يا شارب الرّاح في أوقات غفلته

يا شارب الرّاح في أوقات غفلته

ومستسراً بأبواب وأستار

ومستسراً بأبواب وأستار

O you who drink wine in your hours of heedlessness,

O drinker of wine in your heedless hours,

hiding behind doors and curtains,

hiding yourself behind doors and curtains,

إذا دجا الليل واشمطت ذوائبُهُ

إذا دجا الليل واشمطت ذوائبُهُ

خلا بكأس وأوتار ومزمار

خلا بكأس وأوتار ومزمار

when night deepens and its tresses stream far,

when night grows dark and its locks turn gray,

you seclude yourself with cup, strings, and flute.

you withdraw with a cup, strings, and a pipe.

أما علمت بأنَّ الله مطَّلعٌ

أما علمت بأنَّ الله مطَّلعٌ

يُحصِي فعالك من جهر وأسرار

يُحصِي فعالك من جهر وأسرار

Do you not know that God is watching,

Do you not know that God is watching,

reckoning your deeds, both open and secret?

counting your deeds, both open and secret?

لو كنت في ظلماتِ البحر محتجباً

لو كنت في ظلماتِ البحر محتجباً

عن كلِّ مرمى لأسماع وأبصار

عن كلِّ مرمى لأسماع وأبصار

Even were you veiled in the darknesses of the sea,

If you were hidden in the darkness of the sea,

beyond every reach of hearing and sight,

beyond all reach of hearing and sight,

لم تَخفَ منك عن الرحمن خافيةٌ

لم تَخفَ منك عن الرحمن خافيةٌ

بل كلُّ فعلك مقدورٌ بمقدار

بل كلُّ فعلك مقدورٌ بمقدار

nothing hidden of yours would be hidden from the All-Merciful;

nothing about you would be hidden from the Most Merciful.

rather, every deed of yours is ordained according to a measure.

Rather, every deed of yours is ordained in due measure.

ماذا يفيدك جهلُ الناس كُلِّهِم

ماذا يفيدك جهلُ الناس كُلِّهِم

بما كَتَمتَ ولا يخفى عن الباري

بما كَتَمتَ ولا يخفى عن الباري

What does it avail you that all people are ignorant

What good is it to you that all people are unaware

of what you have concealed, when it is not hidden from the Creator?

of what you have concealed, when it is not hidden from the Creator?

لا يطغَينَّكَ سترُ الله مذ زمنٍ

لا يطغَينَّكَ سترُ الله مذ زمنٍ

فكم أتى دون تسويف وإصرار

فكم أتى دون تسويف وإصرار

Let not God’s having concealed you for a time embolden you to transgress:

Do not let God's shielding you for so long embolden you to transgress,

how often has it come, allowing no postponement or persistence!

for how often has He come without delay or persistence!

فارجع عن الذِّنب مختاراً مراجعةً

فارجع عن الذِّنب مختاراً مراجعةً

أو سوف ترجع عنه غير مختار

أو سوف ترجع عنه غير مختار

So turn back from sin willingly, in a repentant return,

So turn away from sin, freely choosing repentance,

or you will turn from it against your will.

or you will turn away from it unwillingly.

وإن أبيت سوى الإصرار تصحبه

وإن أبيت سوى الإصرار تصحبه

فهل ترى لك من صبر على النار

فهل ترى لك من صبر على النار

And if you refuse all but persistence, keeping it as your companion,

And if you refuse all but persistence, keeping it as your companion,

do you think you have the endurance to bear the Fire?

then do you think you can endure the Fire?