قُل لِلنَقيبِ لَقَد زُرنا فَضيلَتَهُ

قُل لِلنَقيبِ لَقَد زُرنا فَضيلَتَهُ

فَذادَنا عَنهُ حُرّاسٌ وَحُجّابُ

فَذادَنا عَنهُ حُرّاسٌ وَحُجّابُ

Tell the Naqib: we did visit His Eminence,

Tell the guardian, we visited his excellence

But guards and chamberlains turned us away from him.

But guards and doorkeepers kept us from him

قَد كانَ بابُكَ مَفتوحاً لِقاصِدِهِ

قَد كانَ بابُكَ مَفتوحاً لِقاصِدِهِ

وَاليَومَ أوصِدَ دونَ القاصِدِ البابُ

وَاليَومَ أوصِدَ دونَ القاصِدِ البابُ

Your door once stood open to whoever sought it,

Your door was once open to visitors

And today the door is barred against the seeker.

Today, it is shut tight before the visitor

هَلّا ذَكَرتَ بِدارِ الكُتبِ صُحبَتَنا

هَلّا ذَكَرتَ بِدارِ الكُتبِ صُحبَتَنا

إِذ نَحنُ رَغمَ صُروفُ الدَهرِ أَحبابُ

إِذ نَحنُ رَغمَ صُروفُ الدَهرِ أَحبابُ

Why did you not recall our companionship at Dar al-Kutub,

Why not recall our companionship in the house of books

For we are friends, despite the vicissitudes of time?

For despite the turns of fate, we are friends

لَوَ اِنَّني جِئتُ لِلبابا لَأَكرَمَني

لَوَ اِنَّني جِئتُ لِلبابا لَأَكرَمَني

وَكانَ يُكرِمُني لَو جِئتُهُ البابُ

وَكانَ يُكرِمُني لَو جِئتُهُ البابُ

Had I come to the Pope, he would have honored me,

Had I come to the door, he would have honored me

And the Báb would have honored me, had I come to him.

And he would have honored me, had I come to his door

لا تَخشَ جائِزَةً قَد جِئتُ أَطلُبُها

لا تَخشَ جائِزَةً قَد جِئتُ أَطلُبُها

إِنّي شَريفٌ وَلِلأَشرافِ أَحسابُ

إِنّي شَريفٌ وَلِلأَشرافِ أَحسابُ

Do not fear that I have come seeking a reward;

Fear no reward, for I've come seeking one

I am noble, and the noble have ancestral honor.

I'm nobleborn, and nobles have their standards

فَاِهنَأ بِما نِلتَ مِن فَضلٍ وَإِن قُطِعَت

فَاِهنَأ بِما نِلتَ مِن فَضلٍ وَإِن قُطِعَت

بَيني وَبَينَكَ بَعدَ اليَومِ أَسبابُ

بَيني وَبَينَكَ بَعدَ اليَومِ أَسبابُ

So rejoice in the distinction you have gained, even if severed

So congratulate yourself on the favor you've attained

Are the bonds between me and you after today.

Though after this day, causes separate you and I