أَتُعوِجُ أَمَ لَيسَ المَشوقُ بِعائِجِ

أَتُعوِجُ أَمَ لَيسَ المَشوقُ بِعائِجِ

هاجَت وَساوِسُهُ لِبَرقٍ هائِجِ

هاجَت وَساوِسُهُ لِبَرقٍ هائِجِ

Will you turn aside, or is the yearning lover not one to turn aside?

Do you deviate or is the longing one not crooked?

His anxious thoughts were stirred by raging lightning.

His obsessions were stirred by a blazing lightning.

سُبحانَ مَن بَرَأَ النُجومَ كَأَنَّها

سُبحانَ مَن بَرَأَ النُجومَ كَأَنَّها

دُرٌّ طَفا مِن فَوقِ بَحرٍ مائِجِ

دُرٌّ طَفا مِن فَوقِ بَحرٍ مائِجِ

Glory be to Him who created the stars, as though they were

Glory to Him who created the stars as if

pearls afloat above a surging sea.

they were pearls floating above a raging sea.

لَو شاءَ رَبُّكَ صَيَّرَ الشَرطَينِ مِن

لَو شاءَ رَبُّكَ صَيَّرَ الشَرطَينِ مِن

هَذي الكَواكِبِ عِندَ أَدنى ثائِجِ

هَذي الكَواكِبِ عِندَ أَدنى ثائِجِ

If your Lord willed, He would place al-Sharaṭān, from among

If your Lord willed, He would have made both policemen from

these stars, with the lowliest bleating creature.

these planets at the nearest orbit.

وَالتاجُ تَقوى اللَهِ لا ما رَصَّعوا

وَالتاجُ تَقوى اللَهِ لا ما رَصَّعوا

لِيَكونَ زيناً لِلأَميرِ التائِجِ

لِيَكونَ زيناً لِلأَميرِ التائِجِ

And the crown is reverence for God, not what they studded with jewels

And the crown of fearing Allah, not what they embellished

to adorn the crown-wearing prince.

to adorn the imposing prince.