سواي إذا كان عبد الغني

فإنّي عبدٌ لعبد الغني

If someone other than me is a servant of the All-Sufficient,

then I am a servant of Abd al-Ghani.

ولا أبتغي دونه في الورى

وطبعي أبيٌّ ويأبى الدَّنِي

And I seek no one besides him among humankind;

my nature is proud and spurns the base.

غنى غيره يابس المجتنى

وأمّا غناه طريٌّ جَنِي

The wealth of others yields dry fruit,

but his wealth is fresh and ripe for picking.

معارفه سدرة المنتهى

ومنها ثمار المُنى نجتني

His insights are the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary,

and from it we gather the fruits of hope.

إذا جئته في الحمى معدماً

فمن فيض عبد الغني تغتني

If you come to him in the sanctuary, destitute,

then from Abd al-Ghani's bounty you will grow rich.

فيمّمه في ليل خطبٍ دجا

ترى البدر لاح بفتحٍ سني

So turn to him in calamity's darkening night;

you will see the full moon shine with a glorious opening.

ويعقُبُهُ الفجر في دمّل

لليل همومك في الأزمن

And dawn follows it in a 'boil' [sense unclear],

for the night of your cares through the ages.

وتشرق شمس تجلي المنى

يؤمّله المرتجي المعتني

And the sun of hopes made manifest shines;

the hopeful, devoted one longs for it.