كَيفَhow أَخشىcould I fear تَحوُّلَthe changing of الأَحوالِcircumstances
كَيفَ أَخشى تَحوُّلَ الأَحوالِ
وَلِرَبّيand to my Lord التَسليمُsubmission فيin كُلِّevery حالِstate
وَلِرَبّي التَسليمُ في كُلِّ حالِ
How could I fear changing circumstances,
How can I fear the changing of fate
when I surrender to my Lord in every state?
When to my Lord is the surrender in every state
لَستُI am not أَبغيseeking لِلنَفسِfor the self حَظّاًa share وَقَدand already بِتhave become (continued)
لَستُ أَبغي لِلنَفسِ حَظّاً وَقَد بِت
تُI (ending of the preceding verb) بَريئاًfree مِنof قُوَّتيmy strength وَاِحتِياليand my devices
تُ بَريئاً مِن قُوَّتي وَاِحتِيالي
I seek no portion for myself, for I have become
I do not seek for the self any fortune, and I have spent the night
free of reliance on my own strength and devices.
Innocent of my own strength and scheming
كَيفَhow أحتارُcould I be perplexed بَعدَafter ماthat بِتُّI have come to أَختاI choose (continued)
كَيفَ أحتارُ بَعدَ ما بِتُّ أَختا
رُcompletion of 'I choose' الَّذيwhat يَرتَضيهِHe approves of it ليfor me ذوthe Possessor of الجَلالِMajesty
رُ الَّذي يَرتَضيهِ لي ذو الجَلالِ
How could I be perplexed, now that I have come to choose
How can I be perplexed after I have spent the night surrendered
what the Lord of Majesty approves for me?
To the One whom the Majestic chooses for me
كَمhow many لَهُfor Him فيin الفُؤادِthe heart حَبَّةa grain حُبٍّof love
كَم لَهُ في الفُؤادِ حَبَّة حُبٍّ
أَنبَتَتهاmade it sprout تَجَلِّياتُmanifestations الجَمالِof Beauty
أَنبَتَتها تَجَلِّياتُ الجَمالِ
How many a grain of love for Him lies in the heart,
How much love for Him is in my heart
made to sprout by the manifestations of Beauty.
Sprouted by the epiphanies of Beauty
حَصَدَتهاreaped it يَدُthe hand of الصَبابَةِyearning حَتّىuntil
حَصَدَتها يَدُ الصَبابَةِ حَتّى
دَرَستَهاyou threshed it بِالكَتمِin secrecy مِنfrom لُبِّthe core of باليmy mind
دَرَستَها بِالكَتمِ مِن لُبِّ بالي
The hand of yearning reaped it, until
The hand of youth harvested it until
you threshed it in secret from my mind's very core.
It studied it secretly from the essence of my mind
وَهيَand it مَخزونَةٌstored بِبَيتِin the house of فُؤاديmy heart
وَهيَ مَخزونَةٌ بِبَيتِ فُؤادي
هِيَit حَسبيenough for me قوتاًas food وَقوتُand the food of عياليmy dependents
هِيَ حَسبي قوتاً وَقوتُ عيالي
And it is stored in the house of my heart;
And it is stored in the home of my heart
it is food enough for me, and food for my dependents.
It is enough provision for me and provision for my dependents
ياO خَليليmy intimate friend بِحُرمَةِby the sanctity of الوُدِّlove قُلsay ليto me
يا خَليلي بِحُرمَةِ الوُدِّ قُل لي
لَيسَdoes not يَكفيsuffice ذاthis الفَضلُbounty لِلإِنتِقالِfor the passage onward
لَيسَ يَكفي ذا الفَضلُ لِلإِنتِقالِ
O my friend, by the sanctity of love, tell me:
O my friend, in the sanctity of love, tell me
is this bounty not enough for the passage onward?
This abundance is not enough for moving on
كَيفَhow أَخشىcould I fear الزَمانَtime فاقَةَwant فَقرٍpoverty
كَيفَ أَخشى الزَمانَ فاقَةَ فَقرٍ
وَبِذاand at this البابِdoor كانَhas been حُسنُthe soundness of اِتِّكاليmy reliance
وَبِذا البابِ كانَ حُسنُ اِتِّكالي
How could I fear that time might bring me poverty and want,
How can I fear the time poverty of destitution
when my trust has rested so securely at this door?
When through this door was the beauty of my reliance
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.