تَجَلَّت لِوحدانية الحق أَنوار

فدلت عَلى أَن الجحود هو العار

The lights of the oneness of the Truth appeared

Indicating that denial is disgrace

وَأَغرت لداعي الحق كل موحد

بمقعد صدق حبذا الجار وَالدار

And inviting every monotheist to the caller of Truth

To the abode of truthfulness, how good is the neighbor and the house

وَأَبدَت مَعاني ذاته بصفاته

فَلَم يحتمل عقل المحبين أنكار

And its meanings were manifested through its attributes

So the intellects of the lovers could not deny

تَراءى لهم في الغَيب جل جَلاله

عيانا فَلَم يدركه سمع وَأَبصار

Its majesty appeared to them in the unseen

Visible, but not grasped by hearing and sights

مَعان عقلن العقل وَالعَقل ذاهِل

واقباله في برزخ البحث أَدبار

The intellects were bewildered by its meanings

And its approach in the realm of investigation turned away

اذاهمّ وَهم الفكر ادراك ذاته

تعارض أَوهام عليه وَأَفكار

When they attempted with imaginative thinking to comprehend its essence

Contradictory illusions about it arose

وَكَيفَ يحيط الكيف ادراك حده

وَلَيسَ له في الكَيف حدو مقدار

And how can a 'how' encompass grasping its limit

When it has no limit or measure in 'how'

وَأَينَ يحل الاين منه وَلَم يَكن

مَع اللَه غير اللَه عين وَآثار

And where can a 'where' be in relation to it when

None but God has existed with it as essence and traces

وَلا شيء مَعلوم وَلا الكَون مضيئة

وَلا الرزق مَقسوم وَلا الخلق افطار

And no thing is known and the universe is not illuminated

And sustenance is not divided and creation did not appear

وَلا الشمس بالنور المنير مضيئة

وَلا القمر الساري وَلا النجم سيار

And the sun is not illuminated by the shining light

Nor the wandering moon nor the moving star

فأنشأ في سلطانه الأرض وَالسَما

ليخلق منها ما يَشاء وَيَختار

So He originated in His dominion the earth and the heavens

To create from them whatever He wills and chooses

وَزين بالكرسي وَالعَرش ملكه

فمن نوره حجب عليه وَأَستار

And adorned His kingdom with the Throne and the Chair

So veils of His Light cover Him and conceal

فَسُبحان من تعنو الوجوه لوجهه

وَيَلقاه رهن الذل من هو جبار

So Glorified is He whose faces are humbled to His Face

And whom He meets resigned in humiliation though mighty

وَمن كل شيء خاضع تحت قهره

تصرّفه في الطوع والقهر أَقدار

And everything is submissive under His coercion

His disposal in compliance and coercion is predestined

عَظيم يهون الاعظمون لعزه

شديد القوى كاف لدى القهر قهار

Great, the greatest are humbled by His might

Powerful, sufficient for subduing the subjugator, Vanquisher

لطيف بلطف الصنع فضلنا على

خَلائق لا تحصى وَذَلكَ ايثار

Subtle with the subtlety of creation, He favored us

Over uncountable creatures, and that is grace

يرى حركات النمل في ظلم الدجى

وَلم يحف اعلان عليه واسرار

He sees the movements of ants in the darkness of night

And nothing of secrets is concealed from Him

وَيحصى عديد النمل وَالقطر وَالحصى

وما اشتملت نجد عليه وأغوار

And counts the number of ants, drops, pebbles

And that which the expanses of Najd contains and its valleys

ووزن جبال كم مَثاقيل بنوره

دراها وكيل البحر والبحر تيار

And weighed the mountains, how many loads, by His Light

He knew the weight of the sea and the sea is a current

أَضاءَت قُلوب العارفين بنوره

فَباحَت بأحوال المحبين أَسرار

The hearts of the knowers were illuminated by His Light

So the secrets of the lovers' states were disclosed

وَشق عَلى أَسمائهم من عَلى اسمه

عَلى الاصل فهو البر والقَوم أَبرار

And they were named after His Names over the original

So He is the Pious and they are the righteous

فَذاكَ الَّذي يلجا إِليه توكلا

عليه وَيَعصى وَهُوَ بالحلم ستار

He is the one to whom they flee, trusting in Him

And He veils with forbearance though disobeyed

فأدنى الرجا للخلق من باب فضله

لتمعي اسا آن وَتغفر أَوزار

So the least hope for creation is from the gate of His grace

That He may erase errors and forgive sins

وَضامنة الآمال تَسعى مواشيا

إِلى مزن استغفاره وَهُوَ غفار

And the guarantee of hopes strives gently

To the treasury of His forgiveness, and He is Forgiving

تسبح ذرّات الوجود بحمده

وَيسجد بالتَعظيم نجم وَأَشجار

The particles of existence glorify Him with praise

And stars and trees bow down honoring Him

وَيبكى غمام الغيث طوعا لامره

فتَضحَك مِمّا يَفعَل الغَيث أَزهار

And the rain clouds weep voluntarily by His command

So the flowers smile at what the rain does

ومن شق وجه الأَرض عن معشب الثرى

وَتَجري وَلا يَجري سِوى اللَهَ أَنهار

And Who split the face of the earth, revealing pastureland

And rivers flow though none but God flows

ومن عرد القمرى شكرا لربه

فَجاوبن بأسجع الالهى أَطيار

And Who marshalled the birds in thanks to their Lord

So they responded with the most melodious divine songs

وان نفحت هوج النسيم تعطرت

به خلع الأَكوان وَالسكون معطار

And if the gentle breeze blows, it is perfumed

With it the robes of the cosmos and stillness are scented

تَبارك رب الملك وَالمَلكوت من

عَجائِب يرويهن بدو وَحضار

Blessed is the Lord of the dominion and kingdom, of

Wondrous things He relates to nomad and settled

فَيا نفس للاحسان عودى فربما

أقلت عثارا فابن آدم معثار

So O self, return to benevolence, perhaps

You may lessen vice, for man is prone to vice

وَيا فرقة الاحباب بالرغم لا الرضا

لعل بلطف اللَه تجمعنا الدار

And O fellowship of loved ones, though disagreeing, not consenting

Maybe by God's subtlety we will be united in the house

فأصبح في الأَرض البَعيدة عهدها

فَلا ثم أَوطان وَلاثم أَقطار

And I became in the distant land whose era passed

So there is no homeland or homelands there

وأدرك من ريحانة القلب نظرة

وَراها لصوم القلب عيد وافطار

And I attained from the basil of the heart a gaze

And saw it as the heart's fasting, a feast and breakfast

الهى أذقني برد عفوك واهدنى

اليك بِما يُرضيك فالدهر غرار

O God, let me taste the coolness of Your pardon and guide me

To You by what pleases You, for worldly life is deceptive

وصل حبل أنسى باجتماع أحبتى

فَفي صرم حبل الانس بشمت غدار

Join the cord of my intimacy by gathering my loved ones

For the cutting of the cord of intimacy brings gloating enemies joy

وصن ماء وَجهي عَن مقام مذلة

وَحصنه من جور الطغاة اذا جاروا

And protect the water of my face from the abode of humiliation

And fortify it from the tyrants' injustice when they treat unjustly

فاني بِتَقصيري وَفَقري وَفاقَتي

عَلى أَملى من مصر حودك أَمتار

For by my shortcoming, poverty, and need

I have few hopes from Your sanctuary

خَلعت عذارى واعتذرتك سيدى

وَلَم يَبقَ لي بعد اعتذاري أعذار

I took off my finery and sought Your excuse, my Master

And after my excuses, no more excuses remain

فَقل فزت يا عبدالرَحيم بِرَحمَتي

وَطبت وَلا خزى لديك وَلا عار

So say: Be glad, O Abdurraheem, by My mercy

And you are content, no disgrace or shame for you

وأكرم لاجلى من يَليني وأعطنا

من النار أَمنا يوم تستعر النار

And honor for My sake those who follow Me and grant us

Safety from the fire the day the fire blazes

وَصل عَلى روح الحَبيب محمد

حميد المَساعي فَهُو في الخلق مختار

And bless the soul of the beloved Muhammad

Praiseworthy in efforts, so he is chosen among creation

وَأَزواجه والآل وَالصحب انهم

له وَلدين الحق بالحق أَنصار

And his wives, Family, and Companions, they are

For him and for the religion of truth, helpers of truth