إِذَا نِلْنَا الذِي نَهْوى

إِذَا نِلْنَا الذِي نَهْوى

مِنَ الْمَقْصودِ بِالذَّاتِ

مِنَ الْمَقْصودِ بِالذَّاتِ

If we attain what we desire

When we attain what we desire

When we attain that which we desire

Of what is sought for its own sake,

Of the very essence of our quest,

Of the Ultimate Purpose and Essence itself,

سَلَوْنَا كُلَّ مَا يَهْوَى

سَلَوْنَا كُلَّ مَا يَهْوَى

مِنْ أَعْرَاضٍ وَلَذَّاتِ

مِنْ أَعْرَاضٍ وَلَذَّاتِ

We forget all that one desires

We spurn all other vain desires

We forget all else that the soul might crave

Of incidental things and pleasures;

Of attributes and pleasures.

Of fleeting illusions and worldly pleasures,

وَنَسْتَحْلِي الْعَنَا وَالْكَ

وَنَسْتَحْلِي الْعَنَا وَالْكَ

دَّ فِي جَنْبِ الْمَزِيَّاتِ

دَّ فِي جَنْبِ الْمَزِيَّاتِ

And we find hardship and toi-

And we regard misery and sorrow

And we find sweetness in hardship and the

-l sweet beside those excellences.

As naught, compared to joyful days.

Toil, when placed beside such exalted states.