أُناسٌ إِلى الظِلِّ الإِلَهِيِّ هَجَّروا

أُناسٌ إِلى الظِلِّ الإِلَهِيِّ هَجَّروا

وَأَثنَوا عَلَيهِ صادِقينَ وَأَكثَروا

وَأَثنَوا عَلَيهِ صادِقينَ وَأَكثَروا

People set out early toward the divine shade,

People migrated to the divine shade

and praised him sincerely and profusely.

And sincerely praised it and multiplied

سَرَوا فَوقَ ظَهرِ اللَيلِ بَينَ نُجومِهِ

سَرَوا فَوقَ ظَهرِ اللَيلِ بَينَ نُجومِهِ

فَكادَت مَطاياهُم بِها تَتَعَثَرُ

فَكادَت مَطاياهُم بِها تَتَعَثَرُ

They journeyed over the back of night, among its stars,

They traveled above the night's back among its stars

so their mounts almost stumbled over them.

Their mounts nearly stumbling over them

أَتَأنَفُ تَعفيراً بِبُسطِكَ أَوجُةٌ

أَتَأنَفُ تَعفيراً بِبُسطِكَ أَوجُةٌ

أَصَوَّرَها إِلّا لِذاكَ المُصَوَّرُ

أَصَوَّرَها إِلّا لِذاكَ المُصَوَّرُ

Do faces disdain being rubbed in dust upon your carpets?

Does the horizon disdain to be painted by your carpets

Did the Fashioner shape them for anything but that?

Except by that Painter?

وَلَمّا بَدا الوَجهُ الكَريمُ مُشافِهاً

وَلَمّا بَدا الوَجهُ الكَريمُ مُشافِهاً

بِصُبحِ سُراهُم كَبَّروا لا تَكَبَّروا

بِصُبحِ سُراهُم كَبَّروا لا تَكَبَّروا

And when the noble face appeared before them,

And when the noble face appeared conversing

at the dawn of their night journey, they exalted God, not themselves.

With the dawn of their setting out they exclaimed “God is Great,” not arrogantly