1. نحن قوم نهوى الوجوه الحسانا

    وبها الله زادنا إحسانا

    We are a people who love beautiful faces.

    And through them God has granted us greater goodness.

  2. وعلينا من المهين عين

    أوسعتنا تحقُّقاً وعيانا

    And upon us is an eye from the one who humbles,

    Which has enriched us with realization and direct vision.

  3. ولنا قد أدير خمر التجلي

    وبه صار كأسنا ملآنا

    And for us the wine of divine self-disclosure has been passed around,

    And through it our cup became full.

  4. وشهدنا الوجود حوضاً وكانت

    صور الكل عندنا كيزانا

    And we witnessed existence as a pool, while

    The forms of all things were cups to us.

  5. إن من نال شربة منه يوماً

    لا تراه على المدى ظمآنا

    Indeed, whoever takes a draught from it one day,

    You will never see him thirsty as time goes on.

  6. وأناس قد بدلوا الدين عنه

    طردوا فامتلوا له طغيانا

    And some people have altered the faith that came from him;

    They were driven away, and so brimmed with defiance toward him.

  7. كل ما حاولوه أبعد عنهم

    لا تلمهم أضلهم من هدانا

    All that they sought was kept far from them.

    Do not blame them: the One who guided us led them astray.

  8. حوض خير الأنام عذبٌ زلالٌ

    بارد سائغٌ لمن يتعانى

    The pool of the best of creation is sweet and crystal-clear,

    Cool and easy to drink for whoever takes pains.

  9. بيننا وعده على الحوض نلقى

    صاحب الحوض مثل ما يلقانا

    His promise is between us: at the pool we shall meet

    The master of the pool, just as he meets us.

  10. وبوجه المليح سرُّ شهودٍ

    عنه مازالت الورى عميانا

    And in the fair one's face lies a mystery of witnessing,

    To which humankind has remained blind.

  11. ضل عنه من قبل إبليس جهلاً

    وأبى عن كماله نقصانا

    Iblis once strayed from it in ignorance,

    And refused its perfection out of deficiency.

  12. وإليه اهتدت ملائكة الل

    ه وزادت بأمره إيقانا

    And toward it the angels of God were guided,

    And grew in certainty at His command.

  13. حضرات الأسما به قد تبدت

    وأبينت عند الجميع بيانا

    The presences of the Names have appeared through it,

    And were made clear to everyone, plainly.

  14. وعليه السجود كان دليلاً

    فتسمى الإسلام والإيمانا

    And prostration served as evidence of it,

    And so it was called Islam and faith.

  15. كن به عارفا ودُمْ فيه مغريً

    وتقرب له تكن إنسانا

    Know it, and remain enamored of it;

    And draw near to it, and you will be human.

  16. والذي حاد عنه فهو جهول

    حيث سماه ربه شيطانا

    And whoever turns aside from it is ignorant,

    Since his Lord named him Satan.

  17. إنه الباب لكن الفتح صعب

    زاد قوماً خوفاً وقوماً أمانا

    It is the gate, but the opening is difficult;

    It increased fear in some, and security in others.

  18. كاس حسن وكاس عشق وإني

    بهما الآن لم أزل سكرانا

    A cup of beauty and a cup of love—and I

    Am still drunk on them both, even now.

  19. هذه في العموم جملة حالي

    وتعالى من أنزل الفرقانا

    This, in general, is the sum of my state;

    And exalted is He who sent down the Criterion.

  20. ولأهل الخصوص مني مقام

    كل حال في ذاته يتفانى

    And for the elect is a station of mine,

    Within whose essence every state dissolves.

  21. كان في بيت عزتي من قديم

    ثم صارت ثيابه الحدثانا

    It had long been in the house of my glory,

    Then its garments became the events of time.

  22. وهو قرآننا بليلة قدر

    قد تلوناه ساعةً وتلانا

    And it is our Qur'an on a Night of Decree;

    We have recited it for a while, and it has recited us.

  23. إن تكن قد مضت لأحمد صحبٌ

    إننا لم نزل له إخوانا

    If Ahmad's companions have passed away,

    We have never ceased to be his brethren.

  24. هكذا جاء في الأحاديث عنه

    ودَّ لو أنه يكون رآنا

    Thus it is related in the traditions from him:

    He wished that he might have seen us.

  25. ظاهر العلم في الصحابة باد

    وهو علم التكليف إنساً وجانا

    The outward aspect of knowledge is manifest among the Companions;

    And it is knowledge of religious obligation, for humans and jinn.

  26. والذي قد بدا بنا هو علم

    زاد عن كل باطن إبطانا

    And what has appeared through us is knowledge

    That surpasses every inward thing in inwardness.

  27. وهو علم التشريف علم المزايا

    ليس ظناً لنا ولا حُسبانا

    And it is knowledge of ennoblement, knowledge of special merits,

    Neither conjecture nor supposition for us.

  28. بل يقين محقق أخذته

    قومُنا بالشهود آناً فآنا

    Rather, a verified certainty, attained by

    Our people through witnessing, moment after moment.

  29. وهو علم الإله يظهر فيمن

    قرأ الله ذاته قرآنا

    And it is knowledge of God, manifest in the one

    Whose essence God recited as a Qur'an.

  30. خذه منا بالحال والقال وادخل

    لحمانا وافرغْ لنا عن سوانا

    Take it from us through spiritual state and speech, and enter

    Our sanctuary, and for us empty yourself of all but us.