ماnot كنتI was أوثرI preferred فىin دينىmy faith وتوحيديand my belief in God's oneness
ما كنت أوثر فى دينى وتوحيدي
خوادعdeceits الآلthe mirage عنinstead of زاديmy provisions وموروديand my watering place
خوادع الآل عن زادي ومورودي
I never preferred, in my faith and belief in God's oneness,
the mirage's deceits over my provisions and my watering place.
غررنthey deceived بىme وبحسبىand enough for me أنthat راويتىmy waterskin
غررن بى وبحسبى أن راويتى
ملأىfull هُريقتwas spilled علىupon ظمأىthirsty منof البيدthe desert wastes
ملأى هُريقت على ظمأى من البيد
They deceived me; it is enough for me that my waterskin,
brimming, was spilled upon a parched stretch of desert.
أفرغتهاI emptied it وand برغمىagainst my will انهاthat it انحدرتflowed down
أفرغتها و برغمى انها انحدرت
بيضاءwhite كالروحlike the soul فىinto سوداءblack صيخودhard rock
بيضاء كالروح فى سوداء صيخود
I emptied it, and against my will it flowed down,
white as the soul, into a black, hard rock.
ورحتand I went on لاnot اناI عنfrom مــائيmy water بمنتهلdrinking
ورحت لا انا عن مــائي بمنتهل
مـاءwater ولاnor اناI عنfrom زادىmy provisions بمسعودhappy
مـاء ولا انا عن زادى بمسعود
And I went on, neither drinking from my own water supply
any water, nor finding happiness in my provisions.
أشكI doubt ويؤلمنىand it pains me شكىmy doubt وابحثand I search عنfor
أشك ويؤلمنى شكى وابحث عن
بردthe coolness of اليقينcertainty فيفنىand so is exhausted فيهin it مجهوديmy effort
برد اليقين فيفنى فيه مجهودي
I doubt, and my doubt pains me, and I search for
the coolness of certainty, and my effort is exhausted in seeking it.
وكـمand how often ألوذI seek refuge بمنin the One whom لاذsought refuge الانامhumankind بهin Him
وكـم ألوذ بمن لاذ الانام به
وأبتغيand I seek الظـلthe shade فىin تيهاءa trackless wilderness صيهودscorching
وأبتغي الظـل فى تيهاء صيهود
And how often I seek refuge in Him in whom humankind has sought refuge,
and seek shade in a scorching, trackless wilderness.
اللهGod ليfor me ولصرحand for the edifice of الدينfaith منfrom ريبdoubts
الله لي ولصرح الدين من ريب
مجنونةmad الرأيthought ثارتrose up حولaround معبوديthe One I worship
مجنونة الرأي ثارت حول معبودي
God be my defender, and that of faith's edifice, against doubts
crazed in thought, that have risen around the One I worship.
انif راوغتنىthey outwitted me فىin نسكيmy worship فكمthen how often ولجتthey entered
ان راوغتنى فى نسكي فكم ولجت
بىwith me المخاطرthe perils فىin دينىmy faith وتوحيدىand my belief in God's oneness
بى المخاطر فى دينى وتوحيدى
If they outwit me in my worship, how often they have led
me into perils in my faith and belief in God's oneness.