1. صبغة الله أنر في قلبكا

    والهوى والصيت دع في حبكا

    Kindle God's hue in your heart.

    And abandon desire and renown in your love.

  2. إنما المسلم بالحب قهر

    مسلم لا حب فيه قد كفر

    The Muslim conquers through love alone.

    A Muslim with no love in him has fallen into unbelief.

  3. غض بالحق وبالحق نظر

    وله في الحق نوم وسهر

    Through the Truth he lowers his gaze, and through the Truth he looks.

    And in the Truth are his sleep and wakefulness.

  4. في رضاه لرضا الحق فناء

    كيف يرضى ناس هذا الادعاء

    His own pleasure is effaced for the pleasure of the Truth.

    How can people accept this claim?

  5. في ربي التوحيد أرسى العمدا

    وعلى الناس جميعا شهدا

    He set the pillars firm upon the heights of divine oneness.

    And bore witness over all people.

  6. وعليه يشهد الداعي الأمين

    شاهد أصدق كل الشاهدين

    And the trustworthy caller bears witness over him.

    A witness, the most truthful of all witnesses.

  7. فدع القال إلى الحال الجلي

    وأضئ بالحق ليل العمل

    So leave talk for the manifest state.

    And illuminate the night of action with the Truth.

  8. وكن الدرويش في زي الأمير

    ذاكرا لله يقظان الضمير

    And be a dervish in a prince's garb.

    Remembering God, with your conscience awake.

  9. واقصدن الحق في كل الفعال

    يسطعن فيك من الحق جلال

    And earnestly seek the Truth in every deed.

    Majesty from the Truth shall surely shine within you.

  10. خير الحرب إذا رمت الإلاه

    شر السلم إذا رمت سواه

    War is good if you seek God.

    Peace is evil if you seek anything but Him.

  11. نحن إن لم يعل حقا سيفنا

    اكتسى في الحرب عارا صفنا

    For us, if our sword does not exalt truth,

    Our ranks are clothed in shame in war.

  12. شيخنا الشيخ ميا نمير الولي

    من سناه كل سر ينجلي

    Our sheikh, the saintly Sheikh Miyan Mir,

    Through his radiance every secret becomes clear.

  13. كان ثبتا في طريق المصطفى

    مزهر العشق بحق عزفا

    He was steadfast on the path of the Chosen One.

    He played love's lute in truth.

  14. قبره الإيمان في أوطاننا

    مشعل النور على بلداننا

    His tomb is faith in our homelands,

    A torch of light over our lands.

  15. سجد النجم على أعتابه

    كان ملك الهند من طلابه

    The star prostrated itself at his thresholds.

    The king of India was one of his disciples.

  16. غرس الملك هواه في الفؤاد

    طالبا في حرصه فتح البلاد

    The king planted his desire within his heart,

    Seeking, in his greed, the conquest of lands.

  17. بالهوى أضرم نارا قلبه

    مقرئا هل من مزيد عضبه

    With desire he set his heart ablaze,

    Making his keen sword recite: 'Is there more?'

  18. دوخت أجناده كل وطن

    و توالى الفتح في أرض الدكن

    His armies subdued every land,

    And conquest followed conquest in the land of the Deccan.

  19. ديدن المسلم للحق التجاء

    يحكم التدبير منه بالدعاء

    The Muslim's habit is to seek refuge in the Truth.

    Through prayer, he makes his plans firm with His aid.

  20. قصد الشيخ العلي القدر

    راجيا منه دعاء الظفر

    He sought out the sheikh of exalted rank,

    Hoping for a prayer for victory from him.

  21. صمت الشيخ لقول المالك

    وصغى كل مريد سالك

    The sheikh fell silent at the ruler's words,

    And every disciple on the path listened.

  22. قطع الصمت مريد أقدما

    أمسكت إحدى يديه درهما

    A disciple stepped forward and broke the silence;

    One of his hands held a dirham.

  23. قال مولاي اقبل النذر الحقير

    أنت للمسكين بالحق نصير

    He said: My master, accept this humble votive offering.

    You are, in truth, a helper to the poor.

  24. عرقي من كل عضو قد همى

    قبل أن تمسك كفي الدرهما

    My sweat had streamed from every limb

    Before my palm grasped the dirham.

  25. قال سلطاني به أولى يدا

    سائل في حلة الملك بدا

    He said: My sultan's hand deserves it more.

    A beggar has appeared in a king's garb.

  26. ملكنا أفقر من كل البشر

    وعلى الشمس تولى والقمر

    Our king is poorer than all humankind,

    Yet he has taken dominion over the sun and moon.

  27. جوعه بالنار يصلى العالمين

    عينه فوق سماط الآخرين

    His hunger scorches the worlds with fire.

    His eye is upon the table spread of others.

  28. سيفه بالقحط والموت رمى

    نفسه يبنى ويردى عالما

    His sword has struck with famine and death.

    He builds himself up and brings a world to ruin.

  29. ضجت الأقوام من فقر لديه

    شقى المسكين من جوع يديه

    The peoples cried out at the poverty within him.

    The poor suffered from the hunger of his hands.

  30. حكمه في الناس شر وأشر

    قطع الطرق على ركب البشر

    His rule among the people is evil, and worse still.

    He cut off the roads before the caravan of humankind.

  31. بخداع النفس والجهل دعا

    نهبه فتحا وبئس المدعى

    Through self-deception and ignorance he called

    His plunder 'conquest'—what a wretched claim!

  32. عسكر الملك وما قد أسروا

    بسيوف الجوع منه شذر

    The king's army and what they have captured

    With hunger's swords are fragments of him.

  33. غصة السائل جوع السائل

    وخراب الملك جوع الدائل

    The beggar's choking grief is the beggar's hunger,

    And the kingdom's ruin is the conqueror's hunger.

  34. من لغير الله سل المغمدا

    سيفه في صدره قد أغمدا

    Whoever draws a sheathed sword for anything but God

    Has sheathed his sword in his own breast.