إليك ربكان أرباب الفحول سعت

إليك ربكان أرباب الفحول سعت

يا رحمة كل شيءٍ في الورى وسعت

يا رحمة كل شيءٍ في الورى وسعت

To you the riders, lords of stallions, have hastened.

To you the lords of lords, the best of men hastened,

O mercy that has embraced everything in creation.

O mercy for all things in existence you encompassed,

يا سيد السادة الغر العظام ويا

يا سيد السادة الغر العظام ويا

شمساً ببرج سماء الحق قد لمعت

شمساً ببرج سماء الحق قد لمعت

O master of the radiant, mighty masters, and O

O master of masters, most proud and great,

Sun that has shone in a constellation in the heaven of truth.

A sun in the mansion of the sky of Truth you shone,

ويا مدار علوم الغيب يا علم الآ

ويا مدار علوم الغيب يا علم الآ

لاء إن وصلت معنى أو انقطعت

لاء إن وصلت معنى أو انقطعت

And O axis of the sciences of the unseen, O emblem of

And orbit of the sciences of the unseen, O knowledge of favors,

Blessings, whether joined in meaning or set apart.

Whether I attained the meaning or was cut off,

يا حكمة الأمر في كل الأمور وعن

يا حكمة الأمر في كل الأمور وعن

واناً بديعاً به الأسرار قد جمعت

واناً بديعاً به الأسرار قد جمعت

O wisdom of the command in every affair, and a

O wisdom of the command in all affairs, and help

Wondrous title in which the secrets have been gathered.

With wonders by which secrets were brought together,

يا نكتة الطلسم البهت الخفي عز ال

يا نكتة الطلسم البهت الخفي عز ال

أبصار واللمعة الأولى التي سطعت

أبصار واللمعة الأولى التي سطعت

O subtle point of the bewildering, hidden talisman, glory of

O subtlety of the hidden, veiled talisman, glory that dazzled sights,

The eyes, and the first gleam that shone.

And the first gleam that shone under blindness explored,

يا طية النشر يا برهان دائرة النش

يا طية النشر يا برهان دائرة النش

ء الأصيل التي تحت العمى شرعت

ء الأصيل التي تحت العمى شرعت

O fold of unfolding, O proof of the circle of

O fold of publishing, O proof of the circle of primal genesis,

Primal creation, which was established beneath obscurity.

That under blindness was set forth,

ها أنت دولة قدس طالما منحت

ها أنت دولة قدس طالما منحت

بلا انقطاع وبالعدل الجلي منعت

بلا انقطاع وبالعدل الجلي منعت

Behold, you are a holy dominion that has so often bestowed,

Behold, you are a state that has always bestowed

Without interruption, and withheld with manifest justice.

Without ceasing, and with clear justice prevented,

وأنت سر لسان روح حكمته

وأنت سر لسان روح حكمته

عليا عبارتها في شانها برعت

عليا عبارتها في شانها برعت

And you are the secret of a spirit's tongue, whose wisdom

And you are the secret of the tongue of his wisdom,

Is lofty, its expression excelling in its own domain.

Its expressions supremely you mastered,

وأنت سطوة عز عند حضرتها

وأنت سطوة عز عند حضرتها

هامات أعيان كبار الورى خضعت

هامات أعيان كبار الورى خضعت

And you are glory's might, before whose presence

And you are the awe of glory in his presence,

The heads of creation's great notables have bowed.

Before which the heads of the great ones of the world bowed,

وأنت جولة بحر عين مدتها

وأنت جولة بحر عين مدتها

في العالم الأزلي المحض قد نبعت

في العالم الأزلي المحض قد نبعت

And you are a sea's sweep, the spring of whose flow

And you are the revolution of the sea of his eye that extended

Has welled up in the realm of pure eternity.

In the eternal, sheer world originated,

وأنت رتبة صدق دون رتبتها

وأنت رتبة صدق دون رتبتها

كل المراتب حطت مثلما رفعت

كل المراتب حطت مثلما رفعت

And you are a rank of truth, beneath whose rank

And you are the rank of truth below which

All ranks were lowered, just as they were raised.

All ranks you lowered just as you raised,

وأنت دائرة العلم المقدس وال

وأنت دائرة العلم المقدس وال

أذن التي كل أسرار الكتاب وعت

أذن التي كل أسرار الكتاب وعت

And you are the circle of sacred knowledge, and the

And you are the circle of sacred knowledge and the ear

Ear that has grasped all the secrets of the Book.

That all the mysteries of the Book heard,

وحدت في عالم الإبداع منزلةً

وحدت في عالم الإبداع منزلةً

فجئت ذاتا على التوحيد قد طبعت

فجئت ذاتا على التوحيد قد طبعت

You were made unique in station in the realm of origination,

You embodied in the world of creation a position

And came forth as a being stamped with divine unity.

So you came to be essence in unity imprinted,

طويت قلباً به نور البروز طوى

طويت قلباً به نور البروز طوى

وعين فضل على كل الورى أطلت

وعين فضل على كل الورى أطلت

You enfolded a heart wherein the light of manifestation lay folded,

You folded a heart in which the light of manifestation folded,

And an eye of bounty looked out over all creation.

And an eye of grace above all creation gazed,

فكم إلى اللَه بالطرف الزكي وصلت

فكم إلى اللَه بالطرف الزكي وصلت

وكم له من خبايا سرها دمعت

وكم له من خبايا سرها دمعت

How often, with its pure gaze, it has reached God,

So how many times to God did the holy glance reach,

And how often, for Him, it has wept from its secret's hidden recesses.

And how many of his hidden mysteries did it weep,

يا حضرة كلما ضاق الوجود لخطب

يا حضرة كلما ضاق الوجود لخطب

مدهش الكرب فضلاً بالرضى اتسعت

مدهش الكرب فضلاً بالرضى اتسعت

O presence that, whenever existence narrows under a calamity

O presence, whenever existence was squeezed by

Of staggering anguish, opens graciously wide with favor.

A tremendous, shocking affliction, with pleasure it expanded,

ويا محجة علمٍ فصل حجتها

ويا محجة علمٍ فصل حجتها

أسيافه حبل وهم المدعي قطعت

أسيافه حبل وهم المدعي قطعت

And O clear path of knowledge, whose proof is decisive:

And O proof of a knowledge whose proofs

Its swords have severed the cord of the pretender's delusion.

Its swords the rope of false claims cut,

ويا رقيقة مجد من حقيقتها

ويا رقيقة مجد من حقيقتها

حقائق الكون في أطوارها انتفعت

حقائق الكون في أطوارها انتفعت

And O subtle essence of glory, from whose reality

And O gentle glory, by its truth

The realities of the cosmos have benefited through their stages.

Realities of the universe in its spheres benefited,

ويا صراط سلوك عن مطارقه

ويا صراط سلوك عن مطارقه

وجدها كل آمال الملا انقطعت

وجدها كل آمال الملا انقطعت

And O path of wayfaring, from whose beaten tracks

And O path of conduct, by its hammers

And their earnest striving all humankind's hopes have been cut off.

Hopes of the aspirations were cut off,

ويا عروس جمالٍ حال جلوتها

ويا عروس جمالٍ حال جلوتها

لشانها الحجب عن الواجها ارتفعت

لشانها الحجب عن الواجها ارتفعت

And O bride of beauty, at the moment of her unveiling,

And O bride of beauty, when her state appeared

For her grandeur, the veils have lifted from her face.

The veils from the face were lifted,

ويا حقيقة توحيد مكانتها

ويا حقيقة توحيد مكانتها

بمئزر الصدق في الخدر العمى ادرعت

بمئزر الصدق في الخدر العمى ادرعت

And O reality of divine unity, whose station

And O reality of unity, by its position

Has clad itself in truth's girdle within the chamber of obscurity.

With the belt of truth in confusing blindness armored,

ويا أماماً علت أحكام حكمته

ويا أماماً علت أحكام حكمته

وعندها هامة الإذعان قد هطعت

وعندها هامة الإذعان قد هطعت

And O leader whose wisdom's decrees have risen high,

And O imam whose judgments of wisdom triumphed,

And before them the head of submission has bowed.

And before which the head of submission knelt,

لي فيك ظن جميلٌ لا يحول ولي

لي فيك ظن جميلٌ لا يحول ولي

يد سوى بابك المقصود ما قرعت

يد سوى بابك المقصود ما قرعت

My fair hope in you never changes, and I have

I have good opinion of you that does not waver,

A hand that has knocked at no door but yours, the one sought.

And I have no hand but yours that I knocked,

فانظر بعين الرضى حالي وقل كرماً

فانظر بعين الرضى حالي وقل كرماً

عليك مني سحاب الفضل قد همعت

عليك مني سحاب الفضل قد همعت

So regard my state with the eye of favor, and say generously:

So look with the eye of pleasure on my state, and say graciously,

'Upon you, from me, clouds of bounty have poured down.'

Upon you from me a cloud of grace gathered,

وارحم خضوعي وواصل رأفة رحمى

وارحم خضوعي وواصل رأفة رحمى

واجبر بفضلك قلباً روحه جزعت

واجبر بفضلك قلباً روحه جزعت

And have mercy on my submission, and sustain tender mercy,

And have mercy on my humility, and continue the compassion of mercy,

And mend, through your bounty, a heart whose spirit is distraught.

And mend with your favor a heart whose spirit agonized,

حاشاك أن تقطع المسكين عنك وقد

حاشاك أن تقطع المسكين عنك وقد

أتى بصحبةٍ قصد عنك ما رجعت

أتى بصحبةٍ قصد عنك ما رجعت

Far be it from you to cut the poor man off from you, when he has

Far be it from you to cut off the poor from you, when he Came with companionship, seeking none but you returned,

Come accompanied by a resolve that has not turned away from you.

And you are the most generous of those who the stranger frequented,

وأنت أكرم من يمي الدخيل ومن

وأنت أكرم من يمي الدخيل ومن

في بر ميدانه خيل القضا صرعت

في بر ميدانه خيل القضا صرعت

And you are the most generous of those who shelter the refuge-seeker, and those

And in the open field of his generosity the steeds of destiny fell dead,

In whose field of goodness the steeds of fate have been laid low.

May the God of the Throne bless you, so long

صلى عليك إله العرش ما غربت

صلى عليك إله العرش ما غربت

شمس النهار وفي أبراجها طلعت

شمس النهار وفي أبراجها طلعت

May the God of the Throne bless you as long as it sets—

As the sun of day set and in its mansions rose,

The sun of day—and rises in its celestial houses,

And your family and great companions, so long as

وآلك الغر والصحب الأعاظم ما

وآلك الغر والصحب الأعاظم ما

إليك ركبان الباب الفحول سعت

إليك ركبان الباب الفحول سعت

And your radiant family and greatest companions, as long as

The lords of the door, the best of men, hastened to you.

To you the stalwart riders of the gate hasten.