نظرت إلى وجه الذي الكلُّ هالكٌ

نظرت إلى وجه الذي الكلُّ هالكٌ

سوى وجهه والوجه ما هو مبهمُ

سوى وجهه والوجه ما هو مبهمُ

I gazed upon the face of the One—all things perish

I looked at the face of Him for whom all are destroyed

except His face, and that face is not obscure.

Except His face, and the face is not clearly seen

فظنوا بأني ناظرٌ في وجوههم

فظنوا بأني ناظرٌ في وجوههم

عيون لهم عما أشاهده عموا

عيون لهم عما أشاهده عموا

So they thought I was gazing at their faces.

So they thought that I was looking at their faces

They have eyes, yet have grown blind to what I behold.

Eyes for them are blind to what I witness

أأترك وجهاً بالمحاسن مشرقاً

أأترك وجهاً بالمحاسن مشرقاً

وأنظر وجهاً حشوه القيحُ والدم

وأنظر وجهاً حشوه القيحُ والدم

Should I forsake a face radiant with beauty

Shall I leave a face radiant with beauty

and gaze upon a face whose contents are pus and blood?

And look at a face filled with pus and blood?

وعن رؤيتي تمتاز رؤيتهم إذا

وعن رؤيتي تمتاز رؤيتهم إذا

أتى الموت وهو اللازم المتحتم

أتى الموت وهو اللازم المتحتم

And their vision differs from mine when

And my sight is distinguished from their sight if

death comes, unavoidable and inevitable.

Death comes, which is the destined inevitable

ومن يفتري يوماً علينا بظنه

ومن يفتري يوماً علينا بظنه

بنا السوء ذاك الظن منه المحرم

بنا السوء ذاك الظن منه المحرم

And as for whoever one day slanders us by thinking

And whoever slanders us one day with his assumption

ill of us—that suspicion of his is forbidden—

That assumption from him is forbidden

ويجزيه عنا ربه سوء حالة

ويجزيه عنا ربه سوء حالة

هنا وله يوم الحساب جهنم

هنا وله يوم الحساب جهنم

his Lord will repay him on our behalf with a wretched state

And his Lord will punish him for his miserable state

here; and on the Day of Reckoning, Hell is his.

And he remains expelled from God forever

ولا زال مطروداً عن الله دائماً

ولا زال مطروداً عن الله دائماً

ويُمنعُ عما نحن فيه ويُحرَم

ويُمنعُ عما نحن فيه ويُحرَم

And may he forever remain banished from God,

And is deprived of what we are in and forbidden

and be barred from what we dwell in, and deprived.