أَبداًforever تَلَذُّgrow sweet بذكرِكَwith remembrance of You الأَوقاتthe hours
أَبداً تَلَذُّ بذكرِكَ الأَوقات
وتطيبُand become pleasant ليfor me الحَرَكاتُmovements والسَّكَناتand moments of stillness
وتطيبُ لي الحَرَكاتُ والسَّكَنات
The hours are forever sweet with remembrance of You.
And movement and stillness become pleasant to me.
والرُّوحُand the soul تَخْطَفُهاsweep it away إِليكَtoward You بَواعِثٌpromptings
والرُّوحُ تَخْطَفُها إِليكَ بَواعِثٌ
منهاfrom them لقُدْسِكَto Your holiness فيin الهَوَىlove مِرْقاةُa stairway
منها لقُدْسِكَ في الهَوَى مِرْقاةُ
And the soul is swept toward You by promptings;
From them, in love, rises a stairway to Your holiness.
آثارُكَYour traces الأَشياءُall things وهيand they بحُكْمِهاby their nature
آثارُكَ الأَشياءُ وهي بحُكْمِها
لجَمالِto the beauty عِزِّكَof Your majesty سيِّديmy master مِرْآةُa mirror
لجَمالِ عِزِّكَ سيِّدي مِرْآةُ
All things are Your traces and, by their nature, are
A mirror of the beauty of Your majesty, my master.