والله لا ناله مما أنا سبَدٌ

والله لا ناله مما أنا سبَدٌ

من المعارفِ والزُّلفى ولا لَبدُ

من المعارفِ والزُّلفى ولا لَبدُ

By God, not a hair's worth of what is mine has reached him,

By God, he cannot attain what I have attained,

Of knowledge and nearness—nor a tuft of wool.

Of knowledge, intimacy, and devotion.

ولا تعين في شيءٍ يكون لنا

ولا تعين في شيءٍ يكون لنا

ولو يعيش الذي قد عاشه لبدُ

ولو يعيش الذي قد عاشه لبدُ

Nor has it taken definite form in anything belonging to us,

Nor can he be of aid in anything that may happen to us,

Even were he to live as long as Lubad lived.

Even if he who has lived it were to live again.

لله قومٌ لهم علمٌ ومعرفةٌ

لله قومٌ لهم علمٌ ومعرفةٌ

وهم عليه إذا يدعوهمُ لبد

وهم عليه إذا يدعوهمُ لبد

God has a people endowed with knowledge and gnosis,

God has a people, possessed of knowledge and wisdom,

And when He calls them, they crowd tightly around Him.

Who respond to Him whenever He calls them.

عميٌ وأبصارهم بالنور ناظرةٌ

عميٌ وأبصارهم بالنور ناظرةٌ

لو يشهدون الذي شهدته شهدوا

لو يشهدون الذي شهدته شهدوا

Blind, yet their eyes gaze by the light;

Though blind, their sights penetrate the Light,

Were they to witness what I witnessed, they would witness.

Were they to witness what I witnessed, they would bear witness.

لا يشهدون وإن قامتْ حقائقهم

لا يشهدون وإن قامتْ حقائقهم

بهم معاينة من ربهم شهدوا

بهم معاينة من ربهم شهدوا

They do not witness; yet if their realities arise

They do not bear witness though their realities stand firmly,

Within them as direct vision from their Lord, they witness.

By direct vision from their Lord they bear witness.

إن العبيد الذين الحق عينهم

إن العبيد الذين الحق عينهم

لنفسه واصطفاهم كلهم عبدوا

لنفسه واصطفاهم كلهم عبدوا

Indeed, the servants whom the Real appointed

Verily those servants whom the Truth has eyed

For Himself and chose—all of them worshiped

For Himself and chosen - all of them worship.

جلاله واستمروا في عبادته

جلاله واستمروا في عبادته

ولو تجلى لهم في عينهم عبدوا

ولو تجلى لهم في عينهم عبدوا

His majesty and persisted in worshiping Him.

His Majesty, persisting in worship of Him,

Even were He to manifest to them in their own essence, they would worship Him.

Even were He to reveal Himself plainly before their eyes they would worship.

ولا تردّد فيه من تردّده

ولا تردّد فيه من تردّده

إلا رجال به من نفسهم عبدوا

إلا رجال به من نفسهم عبدوا

No one wavered concerning Him through His own wavering,

No hesitation occurs in any one of them that hesitates in Him,

Except men who, through Him, were worshiped by their own selves.

Save for men who through themselves have worshipped Him.

لذاك أنزلهم في الخلقِ منزلةً

لذاك أنزلهم في الخلقِ منزلةً

بها على كل حال في الورى عبدوا

بها على كل حال في الورى عبدوا

For that reason He placed them at a station among creation,

For that He established them in creation with a station,

Through which, in every state, they were worshiped among humankind.

By which above all others in existence they worshipped.

لنا حبيبٌ نزيه الذاتِ في خلدي

لنا حبيبٌ نزيه الذاتِ في خلدي

وما تضمنه روحٌ ولا جسدُ

وما تضمنه روحٌ ولا جسدُ

We have a beloved, pure in essence, in my mind,

We have a beloved, pure of essence, in my eternity,

And neither spirit nor body has contained Him.

Which no soul contains, nor body,

من أجله قام بي ما يشهدون به

من أجله قام بي ما يشهدون به

المسك والندُّ والتخليقُ والجسد

المسك والندُّ والتخليقُ والجسد

For His sake there arose in me what they bear witness to:

Because of whom exists in me that which they bear witness to,

Musk, fragrant incense, perfuming, and saffron dye.

Musk, brightness, imagination, and body.

وإنني لتجليه إذا نظرت

وإنني لتجليه إذا نظرت

عين المحققِ في ذاتي له جسد

عين المحققِ في ذاتي له جسد

And I, for His self-disclosure—when beheld

And indeed when I look to reveal Him in the eye of the mystic in my essence, He has a body.

In my essence by the realized one's eye—am a body for Him.

When what I was characterized with was manifested through me,

لما تعين مني ما اتصفتُ به

لما تعين مني ما اتصفتُ به

لذاك قام بمن يدري به الحسد

لذاك قام بمن يدري به الحسد

When what characterized me became manifest through me,

For that the jealous arose against the knower of Him.

For that reason, envy arose in whoever knew of it.

They came near to the Most Exalted Presence when its standards of their sincerity dawned,

دنوا من الحضرةِ العلياء حين بدتْ

دنوا من الحضرةِ العلياء حين بدتْ

أعلام صدقهمُ منهم وما بعدوا

أعلام صدقهمُ منهم وما بعدوا

They drew near to the exalted Presence when there appeared

The signs of their truthfulness from them - and they did not lag behind.

From them the banners of their truthfulness; they did not grow distant.

If the veils of foes enveloped them and those below them,

إن أسلدت حجب الأغيار ودونهمُ

إن أسلدت حجب الأغيار ودونهمُ

أبقاهمُ ويرفعِ الستر قد بعدوا

أبقاهمُ ويرفعِ الستر قد بعدوا

If the veils of otherness are lowered [reading uncertain], and on this side of them

He kept them and lifts the veil - and they did not lag behind.

He keeps them and lifts the veil, they have grown distant.

God has warriors, they have no number,

لله قومِ غزاةٌ ما لهم عددٌ

لله قومِ غزاةٌ ما لهم عددٌ

وإن أسماءَه الحسنى هي العدد

وإن أسماءَه الحسنى هي العدد

God has a people of warriors, beyond number,

Though His excellent names are the number.

And indeed, His Most Beautiful Names are their number.

The leader of their mighty army is their Master,

مقدَّم العسكر الجرّارِ سيدهم

مقدَّم العسكر الجرّارِ سيدهم

وهم كثيرون لا يحصى لهم عدد

وهم كثيرون لا يحصى لهم عدد

The commander of the vast army is their master,

And they are many, their number cannot be counted.

And they are many; their number cannot be counted.

If they support God, He supports them with His providence,

إن ينصروا الله ينصرهم بهمته

إن ينصروا الله ينصرهم بهمته

ومن خواطرهم ياتيهم المدد

ومن خواطرهم ياتيهم المدد

If they aid God, He aids them with His resolve,

And from their thoughts comes aid to them.

And aid comes to them from their passing thoughts.

Time went astray, so it did not succeed in counting them,

تاه الزمانُ فلم يظفر بحصرهم

تاه الزمانُ فلم يظفر بحصرهم

وما حواهم فلم تقطعهم المدد

وما حواهم فلم تقطعهم المدد

Time lost its way and failed to number them;

Nor containing them - the aid did not cut them off.

Nor did it encompass them, so time's spans did not cut them off.

When he who I thought was with me and my pillar

لما تعرّض لي من كنت أحسبه

لما تعرّض لي من كنت أحسبه

معي ومستندي لم يبق لي سند

معي ومستندي لم يبق لي سند

When I was confronted by one I had thought

Turned on me, no pillar remained for me.

To be with me and my mainstay, no support remained to me.

Whose excellent names were a strong pillar for me,

من كان أسماؤه الحسنى له سنداً

من كان أسماؤه الحسنى له سنداً

معنعناً في ترقيه علا السند

معنعناً في ترقيه علا السند

Whoever has His Most Beautiful Names as his support,

Fortified in my ascent - the pillar was exalted.

Linked 'from' to 'from' in his ascent, his chain rises high.