لَكَ جاه لَدى الإله جَليل

لَكَ جاه لَدى الإله جَليل

وَفخار عَلى الوجود طَويل

وَفخار عَلى الوجود طَويل

You have exalted standing before God,

You have great status with the Exalted God

and glory towering over all existence.

And eternal glory over existence

لَيسَ في الخَلق من يُدانيك يا مَن

لَيسَ في الخَلق من يُدانيك يا مَن

قَد مَشى في رِكابه جبريل

قَد مَشى في رِكابه جبريل

None in creation comes near you, O you

None in creation can match you, O one

in whose retinue Gabriel has walked.

Whom Gabriel himself followed

لَو رآكَ الكَليم يَوماً لأَضحى

لَو رآكَ الكَليم يَوماً لأَضحى

تابعاً بَل وَآدم وَالخَليل

تابعاً بَل وَآدم وَالخَليل

Had Moses, God's interlocutor, seen you one day, he would have become

If the Kalim had seen you one day, he would have become

a follower—indeed, Adam and Abraham, God's friend, as well.

A follower, as would Adam and the Friend

لَم يُباروك في المَعالي وَكُل

لَم يُباروك في المَعالي وَكُل

سَيد كامل نَبي رَسول

سَيد كامل نَبي رَسول

They did not rival you in lofty attainments, though each is

None has equaled you in high virtues, every

a perfect master, a prophet, a messenger.

Perfect master, prophet, messenger

لَيتَهُم شاهَدوا محياك يَوماً

لَيتَهُم شاهَدوا محياك يَوماً

فَرَأوا نيراً وَضوءاً يَجول

فَرَأوا نيراً وَضوءاً يَجول

Would that they had beheld your face one day,

If only they had witnessed your life one day

and seen a luminary and a light coursing about.

And seen a light and brilliance revolving

لَمحت مِنهُ لَمحة فَأَرتنا

لَمحت مِنهُ لَمحة فَأَرتنا

منهَجاً واضِحاً وَبانَ السَبيل

منهَجاً واضِحاً وَبانَ السَبيل

A gleam flashed from him, and it showed us

You let a glimpse of it shine, showing us

a clear path, and the way became plain.

A clear path, the way became visible

لَعجت بي لَواعج الشَوق سراً

لَعجت بي لَواعج الشَوق سراً

لَيتَ لي لِلَّذي عَشقت وصول

لَيتَ لي لِلَّذي عَشقت وصول

Longing's burning pangs seared me in secret.

Yearning overcame me, secretly

Would that I could reach the one I love.

If only I could reach the one I loved

لَن أحل الزِمام مِن رحل شَوقي

لَن أحل الزِمام مِن رحل شَوقي

إِذ يبين الحِمى لَنا وَالنَخيل

إِذ يبين الحِمى لَنا وَالنَخيل

I will not loosen the rein from the saddle of my longing,

I will not release the reins of my passion’s saddle

when the sanctuary and palm trees come into view for us.

For the sanctuary becomes visible to us, and the palm trees

لَيلة يَسمح الزَمان وَمِن أَي

لَيلة يَسمح الزَمان وَمِن أَي

ن يَكون السَماح وَهوَ البَخيل

ن يَكون السَماح وَهوَ البَخيل

A night when Time is generous—and from where

A night when time is forgiving, and from any

could generosity come, when he is a miser?

Comes forgiveness, and it is the stingy one

لحقتني مِن الذُنوب دُيون

لحقتني مِن الذُنوب دُيون

وَأَبو القاسم الضَمين الكَفيل

وَأَبو القاسم الضَمين الكَفيل

Debts arising from sins have caught up with me,

Sins have burdened me with debts

and Abu al-Qasim is the guarantor, the surety.

And Abul Qasim, the guarantor who covers them