يلبي نداء الحقِّ من كان داعياً

جزاء لما يدعو أجابَ المناديا

He who calls to the truth, let him respond,

A reward for what he calls, the caller has responded.

يقول تذكر ما أتى في خطابه

وما أودعَ الله السنين الخواليا

He says remember what came in His speech,

And what God deposited in the passing years.

يرى حضرةً لم تشهدِ العينُ مثلها

يناديه أيّاماً بها ولياليا

He sees a presence that no eye has witnessed the like of,

Calling him days in which there are nights.

يؤمل أمراً لم يزل قائلاً به

من الله لم يدعو له الله داعيا

He hopes for a matter that he kept saying,

God did not call it for him, nor made anyone call it.

يحيى فيحيى من يشاءُ بنطقه

لذاك تراه في المحاريب تاليا

He gives life so he brings to life whom He wills with His speech,

Thus you see him in shrines reciting.

يمين له مدَّتْ لبيعة مالك

هو العبد إلا أنه كان واليا

His right hand stretched for the pledge of Malik,

He is the servant except that he was a governor.

يوليه أمرَ الكونِ فهو خليفته

وإقليده التقليد إنْ كنت واعيا

He appoints him the affairs of the universe so he is His caliph,

And hands him leadership if you are aware.

ينزله في الأرض عبداً مسوداً

سؤوساً عليماً بالأمور وراعيا

He sends him down to earth as a dark-skinned servant,

Disheveled, knowledgeable of matters and a shepherd.

يكسر أصنامَ النفوسِ بعزمه

من الهمة العليا خفيّاً وخافيا

He breaks the idols of souls with his resolve,

With the supreme ambition, secretly and covertly.

يناديه من ولاه أنت خليفتي

على الكل مهديّ المقام وهاديا

He who entrusted him calls him: you are My caliph,

A guide over all, the guided leader.