هو الحب لا فيه معين ترجاه

ولا منقذ من جوره تتوخاه

It is love, in which there is no helper to hope for,

Nor a savior from its tyranny to seek.

هو الحتف لا يفني المحبين غيره

ولولاه ما ذاق الورى الحتف لولاه

It is doom, that destroys the lovers except for it,

And if not for it, the world would not have tasted doom but for it.

هداية رب العالمين قلوبنا

إلى حب من لم يخلق الخلق لولاه

May the Lord of the Worlds guide our hearts,

To the love of the one, for whom creation would not exist, if not for Him.

هو الجوهر الفرد الذي ليس يرتقي

لأعلى مقامات النبيين إلا هو

He is the unique essence, which cannot ascend,

To the highest ranks of the Prophets, except Him.

هلال نما فارتد بدرا فأشرقت

جوانب آفاق العلا بمحياه

A crescent that grew to become a full moon, so the sides,

Of the horizons of the Most High shone with its light.

هما علة للخلق أعني محمدا

وأول من لما دعا الخلق لباه

They are the reason for creation, I mean Muhammad,

And the first one who called creation to obey Him.

هوى النجم يبغي داره لا بل ارتقى

إليها فمثوى النجم من دون مثواه

The star yearned for its abode, no, it ascended,

To it, so the star’s dwelling is nothing but it.

هل أختار خير المرسلين مواخيا

سواه فأولا الكمال وآخاه

Did the Best of Messengers choose as a confidante,

Other than Him, so He granted perfection and supported Him?

هل اختار في يوم الغدير خليفة

سواه له حتى على الخلق ولاه

Did He choose on the day of Ghadeer as His caliph,

Other than Him, and entrusted the creation to Him?

هدى لاح من قول النبي وليكم

علي ومولى كل من كنت مولاه

The guidance that shone from the words of the Prophet: “And your guardian is,

Ali and the master of whoever I was his master.”

هناك أتاه الوحي بلغ ولا تخف

ومن كل ما تخشاه يعصمك الله

There the revelation came to him: “Convey and do not fear,

And God will protect you from all that you fear.”

هنا لك أبدى المصطفى بعض فضله

وباح بما قد كان للخوف أخفاه

And spoke of what fear had kept hidden.