ياO مَنwho يحاولُseeks مُرشِداًa guide
يا مَن يحاولُ مُرشِداً
بَرّاًrighteous لكيماso that يهتديhe may find guidance
بَرّاً لكيما يهتدي
O you who seek a guide,
O you who seek a guide,
a righteous one, that you may be guided.
a righteous one, so that you may find guidance:
ماnothing مثلُequal to قوليmy words فيin حِجاmind
ما مثلُ قولي في حِجا
كَyour اطلُبseek طريقَthe path of الارشدِthe most rightly guided
كَ اطلُب طريقَ الارشدِ
No saying matches mine in discernment—
Nothing equals my words in that mind
how ardently I seek the path of the most rightly guided one!
of yours: seek the path of the most rightly guided.
مجزوءshortened form الكاملthe Kāmil meter
مجزوء الكامل
ياO مَنwho يحاولُseeks مُرشِداًa guide
يا مَن يحاولُ مُرشِداً
The shortened Kāmil meter
The shortened Kāmil meter.
O you who seek a guide,
O you who seek a guide,
بَرّاًrighteous لكيماso that يهتديhe may find guidance
بَرّاً لكيما يهتدي
ماnothing مثلُequal to قوليmy words فيin حِجاmind
ما مثلُ قولي في حِجا
a righteous one, that you may be guided.
a righteous one, so that you may find guidance:
No saying matches mine in discernment—
Nothing equals my words in that mind
كَyour اطلُبseek طريقَthe path of الارشدِthe most rightly guided
كَ اطلُب طريقَ الارشدِ
how ardently I seek the path of the most rightly guided one!
of yours: seek the path of the most rightly guided.
Sol 6.1