وَإِذا رَفَعتَ حِجابَكَ المَرفوعَ عَن

وَإِذا رَفَعتَ حِجابَكَ المَرفوعَ عَن

عَيني فَمَن لِحِجابِكِ المَستورِ

عَيني فَمَن لِحِجابِكِ المَستورِ

And when you lift your veil, raised from

When you lift your veil that covers

my eye, who then can lift your hidden veil?

My eyes, who will there be for your modest veil?

فَلَكٌ بِما ساءَ الكَريمَ مُسَمَّرٌ

فَلَكٌ بِما ساءَ الكَريمَ مُسَمَّرٌ

هُوَ مِنهُ في قَيدٍِ لَهُ مَسمورِ

هُوَ مِنهُ في قَيدٍِ لَهُ مَسمورِ

A celestial sphere is nailed fast to whatever grieves the noble man;

So blame the noble one for what went wrong,

he is held by it in a fetter nailed fast for him.

He is bound by it, for it is his fate.

وَإِذا تَقَطَّعَتِ القَرائِنُ بِالفَتى

وَإِذا تَقَطَّعَتِ القَرائِنُ بِالفَتى

أَلقى اليَدَينِ إِلى يَدِ المَقدورِ

أَلقى اليَدَينِ إِلى يَدِ المَقدورِ

And when the young man's ties are severed,

And when the signs are cut off from the youth,

he casts both hands into the hand of fate.

He stretches his hands to the hand of destiny.