وإِذا تَطَلَّعَ في مَرائي فِكْرِهِ

وإِذا تَطَلَّعَ في مَرائي فِكْرِهِ

لَمْ تَخْفَ خافيةٌ عَلى تَنْقيبِهِ

لَمْ تَخْفَ خافيةٌ عَلى تَنْقيبِهِ

And when he peers into the vistas of his thought,

And when he peers into the mirrors of his thought,

No hidden thing escapes his probing.

no hidden thing escapes his probing.

فَتَراهُ يَبْلُغُ ما أَرادَ بِرِفْقِهِ

فَتَراهُ يَبْلُغُ ما أَرادَ بِرِفْقِهِ

كَالفَجْرِ يَبْلُغُ ما ابْتَغى بِدَبيبِهِ

كَالفَجْرِ يَبْلُغُ ما ابْتَغى بِدَبيبِهِ

You see him attain his desire through gentle persistence,

So you see him attain what he desires through his gentleness,

Like dawn attaining what it seeks by its creeping advance.

like dawn, which attains what it seeks through its creeping advance.