Claude 2

  1. سبحان من صار لنا مطلباً

    أطلبه شرَّق أم غرَّبا

    Glorious is He who has become our desire

    Whether I seek Him in the east or west

  2. فباطني صيَّره مشرقا

    وظاهري صيره مغربا

    My inner self made Him the east

    And my outer self made Him the west

  3. وقال لي الكل أنا فاطلبوا

    على الذي صيَّره مطلبا

    And He said to me, all are Me, so seek

    The one who made Himself the sought

  4. فاهتم قلبي للذي قال لي

    فأنشأ الحقُّ لنا مركبا

    So my heart was occupied with the one who said to me

    Then the Truth established for us a ship

  5. ركبتُ فيه هربا أبتغي

    نجاتَنا فلم أجد مَهربا

    I rode in it fleeing, seeking

    Our salvation, but I did not find an escape

  6. أطلبه بالكشفِ من ذاتنا

    وذاتنا أطلبها مُطِنبا

    I seek Him in the essence of ourselves

    And our essence I seek kneaded

  7. فكشفنا قوَّض بنيانه

    والفكر في أنفسنا طنبا

    So we tore down the building of His essence

    And thought kneaded in our selves

  8. أخبرني أحمد عن كشفه

    في أول الحالِ زمانَ الصبى

    Ahmad told me of his inner unveiling

    In the beginning of the state, the time of youth

  9. بأنه أبصرَ في نومه

    أملاك عيسى مثل رجل الدبى

    That he saw in his sleep

    The angels of Jesus like the man of Dubai

  10. يومَ خروجي طالباً مكةَ

    ويثربا ومسجدا في قبا

    The day I went out seeking Mecca

    And Yathrib and a mosque in Qubaa

  11. قالوا نزلنا رسلا حفظا

    ختم النبي المصطفى المجتبى

    They said: We have descended as guards

    To the seal of prophets, the chosen one

  12. محمد فليقصد واقصده

    فسيفُه في صدقه ما نبا

    Muhammad, so let him intend, and intend him

    For his sword in its truthfulness did not fail

  13. وسهمه فيما رمى نافذ

    وطرفه في شأوهِ ما كبا

    And his arrow in what he aimed was piercing

    And his manner in his glory did not bend

  14. قد عرضَ الحقّ عليه الذي

    في ملكه ولايةً فأبى

    The Truth presented to him that which

    In His kingdom, deputyship, but he refused

  15. إلا خمول الذكر حتى يرى

    كأنه المختار في المجتبى

    Except the obscurity of mentioning until he sees

    As if he is the chosen one in the chosen

  16. ونحن أنصار له إن بدا

    يحاربُ الأقرب فالأقربا

    And we are his supporters if he appears

    To fight the nearest, then the nearest

  17. كذلك الريح له سخرت

    ريح جنوبٍ بعد ريحِ الصَّبا

    Thus the wind is subjugated to him

    A south wind after the wind of morning

  18. وراثة علوية نالها

    من أحمد خير الورى منصبا

    An Alid inheritance he attained

    From Ahmad the best of creation appointed

  19. وهذه البشرى أتانا بها

    مجربٌ في الصدقِ لن يكذبا

    And this good tidings came to us

    By one tried in truthfulness, he will not lie