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He whose companion is God,

من كان بالله أنسه

1. He whose companion is God,
His kind among people is few.

١. من كان بالله أنسُهْ
يقل في الناس جنسُهْ

2. Alas! Alas! This one -
His soul died for the truth.

٢. هيهات هيهات هذا
ماتت على الحق نفسه

3. And was washed with selflessness,
And his body was but a trace.

٣. وغسلت بالتفاني
وكان في الجسم رمسه

4. He who saw him,
Saw a youth whose senses were gone,

٤. وهو الذي من رأه
رأى فتى غاب حسه

5. Whose mind was confused,
And whose day was as his yesterday.

٥. وعقله في ذهول
ويومه هو أمسه

6. No religious duty escaped him -
The five pillars preserved within him.

٦. ولم يَفُتْ عنه فرضٌ
محفوظة فيه خمسه

7. God's commands and prohibitions
Were clear to him, though a veil covers unveiling.

٧. لله أمر ونهيٌ
عليه والكشف لبسه

8. Nothing changed his state
Or removed his distress.

٨. ما غير الحال منه
شيئاً ولا زال بأسه

9. His letters are firm -
With them his foundation was set.

٩. حروفه ثابتات
بهن قد قام طرسه

10. A servant and master needing nothing -
Yet the branch relies on its root.

١٠. عبد ومولى غني
عنه وللفرع أسه

11. He is a sign among
The signs of the Most Holy.

١١. فإنه آية من
آيات من جل قدسه

12. To some beneath the clouds
His sun resembles theirs.

١٢. تشابهت عند قوم
تحت الغمامة شمسه

13. And it judges for others
The hidden instead of the frown.

١٣. وأحكمت لأناس
بالسر بدل عبسه

14. Sober despite excessive intoxication -
Mild while immersed in the unseen.

١٤. صحا على فرط سكر
طفا وفي الغيب غمسه

15. Humble yet firm,
Placid yet severe.

١٥. ولينه في الأداني
وفي أعاليه يبسه

16. Free, but
Imprisoned in the presence of Truth.

١٦. ومطلق هو لكن
في حضرة الحق حبسه

17. Distractions do not bewilder him
Or lessons make him capricious.

١٧. وما لهته الملاهي
ولم يطيِّشه درسه

18. His certainty is in meanings -
The unseen of the unseen is his intuition.

١٨. يقينه في المعاني
غيب الغيوب وحدسه

19. He stands amidst what
You see, though blurrier.

١٩. وقائم هو فيما
ترى وإن زاد طمسه

20. And bows down to none but
God - his head held high.

٢٠. وساجد ليس إلا
لله يُرفَعُ رأسه

21. Content in every state
With the Truth - his impurity cleansed.

٢١. راض على كل حال
بالحق طهر رجسه

22. He regrets not what
He did - his molars are untouched.

٢٢. وليس يندم مما
أتى فيُقرَعَ ضرسه

23. As if a meadow of Truth
Where his roots thrived.

٢٣. كأنه روض حق
بالحق قد طاب غرسه

24. For God, for God - hopeful
Of none but God - despairing.

٢٤. لله لله راجي
مما سوى الله يأسه

25. And the outcome is one of mystic union,
Whose companion is God.

٢٥. وحاصل الأمر ذو وح
شة وبالله أنسه