يَا مَنْ أَتَتْنِي بِلا سِلْكٍ رِسَالَتُهُ

يَا مَنْ أَتَتْنِي بِلا سِلْكٍ رِسَالَتُهُ

مَنْظُومَةً نَظْمَ إِبْداعٍ وَإِتْقَانِ

مَنْظُومَةً نَظْمَ إِبْداعٍ وَإِتْقَانِ

O you whose message reached me without a wire,

O you whose wireless message reached me

composed in verse with creativity and mastery.

Arranged with the rhythm of creativity and mastery

للهِ زَفْرَةُ مُشْتَاقٍ تَنَاقَهَلَا

للهِ زَفْرَةُ مُشْتَاقٍ تَنَاقَهَلَا

رَحْبُ الأَثِيرِ بِخَافِي النَّبْضِ رَنَّانِ

رَحْبُ الأَثِيرِ بِخَافِي النَّبْضِ رَنَّانِ

What a sigh from one who yearns, [apparently carried]

The sigh of a longing one who conversed with it

by the ether's vast expanse, resonant with its hidden pulse!

The vast ether echoed in the beats of my heart

قَرَأْتُهَا فَشَجَانِي صَوْتُ بَاعِثهَا

قَرَأْتُهَا فَشَجَانِي صَوْتُ بَاعِثهَا

كَأَنَّ فِي رَأْيِ عَيْنِي سَمْعَ آذَانِي

كَأَنَّ فِي رَأْيِ عَيْنِي سَمْعَ آذَانِي

I read it, and its sender's voice stirred my sorrow,

I read it, so the voice of its sender shook me

as though my eye's sight held my ears' hearing.

As if in my mind’s eye, my ears heard

جَاءَتْ بِمِصْدَاقِ وُدٍّ غَيْرِ مُؤْتَشَبٍ

جَاءَتْ بِمِصْدَاقِ وُدٍّ غَيْرِ مُؤْتَشَبٍ

لَوْ رَابَنِي حِسِّي وَإِيمَانِي

لَوْ رَابَنِي حِسِّي وَإِيمَانِي

It came bearing proof of untainted affection,

It came with the sincerity of uncompromised love

should my senses and my faith cast me into doubt.

Even if my senses and faith doubted me