أوجه باسم اللّه وجه شهودي

لعز جلال اللّه رب وجودي

I direct in God's name my witnesses' faces

To the might of God's majesty, Lord of existences

تسابيح اخلاصي له وصمودي

سموط ثناء في سموط فريد

My private praises to Him and my steadfastness

A falling of praise in a singular falling

بكل لسان قد بثثن وجيد

وحب له في لب قلبي وقشره

With every tongue I have broadcast and exerted

And love for Him in the pulp of my heart and its peel

وخوف يوازيه رجاء لبره

وشكر ومن لي أن أقوم بشكره

And fear equivalent to hope for His kindness

And thanks though I cannot fully thank Him

وحمد تغص الكائنات بنشره

إذا نشرت منه أجل برود

And praise the existence overflow with spreading

When from it I spread the finest aromas

وشوق يذيب النفس لا عج حره

ووقفة مضطر أسير بفقره

And longing that melts the soul without ceasing its heat

And the stance of one compelled, captive in his poverty

واخلاص سر نوره حشو سره

وذكر له تحيا النفوس بذكره

And sincerity - the secret light, filling its secret

And invoking Him, souls come alive with invoking Him

ويبعث قبل البعث من هو مودي

صرفت مرادي فيه طوعاً لصرفه

And resurrecting before resurrection one who will abide

I have willingly devoted my purpose to His ordainment

حقيقة ذكري أنني عين ظرفه

حباني به طيباً عرفت بعرفه

Truly my invocation is that I am the vessel of His being

He has graced me with it, good I knew through His good taste

تعطرت الآفاق من طيب عرفه

فما مسك دارين يشاب بعود

The horizons have been perfumed with the goodness of His scent

So no aloes wood in the two abodes competes with perfume

يبشر بالزلفى كريم مقامه

ويستغرق الأسرار سكر مدامه

It foretells intimacy, noble His station

And it preoccupies mysteries, intoxicated with its drink

يصب حيا الأنوار صوب غمامه

ويزري بنور الشمس نور ابتسامه

Pouring forth the lives of lights towards its cloud

And the light of the sun loans light to the smile of its countenance

إذا ما تجلى في صحائف سود

تجردت من نفسي فلم يبقَ لي أنا

When He manifests Himself on blackish pages

I shed my selfhood so nothing remains for me of "I"

وطارت هوى روحي بأجنحة الفنا

لمن هو أهل المجد والعز والغنى

And my soul's passions took flight on wings of annihilation

To the One deserving of glory, honor, and wealth

لمن هو أهل الحمد والمدح والثنا

لذي الفضل والألاء خير مفيد

To the One deserving of praise, eulogy, and song

To the Bountiful, Beneficent, Best Helper

لمن وحدته المبدعات سواجدا

لمن عرفته الموجدات حوامدا

To the One the created beings bow down prostrate

To the One the originated know as The All-Praiser

لمن مجدته الممكنات صوامدا

لمن سبحته الكائنات شواهدا

To the One the possible beings glorify as The All-Powerful

To the One the existents praise as a testament

بتوحيده واللّه خير شهيد

لمن سخر الأشياء في الأرض والسما

In His Oneness and God is the Best Witness

To the One who commissioned what's in earth and heaven

لمن كان بالمخلوق أحفى وأرحما

لمن بسط النعماء منا وتمما

To the One who is gentlest and most merciful to the creature

To the One who bestowed blessings, perfecting them

أعاد وأيدى من أياديه أنعما

فيا أنعم المولى بدأت فعودي

Repeating and aiding from hands that are His blessings

So O Most Bountiful Master, I began and will return devotedly