالم به

وكلُّ أناسٍ شربُه عالم به

يميزه ذوقاً وإنْ حلَّ في النهر

يميزه ذوقاً وإنْ حلَّ في النهر

And each group knows its own share of water,

And whoever drank it knew it

Distinguishing it by taste, even if it is in the river.

Distinguishing its taste even if it mixed in the river