بينَ النُّجومِ وبينَ مِسْبارِ الضُّحى

ليلٌ سَجى عتمٌ دَجا قلبٌ ذَهِلْ

Between the stars and dawn's probe

A night of darkness fell, a confused heart trembled

وبرَفْرَفِ البرقَيْنِ من سِينا الهَوَى

نجمٌ هوَى لُبٌّ زَوى بدرٌ أَفَلْ

And with the flickering of the two lightnings from Mount Sinai of love

A star fell, a heart inclined, a full moon set

موسَى الغَرامِ رَقى بطَوْرِ هُيامِهِ

ليَرى الحَبيبَ فخَرَّ مَغْشِيًّا وهَلْ

Moses of passion ascended the Mount of Horeb

To see his beloved, so he fell unconscious

لمَعَتْ له نارُ الشُؤُنِ فغابَ عن

أَجْزائِهِ حالاً وبالغَشْيِ اشْتَغَلْ

The fire of glory shone upon him and he lost

Awareness of himself for a while, preoccupied with unconsciousness

وقَرا رَقائقَ لن تَراني قبلَها

ودَعا الحَبيبَ وقالَ عَزْمي لم يُفَلْ

And he recited gentle verses: you won't see me before them

And called upon his beloved and said: my resolve did not weaken

الشَّوقُ جرَّأهُ على مَحْبوبِهِ

لكنَ هَوى لمَّا تجلَّى للجبَلْ

Longing emboldened him towards his loved one

But when love was revealed to the mountain

وأُسامَةٌ جارَى بوعْدِ وَليدَةٍ

شهراً فقالَ الحِبُّ يا طولَ الأمَلْ

And Usama persisted for a month in the promise of a beloved

So love said: O the prolonged hope!

رمَقَتْهُ أَسرارُ الشُؤُنِ بعينِها

فمَضى عَليلاً والغَرامُ له عِلَلْ

The secrets of glory glanced at him with her eyes

So he left ill, and love had made him sick

وشُعَيْبُ مَدْبَنَ مذْ أَقامَ لضيفِهِ

تلك الحِكايَةَ وهي من ضربِ المَثَلْ

And Shu'ayb left Mudabann since he stayed over for his guest

That story which is of the nature of parables

ضَرَبَتْ سُرْداقِها عَلَيْهِ فقامَ من

معنى رَقيقَتِهِ له ذاكَ الثِّقَلْ

Its porch covered him, so he got up from

The meaning of his gentle one, which weighed on him

واذْكُرْ أَخا عادٍ ففي آياتِهِ

تلكَ التَّفاصيلُ التي طَوَتِ الجُمَلْ

And remember, brother of Aad, for in his signs

Are those details which the sentences comprised

ولابنِ مَتَّى نُكتَةٌ طَمْسِيَّةٌ

الحُوتُ معناها المُطَلْسَمَ ما عَقَلْ

And for the son of Matthew, there is a subtle point:

The whale, its meaning - the sealed, the mindless one

وغَيابَةُ الجُبِّ التي في طيِّها

من سِرِّ يوسُفَ قامَ للعَليا زَجَلْ

And the well of the pit in whose folds

Lay the secret of Joseph, it stood tall for the supreme

والرِّقُّ والسِّجْنُ اللَّذانِ وَراهُما

طَوْرانِ قد حَفِلا بعبدٍ مُحْتَفَلْ

And the slavery and prison behind both of which

Were two phases, abundantly occupied with a preoccupied servant

وبذَبْحِ إسماعيلَ معنًى آخرٌ

جلَّى لسِكِّينِ الخَليلِ المُحْتَمَلْ

And in the slaughter of Ismail, there is another meaning

Revealed to the blade of the Khalil (Abraham), the probable

والبابُ حيثُ العَنْكَبوتُ ببابِهِ

والحِبُّ والصَّديقُ فيهِ في وَجَلْ

And the door where the spider at its door

And love and the friend in it - in anguish

إذْ قالَ لا تحزَنْ وهَيْمَنَ قلبَهُ

بيدٍ بها مطوِيَّةٌ كلُّ الدُّوَلْ

When He said: "Do not grieve" and he dominated his heart

With a folded hand, rolling all nations

أَسرارُ أَحكامِ تُفيدُ بأَنَّ مَنْ

يُعليهِ مولاهُ يُصانُ من الفَشَلْ

The secrets of the rulings indicate that whoever

His Master elevates him, he is protected from failure

هذا نِظامٌ سَلْسَلَتْهُ يدُ العَمى

وبذا الكِتابُ على ابنِ آمنةٍ نَزَلْ

This is a system, chained by the hand of destiny

And with this Book, upon the son of Amina it descended

يستَقْفِلُ الباغِي طَريقَ مُحَسَّدٍ

واللهُ يفتَحُ كلَّما الباغي قَفَلْ

It locks the path of the wrongdoer, the path of the envied one

And Allah opens whenever the wrongdoer locks

يُجليهِ حَبلُ الغيبِ من أبراجِهِ

والبَغْيُ يفعَلُهُ الجَهولُ أَخو الحِيَلْ

He reveals it with the rope of the unseen from its constellations

And wrongdoing is done by the ignorant one, brother of tricks

فانْظُرْ شُؤُنَ اللهِ في أَكوانِهِ

وارْكُنْ لسِرِّ اللهِ يا هذا البَطَلْ

So observe the affairs of Allah in His creations

And devote yourself to the secret of Allah, O you hero

وارْبُضْ ببابِ الأَمرِ واهْجُرْ غيرَهُ

مُتَجَرِّداً من كلِّ علمٍ أَو عَمَلْ

And keep to the door of the command and shun anything else

Detached from any knowledge or deed

وإذا الأَمورُ تغَلَّقَتْ أَبوابُها

فاذْكُرْ محمَّدَ والمُؤمَّلُ قد حَصَلْ

And when matters close their doors

Then remember Muhammad and the hopeful has succeeded