1. بلغوا عني أم الأربعه

    أنني فيما تريد امعه

    Convey on my behalf to the Mother of the Four

    That I am an unquestioning follower in whatever she desires.

  2. نظرت عيني إليها نظرةً

    ملأت قلبي نوراً وسعه

    My eye cast a glance at her,

    Which filled my heart with light and spaciousness.

  3. فإذا شتت أمري قدرٌ

    جاء منها ما إليها جمعه

    So whenever fate scatters my affairs,

    From her comes what gathers them back to her.

  4. لم أسميها لأني خفت أنْ

    يطلق الجارُ عليها الأربعه

    I did not name her, because I feared that

    The neighbor might unleash the four upon her.

  5. علموا أهل ودادي أنه

    فاز قلبي بالذي قد وسعه

    Tell those dear to me that

    My heart has won what it had encompassed.

  6. باتباعِ المصطفى حصله

    وحبيبِ الله من قد تعبه

    It attained it by following the Chosen One;

    And God's beloved is one who has wearied him.

  7. أصبحت فيهم بهم حاكمةٌ

    وهمُ بين يديها وزعه

    She became a ruler among them, through them,

    And they are marshals before her.

  8. فيهم يحكم فيهم ولهم

    وعليهم حكمُ مَنْ قد شرعه

    Among them rules, concerning them and for them,

    And over them, the decree of the one who ordained it.

  9. قال لي الحق وقد سرَّحني

    من قيود الطبعِ لما منعه

    The Real said to me, having set me free

    From nature's fetters, when He restrained it:

  10. مع من أنت عبيدي في الهوى

    قلت ربي أنا والله معه

    'With whom are you in love, My little servant?'

    I said, 'My Lord—I am, by God, with Him.'