1. يا نسيم الحي عني

    بثَّ ما لا يتناهى

    O breeze of the quarter, on my behalf,

    spread what has no end

  2. من غرام واشتياق

    نحو طه وابن طه

    of ardent love and longing

    toward Taha and the son of Taha.

  3. سيد ساد بأصل

    وبفرع قد تباهى

    A master, preeminent through his root,

    and in his branch he has taken pride.

  4. دأبه التقوى بها لو

    رمت توصيه تراها

    Piety is his constant way; should you

    seek to counsel him to it, you would find it there.

  5. وإذا قلت انتبه لم

    تر إلا الإنتباها

    And if you say, "Be alert," you will not

    see anything but alertness.

  6. فهو توفيق إلهيْ

    جامع فضلاً وجاها

    For he is divine grace,

    uniting excellence and distinction.

  7. نسأل الله التباساً

    عنه يمحو واشتباها

    We ask God that confusion

    and doubt be erased from him,

  8. معدماً من لم يزل ما

    لم يكن منه شفاها

    the Eternal One annihilating what

    was not, by direct address from Him.

  9. فيرى الغير محالاً

    ويرى الحق بداها

    So he sees otherness as impossible,

    and beholds the Real plainly.

  10. ويرى الأكوان تفنى

    عنده كشفاً تلاها

    And he sees the worlds pass away

    before him—an unveiling following them.

  11. صانه الله وعما

    قد حوى لا يتلاهى

    May God protect him; and from what

    he has attained, he is not distracted.

  12. وحباه منه علما

    يعدم النفس هواها

    And may He grant him knowledge from Himself

    that deprives the soul of its desire.

  13. وسلام الله مني

    دام يلقاه تجاها

    And may God's peace, from me,

    ever greet him face to face.