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.