لقد كنا رنقا قبل فتق وجودنا

لقد كنا رنقا قبل فتق وجودنا

أظن بأني عابد لك عامل

أظن بأني عابد لك عامل

Indeed, we were turbid before our existence was cleft open.

We were so delicate before our being was ripped

I think I am a worshipper working for You.

I think I'm worshipping you, oh painter

فلما محا لي آية الليل شاهدت

فلما محا لي آية الليل شاهدت

بأنك مفعول وفعل وفاعل

بأنك مفعول وفعل وفاعل

Then, when He effaced for me the sign of night, I witnessed

But when the sign of night was erased for me I saw

that You are the object of action, the act, and the agent.

That you are object, deed, and doer

لقد كتب الحسن القديم بخدنا

لقد كتب الحسن القديم بخدنا

ألا كل شيء ما خلا الله باطل

ألا كل شيء ما خلا الله باطل

Indeed, eternal beauty has written upon our cheek:

The ancient beauty wrote on our cheeks

Behold, everything except God is vain.

Lo, all things besides God are vain

تراءت لنا الأكوان في عين فعلها

تراءت لنا الأكوان في عين فعلها

وكل نعيم لا محالة زائل

وكل نعيم لا محالة زائل

The worlds appeared to us in the very essence of their action.

The universes appeared to us in the eye of their deed

And every delight inevitably passes away.

And every bliss is, without fail, fleeting