ولتقوموا إذا وصلتم إليه

ونزلتم به عليه سنينا

And stand when you reach him

And stay with him for years

فجوارُ الإله خيرُ جوارٍ

تعلموه يومَ الورودِ يقينا

For being near God is the best company

You will know that for certain on the day of arrival

وادخلوه إذا أتيتم إليه

دون هدى بعمرةٍ مُحرمينا

And enter unto him when you come to him

In pilgrimage without guidance, in consecration

فهو الشرع لا تحيدون عنه

وهو نصُّ الرسول فيهم وفينا

For that is the law, do not deviate from it

It is the words of the Messenger regarding them and us

مع هذا فقلت عبد نقي

وسِعَ الحقُّ بالنصوصِ المتينا

With this I, the pure servant, said

The truth fits into the solid texts

حين ضاقت عنه سماءٌ وأرضٌ

نصَّ فيه الرسولُ حيّاً مبينا

When the heavens and earth were too narrow for it

The Messenger texted it clearly while alive

فثقلنا كما ثقلنا بقولٍ

حين كنا بما أتى مؤمنينا

So we took it as we took the words

When we were, by what came to us, believers

لم نكن بالذي سمعناه منه

وتلوناه بالهدى كافرينا

We were not with what we heard from him

And repeated with guidance, disbelievers

لم نكن في الذي ذكرناه عنه

ونسبنا لذاته مفترينا

We were not, in what we mentioned of him

And attributed to his essence, fabricators

فاحمدوا الله إنني لنبيّ

لم يكن مثله نبيّ يقينا

So thank God, I am a prophet indeed

There has not been a prophet like me, for sure

من عذاب الحجاب في دار بعد

حصل الغير فيه حزناً وهونا

Of being veiled after this abode

He who is different has gotten sorrow and degradation

ما مقامي بأرضِ شرقٍ وغربٍ

وشمالٍ إلا خساراً مبينا

My position in east, west, north and south

Is nothing but evident loss

فاعملوه نحوه مطيّ الأماني

لتكونوا لحكمه مسلمينا

So act according to him, hopes’ rider

To be, by his rule, in submission

إنما أنتمُ عبيدٌ دعاةٌ

لتكونوا بذلكم آمينا

You are nothing but servants, preachers

To be, by that, responders

واتقوا الله في الدعاء إليه

فبتقوى إلهكم تعملونا

And fear God in calling to him

For by fearing your God you act

كلُّ فرقٍ يكون ما بين هدى

وضلالٍ به يكون مصونا

Every group will be between guidance

And misguidance, thereby protected

من أذى باطل وعصمة حق

ولأشبالٍ أسدِه فعرينا

From the harm of falsehood and integrity of truth

And for the lion cubs, their den

من يكن هكذا يغزُ بمقامٍ

حازه من أتاه من طور سينا

Who is such, he conquers with a position

He got from the one who came from Mount Sinai

لم يكن قصده فكان امتناناً

وجزاء لسعيه ليبينا

His intention was not that, so it was a favour

And reward for his effort to make clear

عندنا جودُه فنعلم حقاً

أنه لم يكن بذاك ضنينا

We, near him, have his generosity so we truly know

That he was not therein stingy

ولهذا الفقيرُ يطمعُ فيه

وإليه شدَّ الحريصُ الوضينا

For this, the poor hopes in him

And the greedy stretches the twisty rope to him

يبتغي الجودُ والوجودُ جميعاً

لتكونوا لديه حيناً فحينا

Seeking bounty and existence together

To be, by him occasionally, sometimes

إنه ذو جدى وربُّ وفاءٍ

بعيدٍ أضحى لديه مكينا

He is of real power and a fulfilling Lord

Who has gotten established near him

فإذا ما ابتغاه جاء إليه

ومن أسمائه أراه كمينا

So when one seeks him, he comes to him

And of his names I see him hidden

فيه حتى تراه عيناً بعين

شافياً علة وداء وفينا

In him until you see him eye to eye

A cure for illness and disease and in us

إنه الداءُ والدواءُ جميعاً

لتقوموا بحقِّه أجمعينا

He is both the disease and cure together

So stand by his truth all together

واطلبوا العدلَ حيث كنتم لديه

واسكنوا من أماكنيه عرينا

And seek justice wherever you were near him

And inhabit from his places, a den

مثل زيتونة تمد بدهن

نورَ مصباحِنا به لترينا

Like an olive tree extending with oil

The lamp of our light with it to see

ما أتانا به لضربِ مثالٍ

نعلم الحقَّ منه حقاً يقينا

What came to us as an example

We know the truth from it, truly