إلهيmy God إذاwhen ناديتُI called فالسمعthen the hearing أنتمYou
إلهي إذا ناديتُ فالسمع أنتم
ولبَّاكَand answered You منwhoever لبَّاكanswered You أنتَYou المترجمthe interpreter
ولبَّاكَ من لبَّاك أنتَ المترجم
My God, when I call, the hearing is You.
And whoever answered You answered You; You are the interpreter.
توحدتِbecame one الأشياءthings إذsince كنتَYou were عينَهاtheir very essence
توحدتِ الأشياء إذ كنتَ عينَها
وماand nothing ثَمَّthere إلاexcept سامِعٌa hearer ومكلِّمُand a speaker
وما ثَمَّ إلا سامِعٌ ومكلِّمُ
Things became one, since You were their very essence.
And there is nothing there but a hearer and a speaker,
بكنwith 'Be!' وهوand it is قولthe word of اللهGod والأمرand the command أمرُهHis command
بكن وهو قول الله والأمر أمرُه
وقدand indeed جاءhas come فيin القرآنِthe Qur'an معناهits meaning عنكمُfrom You
وقد جاء في القرآنِ معناه عنكمُ
With 'Be!'—which is God's word—and the command is His.
And its meaning has come from You in the Qur'an:
أجرهgrant him protection إذاif يبغيhe seeks سَماعَhearing كلامِناOur speech
أجره إذا يبغي سَماعَ كلامِنا
فيتلوthen he recites عليهto him التلاوةَthe recitation منكمfrom You
فيتلو عليه التلاوةَ منكم
Grant him protection if he seeks to hear Our speech.
Then he recites to him the recitation from You.
تقسمbecame divided فيin الإحساسِsensory perception منthe one who هوhe واحدone
تقسم في الإحساسِ من هو واحد
عزيزٌmighty نزيهُpure الذاتِin essence لاnot يتقسمHe becomes divided
عزيزٌ نزيهُ الذاتِ لا يتقسم
He who is One became divided in sensory perception,
Mighty, pure in essence, He does not become divided.
بإخبارهthrough His account عنabout نفسِهHimself لاnot بعقلناthrough our reason
بإخباره عن نفسِه لا بعقلنا
فيعلنُso He declares ماwhat عقليmy reason بهabout it يتكتَّمُkeeps silent
فيعلنُ ما عقلي به يتكتَّمُ
Through His account of Himself, not through our reason,
So He declares what my reason keeps silent about.
نظرتُI looked إليهat Him منfrom قريبٍclose by وإننيand indeed I
نظرتُ إليه من قريبٍ وإنني
بحدِّيbecause of my limitation بعيدٍdistant والحدُّand limitation ودُّlove توهمillusion
بحدِّي بعيدٍ والحدُّ ودُّ توهم
I looked at Him from close by, and indeed I
am distant because of my limitation; and limitation is love of illusion.
إذاif كانis منthe one whom سميتمyou called الغيرَthe other عينهHis very self
إذا كان من سميتم الغيرَ عينه
ففيthen within نفسِهHimself منfrom نفسِهHimself يتحكمHe rules
ففي نفسِه من نفسِه يتحكم
If the one you called 'the other' is His very self,
Then within Himself, from Himself, He rules.