1. نهاراً تجلّى الحقّ في ليلة السبتِ

    بمشرق شمس الغرب ذي المدد السبت

    The Truth shone as daylight on Saturday night,

    at the rising of the West's sun—the astute one endowed with aid.

  2. هو الحاتميّ الخاتم الفاتح الّذي

    به ختمت كأس المعارف في السبت

    He is al-Hatimi, the Seal, the Opener, the one

    through whom the cup of mystical knowledge was sealed on Saturday.

  3. فلله إذ تجلّى علينا بحانِه

    فترشفنا من ورده راحةَ السبت

    Glory to God, when he appeared to us in his tavern,

    and from his draught we sipped Saturday's repose.

  4. فتى لم يزل يُجلي كؤوسَ مواهبٍ

    بخمرة أسرارٍ على الساري بالسبت

    A youth who never ceases to unveil goblets of gifts,

    with a wine of secrets for the night-traveler on Saturday.

  5. فيا حبّذا فردٌ تكثّر وهو لم

    يزل واحد التصريف في الوصل والسبت

    O how excellent a peerless one, grown manifold, who has never

    ceased to be one in his governance, in union and severance.

  6. شعائره الغرّا شعور ذوي النهى

    تعامل بالتقصير فيها وبالسبت

    His radiant rites: the hair of those endowed with understanding

    is treated therein with trimming and shaving.

  7. فكم شاعرٍ لا عن شعورٍ بحبّه

    غدا بين سبتٍ في الصبابة والسبت

    How many a poet, without awareness of love for him,

    has come to lie between slumber in passionate longing and repose.

  8. وكم عارفٍ قد جاء ليلة سبته

    يفيض سنا الأنوار كالعارف السبت

    And how many a knower has come on his Saturday night,

    pouring forth the radiance of lights, like the astute knower.

  9. وكم من خميسٍ جاء في يوم جمعةٍ

    بِلَيلته في حبّه هاجرُ السبت

    And how many a host has come on a Friday,

    during its night, forsaking sleep out of love for him.

  10. فيا نفس إن صحّت لك منه نسبةٌ

    لخدمته بشراك أن كنت ناسبت

    O soul, if your bond with him proves true,

    in his service, rejoice that you have formed that bond.

  11. فمن يك في الدنيا تحقّق موته

    رأى سرّ محيي الدين يحييه في الوقت

    Whoever's death has become real in this world

    sees Muhyi al-Din's secret bring him to life in the moment.

  12. وكلّ فتىً يفنى شهود وجوده

    يراه بعين الحقّ ذا القدم الثبت

    And every youth whose witnessing of his existence is effaced

    sees him with the eye of Truth, steadfast of foot.

  13. هو الفرد بل والغوث همّته سرت

    تروح بإذن الحيّ في الحيّ والميت

    He is the Peerless One—indeed, the Succor; his spiritual resolve has spread,

    moving, by the Ever-Living's leave, among the living and the dead.

  14. فتوحاته تُجلي خواتم أكؤسٍ

    بمسكِ مدام الفتح بالمدد البحت

    His spiritual openings unveil the seals of goblets,

    with the musk of opening's wine, through pure aid.

  15. لسلطان كلّ العارفين تصرّفٌ

    له الحكم فيهم إذ غدا صاحبَ التخت

    The sultan of all knowers has the power to govern;

    his is the rule among them, since he became master of the throne.

  16. تصاريف أحوالٍ تكاليف رتبةٍ

    تعاريف أقوالٍ بحكم الهدى تفتي

    Dispositions of states, obligations of rank,

    definitions of sayings pronounce judgments by guidance's decree:

  17. مثاني فرقانٍ بتوحيد جمعِه

    معاني قرآنٍ مقدّسة النعت

    oft-repeated verses of the Criterion, through the unification of its gathering,

    meanings of the Quran, sacred in their attributes.

  18. له الهمّة العليا الّتي قد تصرّفت

    بحكم تجلّي الأمر في الفوق والتحت

    His is the loftiest spiritual resolve, which has exercised sway

    by the decree of the command's manifestation, above and below.

  19. فسلّم لها تسلم ومن يك منكراً

    لما قلته فيه فقد باء بالمقت

    So submit to it and be safe; whoever is a denier

    of what I have said of him has incurred abhorrence.

  20. فلي حجّةٌ تبدي محجّةُ فضله

    لجاحده في وجهه ظلمةَ البهت

    For I have a proof: the clear path of his excellence reveals

    the darkness of bewilderment upon his denier's face.

  21. ومن يفتري البهتان فيه فإنّه

    غدا مشبهاً في إثمه آكلَ السحت

    And whoever fabricates slander against him—he indeed

    has become, in his sin, like a devourer of illicit gain.

  22. ألم تر جنّات الهدى روضَ قبره

    وفي كلّ حينٍ أكلها للندى تؤتي

    Have you not seen the gardens of guidance, the meadow of his grave?

    And at every moment they yield their fruit in generosity.

  23. مرنّحة الأغصان هبّ بها الصبا

    مفتحة الأزهار في الغرس والنبت

    Their branches swaying, the east wind has blown through them,

    their blossoms opening among the plantings and shoots.

  24. قطوفُ جمال الإنس دانية الجنى

    صنوف مجالي القدس في الحسن والسمت

    Clusters of human beauty hang near for harvesting,

    kinds of holy manifestation, in beauty and bearing.

  25. عيون ينابيع الحقائق عندها

    فنون تناويع الرقائق قل طبت

    The sources of the springs of truths are beside them,

    varied kinds of subtleties—say, 'May you fare well!'

  26. ومرتعنا الإنسيّ في ظلّ قربها

    ومربعنا القدسيّ فيها إذا نأتي

    And our human pasture lies in the shade of their nearness,

    and our sacred spring abode is there whenever we come.

  27. ونحن نرى فرض المحبة منّةً

    علينا له يُقضَى ولكن بلا فوت

    We regard the duty of love as a grace

    upon us, to be fulfilled for him—but without omission.

  28. وليس كبير المدح يجدي وإنّه

    هو الأكبريُّ الأبهري صاحب الوقت

    And even great praise avails nothing; indeed,

    he is al-Akbari, al-Abhari, master of the age.

  29. عليه رضاء الله قد فاح طيبه

    ففتّ فؤادَ المنتمي أيّما فتّ

    May God's good pleasure be upon him; its fragrance has spread,

    and utterly crushed the devotee's heart,

  30. مدى الدهر ما ليل الشجي طاب إذ شدا

    نهاراً تجلّى الحقّ في ليلت السبت

    throughout the ages, as long as the sorrowful one's night grows sweet when he sings:

    The Truth shone as daylight on Saturday night.