1. إذا ما ذكرتُ الله بالذكر نفسه

    فما هو مذكورٌ ولا أنا ذاكرُ

    When I remember God through remembrance itself,

    Then He is not remembered, nor am I one who remembers.

  2. وذاك أتمُّ الذكرِ في كلِّ ذاكر

    إذا أنت لم تعلمه ما أنت خابرُ

    And that is the most complete remembrance in everyone who remembers.

    If you do not know it, you are not knowledgeable.

  3. فكن عينَ ذكرِ الذكرِ لا تك ذاكراً

    بوجهِ سوى هذا فإنك ظاهرُ

    So be the very essence of remembrance of remembrance; do not be one who remembers

    In any way other than this, for you are manifest.

  4. وكن واحداً من كلِّ وجه تفزْ به

    وتجهلك الأعداد واللثر حاضر

    And be one in every respect; through it you will triumph.

    And numbers will not know you, while [unclear word] is present.

  5. فمن شاء فليثبت ومن شاء فليزل

    فهذا الذي ساقت إليه المقادر

    So let whoever wishes remain, and whoever wishes vanish.

    For this is what the decrees of fate have led to.

  6. إذا أنت لم تدر الذي أنا قائل

    به في جناب الحقِّ ما أنت تاجر

    If you do not know what I profess

    In the precinct of the Real, you are no trader.

  7. لو أنك بالنعتِ الذي قلته تكن

    عليه لما دارت عليك الدوائر

    Had you been as I have described,

    In that state, misfortunes would not have turned against you.

  8. فبرُّك لم يتفق ومالك راسخٌ

    وريحك لم يحصل وحدُّك غامر

    So your goodness has not come about, and your wealth is firmly rooted.

    And your wind has not arisen, and your edge is engulfing.

  9. خليلي ما للريح يأتي جنوبها

    فبولا ويقصيني الحدودُ العواثر

    My friend, why does the wind's southerly come

    So [unclear word], while stumbling boundaries drive me away?

  10. وإني من أهل البيت ما أنا بائنٌ

    ولا أنا حدَّاد ولا أنا زافر

    And I am of the People of the House; I am not apart.

    Nor am I a blacksmith, nor am I one who sighs.

  11. فلستُ أبالي من رياحٍ تقلبت

    عليّ مجاريها فإني آمر

    So I care nothing for winds that have turned

    Their courses against me, for I command

  12. عن الأمر بالأمر الذي لا بضدِّه

    سهام الأعادي يومَ تُبلى السرائر

    By the command's authority, through that command, not through its opposite,

    The enemies' arrows, on the day when secrets are tested.

  13. تبارك من شخص عن الحقِّ ثابت

    ومالك من أيْد ومالك ناصر

    Blessed is one who departs from the Real, steadfast.

    And you have no strength, and you have no helper.

  14. وما علمت منك الأقارب والعدى

    إذا كنت صباراً بمن أنت صابر

    And neither kin nor foes have learned from you,

    When you are long-suffering, through whom you endure.

  15. يقولون إن الصدعَ للرجعِ لازمٌ

    وقد صدعوا لكنهم لم يثابروا

    They say that cleaving is inseparable from return.

    And they have indeed spoken out, but have not persevered

  16. على ما لنورِ الشمس في ذاك من جدى

    ولولاه ما جاءتك سحبٌ مواطر

    In the benefit the sun's light brings to that.

    And without it, rain-bearing clouds would not have come to you.