غلب الوجد حشمة النماك

غلب الوجد حشمة النماك

ودعاهم لحاله الهتاك

ودعاهم لحاله الهتاك

Ecstasy overcame the ascetics’ modest reserve,

Passion overwhelmed composure's restraints

And summoned them into its veil-rending state.

And called them to reckless abandon.

فتداعوا بعد التمكن صرعى

فتداعوا بعد التمكن صرعى

وتراهم ما بين باك وشاك

وتراهم ما بين باك وشاك

So they fell stricken after standing firm,

So they succumbed after growing strong

And you see them, some weeping, others complaining.

And you see them wavering between weeping and yearning.

هز خمر الغرام منهم قلوبا

هز خمر الغرام منهم قلوبا

قط ما هزها ضجيج العراك

قط ما هزها ضجيج العراك

The wine of ardent love shook hearts among them

The wine of love shook their hearts,

That the clamor of battle had never shaken.

Unlike any clamor of battle ever shook them before.

خمرة الحب في كؤس الرفاعي

خمرة الحب في كؤس الرفاعي

من علا كعبه سنام السماك

من علا كعبه سنام السماك

The wine of love is in al-Rifa‘i’s cups,

The wine of love in the cup of loftiness

He whose ankle rose above al-Simak’s crest.

For those whose heels climbed the peak of ambition.

سيد الاولياء شرقا وغربا

سيد الاولياء شرقا وغربا

ملجأ الواصلين والسلاك

ملجأ الواصلين والسلاك

Master of the saints in east and west,

Master of east and west saints,

Refuge of those who have attained spiritual nearness and of the wayfarers.

Refuge of the wayfarers and the seekers.

كعبة العارفين قطب رحاهم

كعبة العارفين قطب رحاهم

ملحق العاجزين بالاملاك

ملحق العاجزين بالاملاك

Kaaba of the knowers of God, pivot of their millstone,

Shrine of the gnostics, pole of their comfort,

He who joins the powerless to the angels.

Annex of the helpless to the angels.

شيخ اهل الحمى صباح المعالي

شيخ اهل الحمى صباح المعالي

رب حال العزيمة الفتاك

رب حال العزيمة الفتاك

Shaykh of the sanctuary’s people, dawn of exalted virtues,

Sheikh of the zealous, dawn of glories,

Master of the devastating spiritual state of resolve.

Lord of resolute and deadly determination.

قبضت ذيله اكف فؤادي

قبضت ذيله اكف فؤادي

وتعالت عن وصمة الانفكاك

وتعالت عن وصمة الانفكاك

The hands of my heart grasped his robe’s hem,

I clasped the end of his robe with the palms of my heart

And rose above the stigma of breaking away.

And rose above the stigma of separation.

فبأعتابه طواف ضميري

فبأعتابه طواف ضميري

وبصف العبيد فيها انسلاكي

وبصف العبيد فيها انسلاكي

So my innermost self circles his thresholds,

So around his threshold circulates my conscience

And there I take my place in the servants’ rank.

And into his line of servants flows my penetration.

مذ تبوأت من حماه حصونا

مذ تبوأت من حماه حصونا

فاغلقي الدهر يا سليما حماكي

فاغلقي الدهر يا سليما حماكي

Since I settled in fortresses within his sanctuary,

Since I took refuge in his fortresses

Then shut your sanctuary forever, O Sulayma.

Close forever on me, O Solomon, your protection!

قد افر المولى باحمد عيني

قد افر المولى باحمد عيني

فاستفيضي يا عين منه ضياكي

فاستفيضي يا عين منه ضياكي

Indeed, the Lord has gladdened my eye through Ahmad;

The Master has enriched my eyes with Ahmed

So draw your light abundantly from him, O eye.

So flow, my eyes, with his splendor!

واستقري يا نفس منه بباب

واستقري يا نفس منه بباب

شامخ بعد قربه يا هناكي

شامخ بعد قربه يا هناكي

And rest, O soul, at a gate of his,

Settle, my soul, in his gate,

Lofty—after drawing near him, what bliss is yours!

Lofty after his nearness, O you who lie afar!

اكرم الله منه نور محيا

اكرم الله منه نور محيا

للصباح الوضاح نورا يحاكي

للصباح الوضاح نورا يحاكي

May God honor the light of his countenance,

May God honor the light of his noble life

Which resembles the radiant morning in brightness.

With a light rivaling the brilliant dawn!

قدس الله سره فهو غوث

قدس الله سره فهو غوث

قد علا قدره عن الادراك

قد علا قدره عن الادراك

May God sanctify his secret, for he is a giver of succor

May God sanctify his mysteries! He is succor.

Whose rank has indeed risen beyond comprehension.

His worth has risen beyond grasp.