ما أَنا إِلّا لِمَن بَغاني

ما أَنا إِلّا لِمَن بَغاني

أَرى خَليلي كَما يَراني

أَرى خَليلي كَما يَراني

I am only for whoever seeks me;

I am but for he who loves me

I regard my friend as he regards me.

I see my friend as he sees me

لَستُ أَرى ما مَلَكتُ طَرفي

لَستُ أَرى ما مَلَكتُ طَرفي

مَكانَ مَن لا يَرى مَكاني

مَكانَ مَن لا يَرى مَكاني

As long as I command my gaze, I do not regard

I see not what my eyes have possessed

the standing of one who does not regard mine.

Instead of one who sees not my place

مَنِ الَّذي يَرتَجي الأَقاصي

مَنِ الَّذي يَرتَجي الأَقاصي

إِن لَم يَنَل خَيرَهُ الأَداني

إِن لَم يَنَل خَيرَهُ الأَداني

Who puts his hopes in those far away

Who hopes for the far,

if those nearby have not received his kindness?

If the near misses his good?

أَصبَحتُ عَمَّن بِها غَنِيّاً

أَصبَحتُ عَمَّن بِها غَنِيّاً

بِخالِقي في جَميعِ شاني

بِخالِقي في جَميعِ شاني

I have become independent of those in this world,

I have become rich with my Creator

through my Creator, in all my affairs.

In all my affairs

وَلي إِلى أَن أَموتُ رِزقٌ

وَلي إِلى أَن أَموتُ رِزقٌ

لَو جَهَدَ الخَلقُ ما عَداني

لَو جَهَدَ الخَلقُ ما عَداني

And I have sustenance until I die;

And I have sustenance until I die

even if all creation strove, it would not pass me by.

Even if all creation strains against me

لا تَرتَجِ الخَيرَ عِندَ مَن لا

لا تَرتَجِ الخَيرَ عِندَ مَن لا

يَصلُحُ إِلّا عَلى الهَوانِ

يَصلُحُ إِلّا عَلى الهَوانِ

Do not hope for kindness from one who does not

Do not hope for good from one who

behave well except under humiliation.

Is only suitable for humiliation

فَاِستَغنِ بِاللَهِ عَن فُلانٍ

فَاِستَغنِ بِاللَهِ عَن فُلانٍ

وَعَن فُلانٍ وَعَن فُلانِ

وَعَن فُلانٍ وَعَن فُلانِ

So, through God, be independent of so-and-so,

So suffice yourself with God instead of so-and-so

and of so-and-so, and of so-and-so.

And instead of so-and-so and instead of so-and-so

وَلا تَدَع مَكسَباً حَلالاً

وَلا تَدَع مَكسَباً حَلالاً

تَكونُ مِنهُ عَلى بَيانِ

تَكونُ مِنهُ عَلى بَيانِ

And do not abandon a lawful livelihood

And do not leave lawful livelihood

of which you have clear knowledge.

Of which you are certain

فَالمالُ مِن حِلِّهِ قِوامٌ

فَالمالُ مِن حِلِّهِ قِوامٌ

لِلعِرضِ وَالوَجهِ وَاللِسانِ

لِلعِرضِ وَالوَجهِ وَاللِسانِ

For wealth from lawful sources is a support

For wealth from its lawfulness is the pillar

for honor, face, and tongue.

Of honor, face, and tongue

وَالفَقرُ ذُلٌّ عَلَيهِ بابٌ

وَالفَقرُ ذُلٌّ عَلَيهِ بابٌ

مِفتاحُهُ العَجزُ وَالتَواني

مِفتاحُهُ العَجزُ وَالتَواني

And poverty is humiliation with a door;

And poverty is humiliation upon which is a door

its key is incapacity and sloth.

Whose key is incapacity and laziness

وَرِزقُ رَبّي لَهُ وُجوهٌ

وَرِزقُ رَبّي لَهُ وُجوهٌ

هُنَّ مِنَ اللَهِ في ضَمانِ

هُنَّ مِنَ اللَهِ في ضَمانِ

And my Lord's provision has many forms;

And the sustenance of my Lord has facets

they are guaranteed by God.

They are from God in safekeeping

سُبحانَ مَن لَم يَزَل عَلِيّا

سُبحانَ مَن لَم يَزَل عَلِيّا

لَيسَ لَهُ في العُلُوِّ ثانِ

لَيسَ لَهُ في العُلُوِّ ثانِ

Glory be to Him who has always been exalted;

Glory to Him who has always been Most High

He has no peer in loftiness.

He has no second in supremacy

قَضى عَلى خَلقِهِ المَنايا

قَضى عَلى خَلقِهِ المَنايا

فَكُلُّ حَيٍّ سِواهُ فانِ

فَكُلُّ حَيٍّ سِواهُ فانِ

He decreed death for His creation;

He decreed death upon His creation

so every living being but Him must perish.

So every living one other than Him will perish

يا رَبِّ لَم نَبكِ مِن زَمانٍ

يا رَبِّ لَم نَبكِ مِن زَمانٍ

إِلّا بَكَينا عَلى زَمانِ

إِلّا بَكَينا عَلى زَمانِ

O my Lord, never have we wept because of an age

O Lord, why would we weep over a time

without weeping for an age gone by.

Except that we wept over time?