1. The dwelling of the saint, when inhabited,
Has doors and pillars telling of its state,

2. As though he were present there in his image,
Seen by the gnostic and the faithful one.

3. Revere their dwellings, honor their abodes,
For they are always there - by God - the dwellers!

4. If they move house, one blossoming in their grace,
It's as if there they slept, wherever they were.

5. Thanks be to God - among their turbans
Are a people, chiefs of the caravan.

6. My sons have died but their virtues are undying,
For they are, by my life, mankind's eyes.

7. Their pulpits stand in every corner,
And in the heart of the foe are fires.

8. A people - when their rider storms the battlefield,
The plain quakes that day, trembling.

9. They wrestle with calamities, mocking them -
The day of the finish, riders and steeds.

10. Drunk, the people of clamor and din -
Theirs is the diwan on the domes.

11. Each gallant, great of heart, long of arm -
His status, though hidden, has proof.

12. He rises while night's tresses are loose,
Weeping in awe while the secret heart joys.

13. Worlds are obscured for him, transient,
While from Him sovereignty over passions arose.

14. As though what existence's carpet was furnished with
And what owned the world was Solomon.

15. His springs flowed and rapture roused him
To God - while tears eternally melt him.

16. Of a fellowship - their master's draught is theirs,
Ever with God, whether mighty or abased.

17. Among them we have in Syria's lands a band -
Folk of honor, loved ones, and intimates.

18. They pledged to God a pact no power can undo.
They died upholding it - they neither failed nor betrayed.

19. A remnant of a house followed in their steps -
Indeed, their wont they preserved and maintained.

20. Their chief, the elect of their individuals, is Hasan -
Wadi al-Nada, whose repute is widely known.

21. A shaykh with God through all his states, always -
The balance leaned clear in his favor among the folk.

22. It's as though the drums of joy are beating for him
While standards rise for him on high.

23. An anchor from Abu al-'Abbas binds us fast,
And we're all limbs within it in the garden.

24. I'm the hidden one, without kith or child,
Though I've kin and brothers among them.

25. God will reveal from them a full moon of my gnosis,
Clarified, while below it lies the talisman.

26. After a bending, his appearance's diffusion will come,
For all things have a time and moment set.