1. أَيُّها المُسْتَحلِفُ اللَّيْلَ أَفِقْ

    إِنَّ ركبَ اللَّيْلِ بالسَّيرِ عَدَا

    O you who adjure the night, awaken!

    Indeed, the caravan of night has sped along its journey.

  2. قمْ ولا تغفلْ خُمولاً كَسَلاً

    لن يُساوي يَقِظاً من رقَدَا

    Rise; do not be heedless through lethargy and sloth.

    One who sleeps will never equal one who is awake.

  3. ودعِ الأمرَ إلى اللهِ وكنْ

    عبدَهُ في بابِهِ طولَ المَدَى

    Leave the matter to God, and be

    His servant at His door for all time.

  4. سلِّمِ الأَمرَ له متَّكِلاً

    لا تخفْ في الكونِ دَهراً أَحَدَا

    Entrust the matter to Him, relying upon Him.

    Never fear anyone in the universe, at any time.

  5. واصْرِفِ الوجهَ له عِزًّا به

    واتَّخِذْ سِرًّا له جلَّ يَدَا

    And turn your face toward Him, finding honor through Him.

    And secretly take a hand for Him—exalted is He.

  6. وعن الأَغيارِ كن منجَمِعاً

    وإِلى الجبَّارِ صِرْ مُنْفرِدا

    And withdraw yourself from all others,

    and turn, alone, to the All-Compelling.

  7. وإِذا شطَّ بك السَّيرُ فقمْ

    في دُجى اللَّيْلِ وحِلَّ الرَّصَدَا

    And if the journey carries you far, rise

    in the darkness of night, and undo the guarding spell.

  8. والتمِسْ في بحرِ قلبِ المُصْطَفى

    أَحمدِ الأَكوانِ طَهَ المَدَدَا

    And seek within the sea of the Chosen One's heart—

    Ahmad of all worlds, Taha—sustaining aid.

  9. سِرُّ هذا الكَوْنِ مِضْمارُ العَما

    نقطَةُ الأسلوبِ رُوحُ السُّعَدَا

    The secret of this universe, the arena of the primordial Cloud,

    the point of the pattern, the spirit of the blessed;

  10. لُجَّةُ البحر الإِلهِيِّ الَّذي

    موجُهُ ضمنَ العَما ما جَمَدَا

    the depth of the divine sea, whose

    wave within the Cloud has never congealed;

  11. بارِزُ السِّرِّ وطَمْطامُ الرِّضا

    نورُ عينِ الطَّمسِ فيَّاضُ النَّدَا

    the secret made manifest, the boundless sea of contentment;

    the light of the eye of effacement, overflowing with bounty;

  12. كوكَبُ القُدْسِ الَّذي في طالِعِ ال

    غَيْبِ قِدْماً بالعُلومِ اتَّقَدَا

    the star of holiness, which in the ascendant of the

    unseen blazed of old with knowledge;

  13. كعبَةُ الأَرْواحِ حِصنُ الفتْحِ مَنْ

    قَدْ براهُ اللهُ غوثاً سَنَدَا

    the Kaaba of spirits, the fortress of spiritual opening—the one whom

    God has fashioned as succor and support.

  14. هو بينَ المُرْسَلينَ المُرْتجى

    والإِمامُ المُجْتَبى والمُقْتَدى

    He is the one hoped for among the messengers,

    the chosen Imam and the one to be followed.

  15. هو بابُ اللهِ صَمْصامُ الوَحا

    هو فُرقانُ التَّجَلِّي للهُدَى

    He is God's gate, the keen sword of swift action.

    He is the criterion of divine manifestation for guidance.

  16. هو من قد قامَ طَمساً حامِداً

    وشُهوداً وبُروزاً أَحمَدَا

    He is the one who arose in effacement, praising,

    and in witnessing and emergence, as Ahmad.

  17. كوكَبٌ بُرجِ علمِ اللهِ ما

    حُطَّتِ الأَبراجُ إِلاَّ صَعِدا

    A star in the constellation of God's knowledge: never

    were the constellations brought low without his ascending.

  18. سيفُ أَمرٍ في غِمادِ الحُكْمِ من

    قبلِ هذا القَبْلِ قِدْماً أُغْمدَا

    A sword of command in the scabbard of judgment, from

    before this very 'before,' sheathed of old.

  19. كلُّ من يوجِدُهُ ما فُقِدا

    والَّذي يُفقدُهُ ما وُجِدَا

    Whoever he brings into being is never lost,

    and whoever he causes to be lost has never existed.

  20. ركبُ أَهْلِ اللهِ للهِ على

    إِثْرِهِ المَبْرورُ طوْراً وفَدَا

    The caravan of God's people, bound for God, upon

    his trail, has come, blessed, in its turn.

  21. شُهَداءُ اللهِ من أُمَّتِهِ

    وكذا الأَبدالُ بل والسُّعَدا

    God's witnesses are from his community,

    and likewise the Abdal—indeed, the blessed too.

  22. قد نظَمْنا عَسْجَدَ المدحِ به

    فاحتَقَرْنا في العُقودِ العَسْجَدَا

    Indeed, we have strung the gold of praise for him,

    and thus disdained the gold in necklaces.

  23. كلُّ من أَذعَنَ بالدِّينِ له

    عَرَفَ اللهَ إِلهاً صَمَدَا

    Everyone who submitted to him in religion

    recognized God as the Deity on whom all depend.

  24. بحرُهُ في شَطَحاتِ الغَيْبِ بال

    مَدَدِ الفعَّالِ دهراً أَزْبَدَا

    His sea, amid the ecstatic outpourings of the unseen, with the

    efficacious aid, has foamed throughout time.

  25. بأَبي كم حلَّ أَمراً مُبْرَماً

    وبرُوحي كم نِظامٍ عَقَدَا

    My father be his ransom—how many firmly knotted matters he untied!

    And my soul be his ransom—how many necklaces he strung!

  26. وببدرٍ ضاءَ كالبدرِ وقد

    جفَلَتْ أَصحابُهُ فانْفَرَدَا

    And at Badr he shone like the full moon, though

    his companions had fled, leaving him alone.

  27. قامَ تحتَ العَجِّ والحربُ لها

    ضجَّةٌ صعبَ قِيادٍ أَسَدَا

    He stood beneath the din, while war had

    a roar—a lion hard to rein.

  28. وجَلا في البِيدِ شمساً أَثبَتَتْ

    بعُيونِ القَوْمِ منه مَشْهَدَا

    And in the deserts he unveiled a sun that fixed

    a vision of him in the people's eyes.

  29. ردَّ أَبصارَهُمُ خاسِئَةً

    مثلما ماتُوا بغيْظٍ كَمَدَا

    He turned their gazes back, humbled,

    as though they had died of rage and grief.

  30. وأَعادَ الرَّوعُ من فرسانِهِ

    أَمْنَ قلبٍ وأَزالَ النَّكَدَا

    And the terror from his horsemen restored

    peace of heart and swept away distress.

  31. فتَداعَوْا حينَ رُدُّوا خَجَلاً

    مذْ رَأَوْا منه هِزَبْراً أَسَدَا

    Then they called to one another when driven back in shame,

    since they saw in him a mighty lion—a lion.

  32. أَخذَ القَوْمَ بخُلْقٍ حسَنٍ

    وبعفْوٍ شامِلٍ عمَّا بَدَا

    He won over the people with good character

    and all-embracing pardon for what had occurred.

  33. وتجَلَّى بينهُمْ مُبْتَسِماً

    منه ثغرٌ مُسْتَميحٌ بَرَدَا

    And he shone among them, smiling,

    his mouth seeking a gift of hail.

  34. شكرَ اللهَ تعالى راضِياً

    رَيِّضَ الأَفْكارِ فيما وَجَدَا

    He thanked God Most High, content,

    disciplined in thought about what he encountered.

  35. وأَعادَ الخُسْرَ نصراً قاهِراً

    بمعالي بأْسِهِ حِزْبَ العِدَى

    And he turned loss into victory, subduing

    the enemy host through the heights of his valor.

  36. هو مَوْعودٌ من اللهِ بنَصْ

    رٍ قديمٍ فقُضِي ما وُعِدَا

    He was promised by God a

    victory of old; so what was promised was fulfilled.

  37. وأَقامَ الحقَّ في الخَلْقِ كما

    أَوهَنَ الباطِلَ حتَّى أَقْعَدَا

    And he established truth among creation, just as

    he weakened falsehood until he laid it low.

  38. قالتِ الأَعْداءُ عن رَغمٍ بهِمْ

    ما رأَيْنا منه أَقوى جَلَدَا

    The enemies said, despite their reluctance,

    'We have seen none stronger in fortitude than him.'

  39. نعَتوهُ بالأَمينِ المُرْتَضى

    وتَعامَوْا عن عُلاهُ حَسَدَا

    They called him the Trustworthy, the Approved,

    yet blinded themselves to his eminence out of envy.

  40. كيفَ يُشقي حاسِدٌ في زعمِهِ

    من له اللهُ تعالى أَسْعَدَا

    How can an envier, in his imagining, make wretched

    one whom God Most High has made happy?

  41. سيِّدٌ لولاهُ خَلاَّقُ الوَرَى

    مثلما يَرْضى له ما عُبِدَا

    A master without whom the Creator of all beings

    would not have been worshipped as He desires.

  42. فعَليهِ كلَّ آنٍ أَبداً

    صلَواتُ اللهِ رَبِّي سَرْمَدَا

    So upon him, at every moment, forever,

    be the blessings of God, my Lord, eternally.