Qasida | Al-Harraq: Laysa lil-ghayr – ليس للغير للقطب محمد الحراق

Qasida | Al-Harraq: Laysa lil-ghayr – ليس للغير للقطب محمد الحراق

No one but You exists when You appear

By Al-Qurb Muhammad al-Harraq
ليس للغير - للقطب محمد الحراق

عربي
V5 | See also in aldiwan.net

Bahr: Khafifالخفيف
فاعلاتن مستفعلن فاعلاتن
| /.//./. | /././/. | /.//./. |

Text & English translation
Arabic from aldiwan | Translation by damas

لَيسَ لِلغيرِ إِن ظَهَرتَ وُجودُ *** وَإِذا ما بَطنتَ أَنتَ فَريدُ

No one but You exists when You manifest Yourself
And when you are hidden, you alone are unique

كُلُّ مَن رامَ أَن يَرى ظاهِراً غَيـ *** ـرَكَ أَو باطِناً فَعِندي بَعيدُ

Whoever seeks to see anything other than you, whether outwardly
or inwardly, is far from me

يا سَنا الكُلِّ إِن شَهِدناكَ يَوماً *** فَهوَ يَومٌ مِنَ الزَّمانِ سَعيدُ

O Light of all, if we were to witness you one day
it would be a day of ultimate joy in time.

إِنَّ لِلنّاسِ كُلَّ عامٍ لَعيدَيـ *** ـنِ وَكُلُّ وَقتٍ لَنا بِكَ عيدُ

For people, every year has two Eids
but for us, every moment with you is a eid.