هذا الغليل الذي عندي من القلقِ

هذا الغليل الذي عندي من القلقِ

وما أبثُ من الأشواقِ والحُرَقِ

وما أبثُ من الأشواقِ والحُرَقِ

This burning thirst within me, born of restlessness,

This anguish that I have, this restlessness,

and what I pour forth of longings and burning pains—

And my outpouring of longing and burning -

لا تحسبوه لمخلوق فإن لنا

لا تحسبوه لمخلوق فإن لنا

ملى المهيمن في المخلوق والخلقِِ

ملى المهيمن في المخلوق والخلقِِ

do not think it is for a created being; for we have

Do not think it is for a mortal creature, for verily,

the All-Protecting One’s manifestation [uncertain reading] in the creature and creation.

The Overseer has sway over the creature and creation.

فما أرى أحداً إلا تقوم به

فما أرى أحداً إلا تقوم به

عينُ الحبيبِ وإني منه في نفقِ

عينُ الحبيبِ وإني منه في نفقِ

For I see no one in whom there does not abide

So I see no one except that the eye of the Beloved

the Beloved’s very essence; yet I am in a tunnel away from Him.

Rises up in him, though I am plunged in the depths.

وما أرى غيرَ أنواعٍ منوَّعةٍ

وما أرى غيرَ أنواعٍ منوَّعةٍ

إذا بدا طبق أفنيتُ عن طَبَقِ

إذا بدا طبق أفنيتُ عن طَبَقِ

And I see nothing but manifold, varied kinds;

And I see naught but diverse, variegated types -

whenever one layer appears, I am effaced from another layer.

If a platter appeared, I was heedless of the next platter.

فكلُّ ما كان منه أو يكون له

فكلُّ ما كان منه أو يكون له

من المكاره محمولٌ على الحدَق

من المكاره محمولٌ على الحدَق

So all that has come from Him, or shall be His,

So all that was of Him or will be of Him

of hardships, is borne upon the pupils of the eyes.

Of troubles - it is borne on eyelids.

القلبُ يعرفه مني وتجهله

القلبُ يعرفه مني وتجهله

نفسي لما عندها من كثرة العلق

نفسي لما عندها من كثرة العلق

The heart within me knows Him, while He is unknown to

The heart recognizes it in me, though my soul is ignorant of it

my soul, because of the many attachments it has.

For the abundant attachment it has.

وذاك منه فإن الله قال لنا

وذاك منه فإن الله قال لنا

بأنه خلقَ الإنسانَ من علق

بأنه خلقَ الإنسانَ من علق

And that is from Him, for God has said to us

And that is from Him, for Allah has told us

that He created the human being from clinging clots.

That He created man from a clot.

من كان من علق فليس ينكر ما

من كان من علق فليس ينكر ما

يكون من علق فيه على نَسَق

يكون من علق فيه على نَسَق

Whoever is made from clots does not deny what

Whoever is from a clot, it is no wonder

arises within him of attachments, in orderly succession.

What comes from a clot, being of one pattern.

لي الثبات بأصل لا يزايلني

لي الثبات بأصل لا يزايلني

وحكمه في الذي عندي من القلق

وحكمه في الذي عندي من القلق

Mine is steadfastness through a root that never leaves me,

Mine is steadfastness in an origin that will not separate me

and its sway lies in the restlessness within me.

And His decree in what I have of disquiet.

وما أرى لي من شيء أبث به

وما أرى لي من شيء أبث به

إليه إلا الذي عندي من الملق

إليه إلا الذي عندي من الملق

And I see nothing of my own through which to confide

I see that I have nothing with which to communicate

in Him except the flattery within me.

To Him except that which I have of yearning.

وقد قرأتُ على نفسي مخافة أن

وقد قرأتُ على نفسي مخافة أن

تصيبني العين فيه سورة الفلق

تصيبني العين فيه سورة الفلق

And I have recited over myself—for fear that

And I have recited upon myself, fearing

the evil eye might strike me on His account—Surah al-Falaq (Daybreak).

The evil eye would strike me, Surat al-Falaq.