جميعناall of us فيin عشقكlove for you الباديmanifest
جميعنا في عشقك البادي
سواءًequal العاكفُthe resident والبادِيand the desert dweller
سواءً العاكفُ والبادِي
All of us, in our manifest love for you,
We are all enamored with your manifest love
are equal—the resident and the desert dweller.
Whether fervent worshipper or wanderer
ياO قمراًmoon قدindeed سامsubjected عشَّاقهhis lovers
يا قمراً قد سام عشَّاقه
خسفاًabasement بهجرانٍthrough abandonment وإبعادand banishment
خسفاً بهجرانٍ وإبعاد
O moon who has subjected his lovers
O moon whom your lovers have excelled
to abasement through abandonment and banishment!
Eclipsed by estrangement and distancing
أضلَّناled us astray الحبُّlove ولكنbut لناfor us
أضلَّنا الحبُّ ولكن لنا
نعمexcellent is الإمامُthe imam الرَّاشدthe rightly guided الهادِيthe guide
نعم الإمامُ الرَّاشد الهادِي
Love has led us astray, but we have
Love has led us astray but we have
an excellent imam, rightly guided and guiding:
A right-guided leader to guide us
بهاءsplendor of دينthe faith of اللهGod نجلson of الأولىthose who
بهاء دين الله نجل الأولى
سمواthey were called بأنصارٍas helpers وأنجادand heroes
سموا بأنصارٍ وأنجاد
Bahāʾ Dīn Allāh, scion of those who
The beauty of God's faith, son of the foremost
were called helpers and heroes.
Soaring with supporters and soldiers
ذوpossessor of العلمknowledge ألقوهthey passed it on إلىto نجلِهمtheir son
ذو العلم ألقوه إلى نجلِهم
لاnot نجلَthe son of صبَّاغٍa dyer وحدَّادand a blacksmith
لا نجلَ صبَّاغٍ وحدَّاد
He holds the knowledge they passed to their son,
The knowledgeable one passed it to their son
not to a dyer's or a blacksmith's son.
Not to a dyer or blacksmith's son
فيin الدِّينreligion والدُّنياand worldly life لناfor us برّهhis kindness
في الدِّين والدُّنيا لنا برّه
منfrom قبلِbefore إنشاءٍcomposition وإنشادand verse recitation
من قبلِ إنشاءٍ وإنشاد
In faith and worldly life, his kindness has been ours
For our sake, his righteousness in faith and world
since before any composition or recitation.
Since inception and reciting poems
أنجدناhe aided us جوداًgenerously فأمداحناso our praises
أنجدنا جوداً فأمداحنا
ما(emphatic particle) بينbetween إتِّهامٍjourneying to Tihāmah وإنجادand journeying to Najd
ما بين إتِّهامٍ وإنجاد
He aided us generously, so our praises
He helped us with his generosity so our praises
travel between Tihāmah and Najd.
Between blaming and praising