1. قل للذي قد لامني

    دعني وشأني يا عذول

    Say to the one who has reproached me:

    Leave me to my own affairs, O faultfinder.

  2. لو كنت تدري ما جرى

    ما كنت تنهي يا جهول

    If you knew what had happened,

    You would not forbid me, O ignorant one.

  3. أما ترى جسمي السقيم

    قد شفه داء النحول

    Do you not see my ailing body?

    The wasting sickness has worn it away.

  4. قل لي بمن هذا العتا

    وذا التصابي والذهول

    Tell me, for whom is this defiance,

    And this youthful dalliance and bewilderment?

  5. اللَه حسبي وكفى

    قل ما تشا يا ذا الفضول

    God is enough for me, and He suffices.

    Say what you wish, O meddler.

  6. يا ساكنين سرائري

    عندي لكم صفو الوداد

    O dwellers in my innermost secrets,

    For you I hold the purest affection.

  7. ملكتكم يا سادتي

    زمام أمري والقياد

    I have given you, O my masters,

    The reins of my affairs and their direction.

  8. لا تهملوا من قد غدا

    يسموا بكم بين العباد

    Do not neglect one who has come

    To rise through you among God's servants,

  9. واقف على الباب مقيم

    يرجو السعادة والقبول

    Standing at the door, abiding there,

    Hoping for happiness and acceptance.

  10. اللَه حسبي وكفى

    قل ما تشا يا ذا الفضول

    God is enough for me, and He suffices.

    Say what you wish, O meddler.

  11. هبت نسيمات الوصال

    من جانب القدس العلي

    The breezes of union blew

    From the realm of holiness on high,

  12. واستغرقت أنوارها

    عوالم القلب الخلي

    And their lights engulfed

    The worlds of the heart, emptied

  13. عما سوى معبوده

    الواحد الحق الولي

    Of all but the One it worships—

    The One, the Truth, the Protector.

  14. وكوشفت أسراره

    وحل في برج الوصول

    And its secrets were unveiled,

    And it settled in the tower of attainment.

  15. اللَهُ حسبي وكفى

    قل ما تشا يا ذا الفضول

    God is enough for me, and He suffices.

    Say what you wish, O meddler.

  16. بات المحب مع الحبيب

    والعاذل الغافل بعيد

    The lover spent the night with the beloved,

    While the heedless reproacher was far away.

  17. لم يدر ما شأن الهوى

    بين الموالي والعبيد

    He did not know the nature of love

    Between masters and slaves.

  18. يا ويحه ماذا عليه

    لو كن يعرف للسعيد

    Alas for him! What harm would it do him

    If he recognized the blessed one's

  19. مكانه من ربه

    واللَه يعلم ما يقول

    Standing with his Lord?

    And God knows what he says.

  20. اللَه حسبي وكفى

    قل ما تشا يا ذا الفضول

    God is enough for me, and He suffices.

    Say what you wish, O meddler.

  21. ماذا يقول المنكرون

    فيمن له قلب سليم

    What do the deniers say

    About one whose heart is pure

  22. علي جميع المسلمين

    وقصده المولى الكريم

    Toward all Muslims,

    And whose aim is the Generous Master,

  23. ويعتقد في نفسه

    بأنه عبد ذميم

    And who believes himself

    To be a blameworthy servant?

  24. لولا عناية ربه

    لكان بطالاً ضلول

    Were it not for his Lord's care,

    He would be an idler, utterly astray.

  25. اللَه حسبي وكفى

    قال ما تشا يا ذا الفضول

    God is enough for me, and He suffices.

    He said what you wish, O meddler.