أتَحِينُ فِي هَذِي النَّضَارَةِ وَالصِّبَا

أتَحِينُ فِي هَذِي النَّضَارَةِ وَالصِّبَا

مَنْ يَبْكِ مِنْ أَسَفٍ فَلَيْسَ مَلُوما

مَنْ يَبْكِ مِنْ أَسَفٍ فَلَيْسَ مَلُوما

Must you die amid this bloom and youth?

In this youth and prime of life,

Whoever weeps from sorrow is not to blame.

Let none blame him who weeps in sorrow.

َأَكْبَرْتُ فيكَ الخَطْبُ حَتَّى إِنَّنِي

َأَكْبَرْتُ فيكَ الخَطْبُ حَتَّى إِنَّنِي

لأَرَى الثَّرَى يَحْنُو عَلَيْكَ رَحِيمَا

لأَرَى الثَّرَى يَحْنُو عَلَيْكَ رَحِيمَا

I deemed your calamity so grievous that I

Great grief for you fills me, until

Indeed see the earth bending over you in mercy.

I see even the earth bend with compassion.

يَا مُهْجَةً ذَابَتْ وَعَيْناً أُغْمِضَتْ

يَا مُهْجَةً ذَابَتْ وَعَيْناً أُغْمِضَتْ

ذَهَبَ الرَّدَى بِهِمَا وَكَانَ أَثِيمَا

ذَهَبَ الرَّدَى بِهِمَا وَكَانَ أَثِيمَا

O heart that melted away, and eye that was closed!

O extinguished flame, O closed eyes,

Death carried them both away, and was sinful.

Decay took them and acted wickedly.

مَا كُنْتُمَا بِالجَانِبَيْنِ وَأَنْتُمَا

مَا كُنْتُمَا بِالجَانِبَيْنِ وَأَنْتُمَا

لَمْ تَعْرَفَا التَّحْلِيلَ وَالتَّحْرِيمَا

لَمْ تَعْرَفَا التَّحْلِيلَ وَالتَّحْرِيمَا

You two were on neither side, while you both

You were not on either side, yet

Had known neither what was lawful nor what was forbidden.

You knew not what was lawful and unlawful.

لَكِنَّهُ للهِ سِرٌّ غَامِضٌ

لَكِنَّهُ للهِ سِرٌّ غَامِضٌ

يَتَجَاوَزُ الْمَظْنُونَ وَالمَفْهُومَا

يَتَجَاوَزُ الْمَظْنُونَ وَالمَفْهُومَا

But it is God's mysterious secret,

But it is a mysterious secret of God,

Surpassing what is surmised and understood.

Beyond what is suspected and understood.

سِرٌّ يُرِيبُ النَّاسَ حَتَّى تَنْتَفِي

سِرٌّ يُرِيبُ النَّاسَ حَتَّى تَنْتَفِي

حُجُبُ الحَيَاةِ وَتَكْشِفَ المَكْتُومَا

حُجُبُ الحَيَاةِ وَتَكْشِفَ المَكْتُومَا

A secret that unsettles people until

A secret that makes people doubt,

Life's veils fall away and reveal what is concealed.

Until life's veils are lifted and all is revealed.

فَهُنَاكَ نَعْلَمُ أَيُّ حَقٍّ بَاهِرٍ

فَهُنَاكَ نَعْلَمُ أَيُّ حَقٍّ بَاهِرٍ

أًَحْيَا النُّفُوسَ وَقَدْ أَمَاتَ جُسُومَا

أًَحْيَا النُّفُوسَ وَقَدْ أَمَاتَ جُسُومَا

There, then, we shall know what radiant truth

There we will know what evident truth

Gave life to souls, though it had put bodies to death.

Gave life to souls, though tyrants condemned.

وَنَرَى مِنَ التَّصْرِيفِ مَا رَدَّ الوَرى

وَنَرَى مِنَ التَّصْرِيفِ مَا رَدَّ الوَرى

تُرْباً وَمَا جَمَعَ الهَبَاءَ نُجُومَا

تُرْباً وَمَا جَمَعَ الهَبَاءَ نُجُومَا

And we shall see, in the ordering of things, what returned humankind

And we will see, from how things are directed,

To dust, and what gathered dust motes into stars.

What gathered dust as stars, and what returned as soil.

هَلْ فِي أَسَى الدُّنْيَا شُكُولِهَا

هَلْ فِي أَسَى الدُّنْيَا شُكُولِهَا

مَا كُنْتَ تُؤْثِرُ لَوْ بَقَيْتَ مُقِيمَا

مَا كُنْتَ تُؤْثِرُ لَوْ بَقَيْتَ مُقِيمَا

Is there, among the world's forms of sorrow,

Is there in the sorrows of this world,

Anything you would have preferred, had you remained here?

Anything you would have preferred, had you remained?

إِذْهَبْ ذَهُبْتَ مُوَفَّقاً وَتَمَلَّهُ

إِذْهَبْ ذَهُبْتَ مُوَفَّقاً وَتَمَلَّهُ

خُلْداً هُنَالِكَ مُونِقاً وَنَعِيمَا

خُلْداً هُنَالِكَ مُونِقاً وَنَعِيمَا

Go—blessed be your departure—and savor it:

Go, you went well, find eternal,

A delightful eternity there, and bliss.

Tranquil bliss and bounty there.