ألبستُ أمَّ محمدٍ

ثوبَ التصوُّف معلما

I dressed the mother of Muhammad

In the garb of Sufism as a teacher

بشروطها مستوثِقا

منها بذاك ومحكما

Bound by its conditions, trusting in them

In that and made firm

ما يقتضيه وسلمتُ

فمنحتُها مُستسلما

What it requires I submitted

And granted it in full submission

لله فيما قد فعلت

من اللباس ومنعما

To God for what I had done

Of the dress and fine things

لشفاعة الصفتين إذ

كان المهيمن أنعما

For the intercession of the two qualities when

The All-Compassionate was most compassionate

بهما على مملوكةٍ

وهما اللتان هما هما

With them both upon a slave girl

And they are the two who are the core

خلقٌ وعلمٌ جامعٌ

أخذ التصوُّف عنهما

Creation and encompassing knowledge

Sufism took from the two of them

فالحمدُ لله الذي

قد كان ذلك منهما

So praise be to God who

That was indeed from the two of them

والملكُ لله العليِّ

لباسُ شخصٍ منهما

And the kingdom is God's, the Exalted

The dress of a person from the two of them

في خِرقةٍ فرحيةٍ

قَلمُ الإله قد أُحكما

In a joyous rag

God's pen made firm

فيها رُقومٌ نصُّها

الملك لله فما

In it symbols whose text

"The kingdom is God's" so

عاينتُ رُقماً مثله

في العالمين منمنما

I have not seen a symbol like it

In the two worlds, glittering