وَأَغْيَدٍ يُخْجِلُ ضَوْءَ الْبُدُورْ

وَأَغْيَدٍ يُخْجِلُ ضَوْءَ الْبُدُورْ

قَبَضَ رُوحِي عِنْدَ بَسْطِ الْكُسُورْ

قَبَضَ رُوحِي عِنْدَ بَسْطِ الْكُسُورْ

And a graceful youth who shames the light of the full moons

A moon whose light puts lamps to shame

Many a graceful youth who shames the light of full moons,

Seized my soul as he expanded the fractions.

Took my soul when misfortune came

Contracted my soul while expanding fractions;

أَوْدَى بِقَلْبِي قَوْلُهُ آمِراً

أَوْدَى بِقَلْبِي قَوْلُهُ آمِراً

أَضْرِبْ فَفِي الأَحْشَاءِ مِنْهُ فُطُورْ

أَضْرِبْ فَفِي الأَحْشَاءِ مِنْهُ فُطُورْ

His utterance, spoken as a command, brought ruin to my heart:

His words destroyed my heart, commanding

His commanding word laid waste to my heart:

"Multiply!"—for it has left rifts in my vitals.

"Strike! Within it rupture and pour!"

"Multiply!"—a strike from which my innermost depths are rent with fissures.

فَقُلْتُ إِذْ دَلَّهَنِي لَفْظُهُ

فَقُلْتُ إِذْ دَلَّهَنِي لَفْظُهُ

أَلاَ إِلَى اللهِ تَصِيرُ الأُمُورْ

أَلاَ إِلَى اللهِ تَصِيرُ الأُمُورْ

So I said, when his words bewildered me:

I said, since his words led me there,

And so I said, as his utterance left me bewildered:

"Indeed, to God all matters return."

"To God all matters come to bear."

"Verily, to God do all matters return!"