لكل خطب مهم حسبي اللَه

أَرجو به الامن مِمّا كنت أَخشاه

For every important matter, God suffices me

I hope through Him for safety from what I feared

وأستَغيث به في كل نائبة

وَما مَلازي في الدارين الا هو

And I seek refuge in Him in every affliction

And I have no refuge in the two abodes but He

ذو المن وَالمَجد وَالفَضل العَظيم ومن

يَدعوه سائله رباه رَباه

The Owner of favors, glory, and great virtue

And whoever asks Him, his Lord satisfies him

له المَواهِب والالاء وَالمثل ال

لأعلى الَّذي لا يحيط الوهم علياه

To Him belong gifts, blessings and the highest example

That no perception can encompass its sublimity

القادِر الآمر الناهي المدبر لا

يَرضى لَنا الكفر والايمان يَرضاه

The All Capable, the Commander, the Forbidder, the Disposer

He does not accept disbelief for us, and He accepts faith

مَن لا يقال بحال عنه كيف وَلا

لفضله كم تَعالى ربنا اللَه

One whose state cannot be said "How?" and for His virtue "How much?"

Exalted is my Lord Allah

وَلا يغيره مر الدهور وَلا

كر العصور وَلا الاحداث تَغشاه

And the passage of ages, cycle of eras and events do not change Him

And He is not described with incarnation or transference, neither drawing near nor receding, God forbid

وَلا بعبر عَنه بالحلول وَلا

بالانتقال دنا أَو شط حاشاه

He created the worlds as signs of His power

And drowned them all in an ocean of His blessings

أَنشا العَوالِم اعلاما بقدرته

وأغرق الكل منهم بحر نعماه

And originated creation from the Creator of creation from nothingness

For the sake of the love of the best of creation, had it not been for him

وأوجد الخلق باري الخلق من عدم

عَلى محبة خير الخلق لَولاه

Muhammad whom the sun of existence was purified by him

And the letters of the universe became fragrant by his link

محمد من زكت شمس الوجود به

وَطابَ من ثمرات الكون حرفاه

The secret of the prophets, reviver of religion, noble

His locks were pure in their origin and growth

سر النبيين محيي الدين ذو شرف

طابَت ذوائبه فرعا وَمنشاه

The unique majesty, the unique generosity who adorned him

With the crown of majesty as a gift to creation

فرد الجلالة فرد الجود البسه

تاج الجَلالة من للخلق أَهداه

Gabriel clothed him with a garment of light in which he deposited

By the permission of God when he covered him with it

أَغشاه خلعة نور فيه أودعها

جبريل وَهُوَ باذن اللَه أَغشاه

So the cosmos shone from the light of his joy

And his visions became beautiful when his visions became beautiful

فأشرق الكون من نوار بهجته

وَطابَ رياه لما طاب رياه

God pierced him with lights transmitted

By imams who have victory and status

لِلَّه خرقه أَنوار تداولها

أَئمة لهم التَمكين والجاه

It is an interceding secret from the secret of the unseen so

The sights of the people of truth have not ceased to observe it

سر تشفع من سر الغيوب فَما

زالَت بَصائِر أَهل الحق تَرعاه

What is between Gabriel and the grandson of Amina

To Imam Ali was its course

ما بَينَ جبريل وَالطهر ابن آمنة

إِلى الامام عَلي كان مسراه

And in al-Husayn and the son of al-Husayn and ornament

Of worshippers, the merciful hearted Zayn al-Abideen

وَفي الحسين وَفي نجل الحسين وز

العابدين رحيم القلب أَوّاه

And the scholar of knowledge, al-Baqir Ja'far

And the restrainer of anger, Musa bin Ja'far

وَباقر العلم فالمَيمون جعفره

وَكاظم الغيظ موسى من كموساه

Terminating in the pleasure, the virtuous, and how much

The receiver of the secret from the past has received it

أَبى عَلى الرضا سامى الفخار وكم

مستقبل السر من ماض تَلقاه

Imams from the House of Zahra, honorable

Among them is Haydar and his blossom

أَئمة من بَني الزهر الهم شرف

هم خمسة حيدر فيهم وَزهراه

They knew al-Shaykh Ma'roof well, brother of Karakh

They drew him near before the night journey and He drew him near

هم عرفوا الشيخ معروفا أَخا كرخ

أَدنوه قبل سرى وَهوَ أَدناه

Al-Sarir traveled the traces of their conduct

To al-Junayd when he hosted him

سار السرى عَلى آثار سيرتهم

إِلى الجنيد مجدا حين آخاه

Al-Junayd passed the light of guidance

To guide creation cleanly then passed it

أَلقى الجنيد الى الشبلى نور هدى

هداية الخلق طرا ثم أَلقاه

To the narrator Abd al-Wahid the shining moon

The walker so he entrusted to him his lamp of life

الى المحدث عبدالواحِد القمر

الساري فأودعه مصباح دنياه

I mean Abu Al-Faraj the guide so he particularly blessed him

Abu Said thus the unique ended his succession

أَعنى أَبا الفرج الهادى فخص به

أَبا سَعيد كَذاك الفرد عقباه

And from him in Shaykh Abd al-Qadir, the signs

Of grace shone light in his life

وَمنه في الشيخ عبدالقادر ابتهجت

طَلائِع الفَظل نورا في محياه

Like the dawn shining from the furthest of its east

Beautifully and like the full moon filling the sight is its witness

كالشمس تسفر من أَقصى مطالعها

حسنا وَكالبَدر ملء العين مرآه

And like the cloud when it rains generously

And like the morning breeze in manners if its inclination is gentle

وَكالغمام اذا استمطرته كرما

وَكالصبا خلقا ان رق مهواه

From the House of Fatimah the daughter of Ahmad, noble

Time has brought him uniquely dispelling his equal

من آل فاطمة لزهراء ذو شرف

أَتى به الدهر فردا عَن مثناه

Upon his perfections the lights of his awe

Like the sword if its sharpness polishes its edge

عَلى جملالته أَنوار هيبته

كالسَيف ان راق حسنا رق حداه

Pride of both worlds through him

As the highest nobility is his limit

فخر الجيلان دون العالمين به

اذ غاية الشرف الاعلى قصاراه

He passed from the secret to al-Haddad the light of guidance

He guided him and he passed it to the unique of the age

أَلقى من السر في الحداد نور هدى

هداه وَهُو لفرد العصر أَداه

Muhammad the pious the Meccan son of Abu

Bakr thus Allah manifested his secret

محمد ذي التقى المكي ابن أَبي

بكر فذلك سر اللَه آناه

To his son Shaykh Abd al-Wahid it reached

His reasons so Abu Uthman is his master

إِلى ابنه الشيخ عبد الواحد اتصلت

أَسبابه فأبو عثمان مَولاه

To Abu Bakr al-Shami from Umar

To his brother Ali star of his ascent

إِلى أَبي بكر الشامي من عمر

إِلى أَخيه عَلى نجم علياه

And Sarim al-Din Ibrahim their protégé

His state among their protégés is blind

وَصارم الدين ابراهيم صنوهما

أَجله في ذرا صنويه عماه

Al-Nasibi Shahab al-Din our master

Sun of the religion of guidance his traits are beautiful

الناصبي شهاب الدين سيدنا

شمس لدين الهدى طابَت سَجاياه

Al-Makhdum al-Huwsi the selective east

In a position he attained what he wished from it

الماخذ الحوضى المنتقى شرقا

في رتبة نال منها ما تَمناه

Al-Arabi was shaded by the lights of his joy

The secret of the divine care when he befriended him

أَغشى العرابي من أَنوار بهجته

سر العناية منه حين والاه

So Umar al-Farouq has not ceased to await

The side of the dear mighty raising his aspiration

فَلَم يزل عمر الفاروق مرتقبا

الى جناب عزيز عز مرقاه

Those are the flowers, the lords of perfection so

His hearing and sight have not ceased to be among them

اولئك الزهر أَرباب الكمال فَما

يَزال مسمعه فيهم وَمرآه

The people of sanctity and the cave for whom

There is pride sufficient even for the brave among them

أَهل الولاية وَالغر الَّذين لهم

فخر ينيف عَلى الجوزاء أَدناه

The travelers to the spring of reality in

The most guided path, facilitated it, named it

السائرين إِلى عين الحَقيقة في

أَهدى السَبيل واسناه واسماه

Blessing does not cease from them but for them and by them

Is its purpose forever through them and their duration

ما يبرح الفضل منهم بل لهم وَبهم

معاده ابدا فيهم وَمداه

The inheritors of the Messenger of God their path

Each of them after him similar in guidance

الوارثين رَسول اللَه سيرتهم

فَكلهم بعده في الهدى أَشباه

And how many creatures beyond counting unlike them

In our torn path wandered or did not wander

وَكَم خَلائق لا يحصون غيرهم

في نهج خرقتنا تاهو أَو ما تاهوا

Perhaps through the status of those people He will forgive me

As I am hopeful yet fearful

عَسى بجاه اولاك القوم يغفر لي

مهيمن أَنا أَرجوه وَأَخشاه

So I have scrolls filled

With poetry and I shy when I recite them

فَلي صَحائف بالوزار قَد ملئت

واخجلتي من كِتابي حينَ أَلقاه

I went astray in ignorance from the aim of the path and one who

Strays from it, then Hell is its shelter

ضللت بالجهل عَن قصد السَبيل وَمن

يضل عَنه فان النار مأواه

And I was, my Master, a slave who has erred and none

Can erase my sins but my Master who pardons

وَكنت مَولاي عبدا قد خطئت وَما

يَمحو خَطاياه الاصفح مَولاه

O Guide of (the land) al-Jura with ruins, ask is

There life in the high abode its life marked

يا رائد الحي بالجرعاء سائل هَل

رأَيت صوب الحَيا الوسمى حياه

And do the Arak branches rest

In the wind breeze and relax its entanglement

وَهَل تريحن أَغصان الاراك به

لنسمة الريح واِرتاحَت خزاماه

By God sound peace upon the valley, its neighbor

And what it contains, its mosques and its plains

بِاللَه سلم عَلى الوادي وَجيرته

وَما حَواه مَصلاه وَمَسعاه

How the love of the people of virtue is invoked within me

From one whose love is not verified by his claim

كَم يدعى حب أَهل المروتين مَعي

من لا تصدقه في الحب دعواه

And how much affection from those who found me for my phantom

One whose eye is not made fortunate by tears

وَكَم تواجد من وَجدي لشبهتي

مَن لَيسَ تسعده بالدمع عَيناه

I concealed my love from them and denied it

And I made the excuse road difficult hiding it

أَخفى محبتهم عنهم وأجحدها

وأصعب المذهب العذرى أَخفاه

And how can I conceal a secret that testifies that

Tears are pouring and a heart among its sorrow

وَكَيفَ أَكتم سرا يشهد ان به

دمع يَسيل وَقَلب بين أَحشاه

What is wrong when the Ruwaytis are remembered with me

My pouring tears most precious

مالي اذا ذكر واجرعاء ذى سلم

أَرخصت مِن دَمعي المهراق أَغلاه

Remembrance of a beloved in the land of Sham whom

My heart loves from afar between our houses

ذكرى حَبيبا بأرض الشام يعشقه

قَلبي عَلى بعد دارَينا واهواه

A nature from the fife dispositions dictates

Upon perceptions of the heart its memories

طَبيعة من طباع النفس خامسة

تملى عَلى خطرات القَلب ذكراه

Love of the Messenger of God I stored

For the day I am asked about my sins so reward me

محبة لرسول اللَه أدخرها

ليَوم أسئل عَن ذَنبي فأجزاه

You honored my expectation and hopes O Generous One

You met me before I met You good news

حسنت ظني وآمالي بذى كرم

تَلقاك من قبل أَن تَلقاه بشراه

Muhammad master of masters whom

The highest curtains treaded his shoes the night of ascension

محمد سيد السادات من وطئت

حجب العلى لَيلة المعراج نعلاه

With the refined manners and etiquettes his delight

Its good title informs you of its goodness

بمهذب الخلق والاخلاق بهجته

ينبيك عَن حسنه عنوان حسناه

And its like the centuries have not seen and nor heard

And nor have mouths in existence spoken about

ومثله ما رأت عبر وَلا سمعت

وَلا به نطقت في الكون أَفواه

All the honored angels and messengers

Are shadows and He is their meaning

كل المَلائك وَالرسل الكِرام عَلى

فص الجَلالة شكل وَهُو مَعناه

My comfort and comfort of my soul you, you so

Nothing is more delightful than your remembrance in my heart

راحى وَراحَة روحي أَنتَ أَنتَ فَما

أَلَذ ذكرك في قَلبي وأَحلاه

O my master O Messenger of God take my hand

In every fear among fears I meet

يا سَيدي يا رَسول اللَه خذ بيدي

في كل هول من الاهوال أَلقاه

O my support, my savior in adversities when

The strangulation is narrowed upon a tired heart

يا عدتي يا نجاتي في الخطوب إِذا

ضاقَ الخناق لِقَلب جل بَلواه

If a people have visited you I did not visit with them

So your slave his sins have prevented him

ان كان زارك قوم لم أَزر معهم

فان عبدك عاقته خَطاياه

And pardoning is more expansive than holding to account one whom

Sins have made fall and did not straighten his riding animal

وَالعَفو أَوسع عَن تَقصير من قعدت

به الذنوب فَلَم تنهض مَطاياه

And however much from You they seek intercession those

Who loved them or we were unjust towards them or weakened them

وَكلما منك راجون الشَفاعة من

هوى أَطَعناه أَوحق أَضَعناه

So listen to genuine praises about you, their ink

Is ink if the poetry sea is filled with it

فاسمع جواهر مدح فيك حبرها

حبر إِذا ماج بحر الشعر أَملاه

Wanderers whose banners

Were raised above praise that none other rises to its level

مهاجرية افترت كمائمها

عَن نعت مدح ثناه لا ثَناياه

So have mercy upon its composer, Abd al-Rahim, and be

Its protector from worries of his life and his shame

فاِرحم مؤلفها عَبد الرَحيم وَكُن

حماه من هم دنياه واحمراه

And praise belongs to God, praise without limit

And God suffices me, when there is no god but He

وَالحَمد للَهَ حمدا لا اِنقصاء له

وَحَسبي اللَه اذ لا رب إِلّا هو

And after the greeter, prayers and gift

Upon the majesty one whose resting place is pure

وَبعد زاكى صَلاة ثم ثاوية

عَلى جَلالة من قد طابَ مَثواه

Continuous connected with God's eternal peace

Coming to him from fragrances of musk, most aromatic

موصولة بِسَلام اللَه دائمة

تؤتيه من نسمات المسك أَذكاه

And includes the Family and the honorable Companions and whoever

Cared for loyalty to him truly and pastured it

وَتَشمل الآل والصحب الكِرام ومن

رَعى الوفاء له حقا وَأَرعاه

As long as light has not disappeared from the corners of his dome

And as long as pilgrims have not shunned his odes

ما لاحَ نور عَلى أَرجاء قبته

وَما تيممت الزوّار مغناه