عليكم بذكر الله جلّ جلاله

عليكم بذكر الله جلّ جلاله

ففيه شفاءٌ للقلوب من الصدى

ففيه شفاءٌ للقلوب من الصدى

Hold fast to the remembrance of God—exalted is His majesty.

Remember God, glorified is His majesty

For in it is healing for hearts from rust.

In it is a cure for hearts from grief

ودوموا على ذكر الجلالة إنّها

ودوموا على ذكر الجلالة إنّها

نجاةٌ وحصنٌ يا أحبّتنا غدا

نجاةٌ وحصنٌ يا أحبّتنا غدا

And persevere in invoking the Name of Majesty, for it

And persist in remembering the Majesty, it is

is salvation and a fortress tomorrow, O our beloved ones.

Salvation and a fortress O our beloved tomorrow

وهيموا بها في كلّ حالٍ ودمدموا

وهيموا بها في كلّ حالٍ ودمدموا

ولا تسمعوا عبداً عتيداً تنمردا

ولا تسمعوا عبداً عتيداً تنمردا

And be enraptured with it in every state, and murmur.

Roam with it in every state and murmur

And do not heed an ever-ready servant who has turned rebellious.

And do not hear a resolute slave rebelling

وجدّوا بحسن السير والتزموا الرضا

وجدّوا بحسن السير والتزموا الرضا

وكونوا بصدق العزم كي تغنموا الندى

وكونوا بصدق العزم كي تغنموا الندى

And strive to journey well, and hold fast to contentment.

Be diligent in good conduct and adhere to contentment

And be sincere in resolve, that you may win bounty.

And be with true determination so you may gain blessings

وسيروا على نهج الأوائل وارشفوا

وسيروا على نهج الأوائل وارشفوا

خمور الصفا إذ وِردُها طاب موردا

خمور الصفا إذ وِردُها طاب موردا

And follow the path of the predecessors, and sip

And walk the path of the ancients and sip

the wines of purity, for their draught is sweet at the source.

The wine of purity when its valley flowed pleasantly

هنيئاً لأهل الذكر قد طاب عيشُهم

هنيئاً لأهل الذكر قد طاب عيشُهم

وفازوا بقرب الحقّ في أمد المدى

وفازوا بقرب الحقّ في أمد المدى

Joy to the people of remembrance: their life has grown sweet.

Congratulations to the people of remembrance, their life is pleasant

And they have won nearness to the Truth throughout time's span.

And they succeeded in nearing the Truth in the course of time

ويكفيهم ما جاء أنّ ملائكاً

ويكفيهم ما جاء أنّ ملائكاً

تحفّهمُ من طارق الغيّ والردى

تحفّهمُ من طارق الغيّ والردى

And sufficient for them is the report that angels

And it suffices them what came that angels

surround them, shielding them from the night-visitor of error and ruin.

Protect them from the darkest adversity

وقد صحّ أنّ الله جلّ جليسهم

وقد صحّ أنّ الله جلّ جليسهم

فيا حبّذا ذاك الجليس لذي اهتِدا

فيا حبّذا ذاك الجليس لذي اهتِدا

And it is established that God—exalted is He—is their companion.

And it is true that God, glorified, is their companion

So, oh, how excellent that companion is for one who has found guidance!

So excellent is that companion to one who is guided

ونرشف منه خمرةً صمديّةً

ونرشف منه خمرةً صمديّةً

معتّقةً قِدماً بها الحيّ عربدا

معتّقةً قِدماً بها الحيّ عربدا

And from Him we sip a wine of the Self-Sufficient One,

And we sip from Him a Samad wine

aged from of old, with which the clan revelled drunkenly.

Aged, the alive have danced to it

رواها لنا البكريُّ شيخُ طريقنا

رواها لنا البكريُّ شيخُ طريقنا

إمامُ الورى الداعي الأنام إلى الهدى

إمامُ الورى الداعي الأنام إلى الهدى

Al-Bakri, shaykh of our path, passed it on to us,

Recited to us Al-Bakri, sheikh of our path

the imam of creation, who calls humankind to guidance.

The imam of mankind, calling people to guidance

عليك رضاء الله ينهلّ بالندى

عليك رضاء الله ينهلّ بالندى

مدى الدهر ما شادٍ بمورده شدا

مدى الدهر ما شادٍ بمورده شدا

May God's good pleasure rain down upon you with bounty,

Upon you is the pleasure of God, it pours with blessings

throughout all time, so long as a singer sings at his watering-place.

As long as the world exists, one stationed at its valley poured