أوجه باسم اللّه وجه شهودي

أوجه باسم اللّه وجه شهودي

لعز جلال اللّه رب وجودي

لعز جلال اللّه رب وجودي

In God's name I turn the face of my witnessing

I direct in God's name my witnesses' faces

Toward the might of God's majesty, the Lord of my existence.

To the might of God's majesty, Lord of existences

تسابيح اخلاصي له وصمودي

تسابيح اخلاصي له وصمودي

سموط ثناء في سموط فريد

سموط ثناء في سموط فريد

My hymns of sincerity and steadfast devotion to Him

My private praises to Him and my steadfastness

Are necklaces of praise amid strings of choice pearls,

A falling of praise in a singular falling

بكل لسان قد بثثن وجيد

بكل لسان قد بثثن وجيد

وحب له في لب قلبي وقشره

وحب له في لب قلبي وقشره

Already spread upon every tongue and neck.

With every tongue I have broadcast and exerted

And love for Him in my heart's core and husk,

And love for Him in the pulp of my heart and its peel

وخوف يوازيه رجاء لبره

وخوف يوازيه رجاء لبره

وشكر ومن لي أن أقوم بشكره

وشكر ومن لي أن أقوم بشكره

And fear matched by hope for His kindness,

And fear equivalent to hope for His kindness

And gratitude—yet who can help me render Him due thanks?

And thanks though I cannot fully thank Him

وحمد تغص الكائنات بنشره

وحمد تغص الكائنات بنشره

إذا نشرت منه أجل برود

إذا نشرت منه أجل برود

And praise whose spreading fills all creation to overflowing,

And praise the existence overflow with spreading

When the finest of its robes are unfurled.

When from it I spread the finest aromas

وشوق يذيب النفس لا عج حره

وشوق يذيب النفس لا عج حره

ووقفة مضطر أسير بفقره

ووقفة مضطر أسير بفقره

And longing whose searing heat melts the soul,

And longing that melts the soul without ceasing its heat

And the stance of one in distress, captive to his poverty,

And the stance of one compelled, captive in his poverty

واخلاص سر نوره حشو سره

واخلاص سر نوره حشو سره

وذكر له تحيا النفوس بذكره

وذكر له تحيا النفوس بذكره

And inward sincerity, its light filling his innermost heart,

And sincerity - the secret light, filling its secret

And remembrance of Him, through which souls come alive,

And invoking Him, souls come alive with invoking Him

ويبعث قبل البعث من هو مودي

ويبعث قبل البعث من هو مودي

صرفت مرادي فيه طوعاً لصرفه

صرفت مرادي فيه طوعاً لصرفه

And which raises the dead before the Resurrection.

And resurrecting before resurrection one who will abide

I turned my will toward Him, willingly submitting to His direction.

I have willingly devoted my purpose to His ordainment

حقيقة ذكري أنني عين ظرفه

حقيقة ذكري أنني عين ظرفه

حباني به طيباً عرفت بعرفه

حباني به طيباً عرفت بعرفه

The truth of my remembrance is that I am its very vessel.

Truly my invocation is that I am the vessel of His being

He granted me through it a perfume by whose scent I became known;

He has graced me with it, good I knew through His good taste

تعطرت الآفاق من طيب عرفه

تعطرت الآفاق من طيب عرفه

فما مسك دارين يشاب بعود

فما مسك دارين يشاب بعود

The horizons were perfumed by the sweetness of its fragrance.

The horizons have been perfumed with the goodness of His scent

What, then, is Darin's musk blended with aloeswood?

So no aloes wood in the two abodes competes with perfume

يبشر بالزلفى كريم مقامه

يبشر بالزلفى كريم مقامه

ويستغرق الأسرار سكر مدامه

ويستغرق الأسرار سكر مدامه

Its noble station gives glad tidings of nearness;

It foretells intimacy, noble His station

And the intoxication of its wine engulfs the innermost hearts.

And it preoccupies mysteries, intoxicated with its drink

يصب حيا الأنوار صوب غمامه

يصب حيا الأنوار صوب غمامه

ويزري بنور الشمس نور ابتسامه

ويزري بنور الشمس نور ابتسامه

The downpour of its cloud pours forth life-giving rain of lights,

Pouring forth the lives of lights towards its cloud

And the light of its smile puts the sun's light to shame,

And the light of the sun loans light to the smile of its countenance

إذا ما تجلى في صحائف سود

إذا ما تجلى في صحائف سود

تجردت من نفسي فلم يبقَ لي أنا

تجردت من نفسي فلم يبقَ لي أنا

Whenever it shines forth upon black pages.

When He manifests Himself on blackish pages

I stripped away my self, and no 'I' remained to me,

I shed my selfhood so nothing remains for me of "I"

وطارت هوى روحي بأجنحة الفنا

وطارت هوى روحي بأجنحة الفنا

لمن هو أهل المجد والعز والغنى

لمن هو أهل المجد والعز والغنى

And my spirit flew in love on the wings of annihilation,

And my soul's passions took flight on wings of annihilation

To Him who is worthy of glory, might, and self-sufficiency,

To the One deserving of glory, honor, and wealth

لمن هو أهل الحمد والمدح والثنا

لمن هو أهل الحمد والمدح والثنا

لذي الفضل والألاء خير مفيد

لذي الفضل والألاء خير مفيد

To Him who is worthy of praise, laudation, and acclaim,

To the One deserving of praise, eulogy, and song

To the Possessor of bounty and blessings, the best of givers.

To the Bountiful, Beneficent, Best Helper

لمن وحدته المبدعات سواجدا

لمن وحدته المبدعات سواجدا

لمن عرفته الموجدات حوامدا

لمن عرفته الموجدات حوامدا

To Him whom created things have proclaimed One, prostrating,

To the One the created beings bow down prostrate

To Him whom beings brought into existence have known, offering praise,

To the One the originated know as The All-Praiser

لمن مجدته الممكنات صوامدا

لمن مجدته الممكنات صوامدا

لمن سبحته الكائنات شواهدا

لمن سبحته الكائنات شواهدا

To Him whom contingent beings have exalted, turning to Him,

To the One the possible beings glorify as The All-Powerful

To Him whom all beings have glorified, bearing witness

To the One the existents praise as a testament

بتوحيده واللّه خير شهيد

بتوحيده واللّه خير شهيد

لمن سخر الأشياء في الأرض والسما

لمن سخر الأشياء في الأرض والسما

To His oneness—and God is the best witness.

In His Oneness and God is the Best Witness

To Him who subdued all things on earth and in heaven,

To the One who commissioned what's in earth and heaven

لمن كان بالمخلوق أحفى وأرحما

لمن كان بالمخلوق أحفى وأرحما

لمن بسط النعماء منا وتمما

لمن بسط النعماء منا وتمما

To Him who is most caring and merciful toward creation,

To the One who is gentlest and most merciful to the creature

To Him who freely spread blessings and made them complete.

To the One who bestowed blessings, perfecting them

أعاد وأيدى من أياديه أنعما

أعاد وأيدى من أياديه أنعما

فيا أنعم المولى بدأت فعودي

فيا أنعم المولى بدأت فعودي

He renewed and bestowed blessings from His bounty.

Repeating and aiding from hands that are His blessings

O blessings of the Master, you have begun—so return!

So O Most Bountiful Master, I began and will return devotedly