لبيكَ لبيكَ من واعٍ ومن داعِ

لبيكَ لبيكَ من واعٍ ومن داعِ

لبرء ما بي من أمراضٍ وأوجاعِ

لبرء ما بي من أمراضٍ وأوجاعِ

At your service, at your service—from one who heeds and one who calls,

I am here, I am here, for the conscious and for those who call

For the healing of the illnesses and pains within me.

For the healthy, free of illnesses and pains

دعوتني بلسانِ الحقّ تطلبني

دعوتني بلسانِ الحقّ تطلبني

إني لما قد دعوتُ السامعَ الواعي

إني لما قد دعوتُ السامعَ الواعي

You called me in the tongue of the Real, seeking me.

You called me in the tongue of truth, seeking me

Indeed, when I had called the Hearer, the Aware,

I am here for I was called by the conscious listener

دعوتني وضمنتم ما أسرُّ به

دعوتني وضمنتم ما أسرُّ به

إذا أجبتُ فما خيبت أطماعي

إذا أجبتُ فما خيبت أطماعي

You called me and guaranteed what would gladden me;

You called me and confided your secret

When I answer, you do not disappoint my hopes.

If I answer, my hopes will not be disappointed

لا تفرحَنَّ بشيءٍ لستَ تعرفه

لا تفرحَنَّ بشيءٍ لستَ تعرفه

إنَّ الهوية في المدعوّ والداعي

إنَّ الهوية في المدعوّ والداعي

Do not rejoice in anything you do not know.

Do not rejoice about something you do not know

Indeed, identity is in the one called and the caller.

For identity lies in the called and the caller

به سمعت كما به نطقت لذا

به سمعت كما به نطقت لذا

قد قام فينا مقامَ الحافظِ الراعي

قد قام فينا مقامَ الحافظِ الراعي

Through him I heard, just as through him I spoke; therefore,

Through it I heard as through it I spoke, so

He has indeed taken among us the place of guardian and shepherd.

It took the place of the Guardian, the Shepherd

أنا له تابعٌ ما دام يطلبني

أنا له تابعٌ ما دام يطلبني

كما أكون إذا أدعو من أتباعي

كما أكون إذا أدعو من أتباعي

I am his follower as long as he seeks me,

I follow Him as long as He calls me

Just as, when I call, I am among my own followers.

Just as I become when I call one of my followers

وليس من شيعي حتى أفوز به

وليس من شيعي حتى أفوز به

وإنه حين أدعوه من أشياعي

وإنه حين أدعوه من أشياعي

Nor is he among my partisans until I succeed through him,

And none of my followers can succeed without me

And when I call him, he is indeed among my partisans.

Even when I call him from among my partisans

لذا ينزلُ في ألطافِ حكمته

لذا ينزلُ في ألطافِ حكمته

من الذراعِ على التقريبِ والباعِ

من الذراعِ على التقريبِ والباعِ

Thus he descends, in the subtle kindnesses of his wisdom,

So He bestows the subtleties of His wisdom

In the cubit and the armspan, as he draws near.

From the forearm to the bringing near and the span

فقد تقدّر والمقدار ليس له

فقد تقدّر والمقدار ليس له

وهو الصدوقُ فقد حيرت أسماعي

وهو الصدوقُ فقد حيرت أسماعي

He has thus assumed a measure, though measure is not his.

For it was predetermined and the measure is not His

And he is utterly truthful; thus my hearing has been bewildered.

And He is the Truthful, so my hearing was confused

أين العماءُ ومن حبل الوريدِ أتى

أين العماءُ ومن حبل الوريدِ أتى

في قربه وإذا ما كنتُ بالساعي

في قربه وإذا ما كنتُ بالساعي

Where is the Cloud? And from the jugular vein he came

Where are the blind, when it came from the vein

In his nearness; and whenever I am one who hastens,

In His nearness, even when I was hurrying?

يأتي إليَّ كما قد قال هرولة

يأتي إليَّ كما قد قال هرولة

والفرقُ يعلم بين المدِّ والصاعِ

والفرقُ يعلم بين المدِّ والصاعِ

He comes to me, as he has said, at a run.

He comes to me as He said, running,

And the difference between the mudd and the saʿ is known.

And the difference is known between extension and limitation

إنّ التنزه والتشبيه ملحمة

إنّ التنزه والتشبيه ملحمة

وتلك خيري الذي أدري وأقطاعي

وتلك خيري الذي أدري وأقطاعي

Indeed, transcendence and likeness are a battle,

Verily transcendence and immanence are interwoven

And that is my good, which I know, and my allotted lands.

And that is my knowledge which I know and profess

ما قلتُ إلا الذي قال الإله لنا

ما قلتُ إلا الذي قال الإله لنا

في نعته من مقالاتٍ وأوضاعِ

في نعته من مقالاتٍ وأوضاعِ

I have said only what God has said to us

I have said only what the God told us

In describing himself, in sayings and formulations.

In describing Him with sayings and positions

لما أتيت به سوق الكلام أبى

لما أتيت به سوق الكلام أبى

وقال ليس بضاعاتي وأمتاعي

وقال ليس بضاعاتي وأمتاعي

When I brought it to the marketplace of theology, it refused,

When I brought it to the marketplace of speech, it refused

And said, “It is not my wares or my goods.”

And said: “This is not my merchandise or my possessions”

إلا المحدّث والصوفيّ فاجتمعا

إلا المحدّث والصوفيّ فاجتمعا

والمؤمون وهذا علم اجماعي

والمؤمون وهذا علم اجماعي

Except the hadith scholar and the Sufi, who came together,

Except the mystic and the Sufi joined together

And the believers; this is knowledge by consensus.

And al-Maʼmūn, and this is my consensus knowledge

إن العقول لها حدٌّ يصرّفها

إن العقول لها حدٌّ يصرّفها

وليس يعرفُ منه علمُ إبداع

وليس يعرفُ منه علمُ إبداع

Indeed, intellects have a limit that governs them,

Verily intellects have a limit which confines them

And knowledge of origination is not known through it.

And the knowledge of creation is not known through them

إني أذعت لك العلمَ الغريبَ وما

إني أذعت لك العلمَ الغريبَ وما

أنا بصاحبِ إفشاءٍ وإيذاع

أنا بصاحبِ إفشاءٍ وإيذاع

Indeed, I have made the strange knowledge known to you, yet

I have announced to you arcane knowledge, yet

I am not one given to disclosure and dissemination.

I am not one to divulge or disseminate

إني وجدت الذي بالسير أطلبه

إني وجدت الذي بالسير أطلبه

سير الحقائق في سبتي وإيضاعي

سير الحقائق في سبتي وإيضاعي

Indeed, I have found what I seek by journeying:

I have found what I seek through journeying

The journey of realities, in my rest and my hastening.

The journey of realities in my solitude and seclusion