أتَيْناك بِالفَقرِ لا بِالغِنى

أتَيْناك بِالفَقرِ لا بِالغِنى

وأنْتَ الذي لم تزَلْ محسَّنا

وأنْتَ الذي لم تزَلْ محسَّنا

We have come to You in poverty, not in wealth.

We have come to you in poverty, not in wealth.

And You are the One who has never ceased showing us kindness.

And you are the one who has never ceased to be gracious.

وعَوَّدْتَنا كلَّ فضْلِ عسى

وعَوَّدْتَنا كلَّ فضْلِ عسى

يدُومُ الذي مِنْك عوَّدتَنا

يدُومُ الذي مِنْك عوَّدتَنا

You have accustomed us to every grace; may

And you have accustomed us to every bounty; may

what You have accustomed us to receive from You endure.

what we have grown used to receiving from you endure.

مَساكينُكَ الشُّعثُ قد مَوّهوا

مَساكينُكَ الشُّعثُ قد مَوّهوا

بحُبكَ إِذْ هو أقْصى الْمنى

بحُبكَ إِذْ هو أقْصى الْمنى

Your disheveled paupers have cloaked themselves

Your disheveled paupers have made a show

in love of You—for it is the furthest reach of desire.

of love for you, for it is the highest of wishes.

فَما في الغِنى واحِدٌ مِثْلُكم

فَما في الغِنى واحِدٌ مِثْلُكم

وفي الفقْرِ لا عُصْبةٌ مِثْلُنا

وفي الفقْرِ لا عُصْبةٌ مِثْلُنا

For in wealth there is no one like You,

For in wealth there is no one like you,

nor in poverty any company like us.

and in poverty no band like us.

رَأيْناكَ في كلَّ أمْرِ بَدَا

رَأيْناكَ في كلَّ أمْرِ بَدَا

وليْس من الأمْرِ شَيء لَنا

وليْس من الأمْرِ شَيء لَنا

We have seen You in everything that has appeared,

We have seen you in everything that has appeared,

yet nothing of the affair belongs to us.

and no part of the affair is ours.

سَترتُ اسمَكم غِيرةً ها أنا

سَترتُ اسمَكم غِيرةً ها أنا

أموهُ بالشَّعْبِ والمنْحَنى

أموهُ بالشَّعْبِ والمنْحَنى

I concealed Your name out of jealous devotion—here I am,

I concealed your name out of jealous love; here I am,

cloaking it in the mountain pass and the winding path.

disguising it with the ravine and the bend.

إِذا كنت في كلِّ حال مَعي

إِذا كنت في كلِّ حال مَعي

فعن حمل زادي أنا في غِنى

فعن حمل زادي أنا في غِنى

If You are with me in every state,

If you are with me in every state,

then I have no need to carry my provisions.

then I have no need to carry my provisions.

فأنْتمْ هُمْ الحقّ لا غَيركُمْ

فأنْتمْ هُمْ الحقّ لا غَيركُمْ

فَيالَيْتَ شِعْري أنا مَنْ أنا

فَيالَيْتَ شِعْري أنا مَنْ أنا

For You are the very Real—none other than You.

For you are the very Truth, none but you.

Ah, would that I knew: who am I?

So, if only I knew: who am I?