إِلَهي بِأربابِ النفوس الزكيّةِ

رِجالٌ سَمَوا بالحضرة الشاذليّةِ

My God, by the masters of pure souls,

Men who aspired in the Shadhiliyya presence,

رجالٌ لِمولاهم دُعوا فَتَسارعوا

وَما لِسواه فيهم من بقيّةِ

Men who were called by their Master and hastened,

And had no remainder in them but Him,

بِذكراهُ يَستشفون من كلّ علّةٍ

وَيَستأنسون الدهر من كلّ وحشةِ

By His remembrance they are healed of every malady,

And find the times pleasant from every desolation,

تَوالى عليهم وارِدات كلامهِ

فَتُفهمهُم أَسراره في البريّةِ

Successions of His words come to them,

So He explains to them secrets in the wilderness,

وَتُصبحُ بالإمدادِ أرضُ قلوبهم

مفجّرةً مِن كلّ علم وحكمةِ

And by replenishment the soil of their hearts is watered

Gushing with every knowledge and wisdom,

بِهم ينظرُ الرحمنُ للخلقِ كلّهم

بِهم تنزلُ الرحمات في كلّ أمّةِ

By them the Merciful looks upon all creation,

By them descend mercies upon every nation,

إِلهي بِهم قرّب عُبَيدك منهمُ

لِيَسعد مِن كأسِ الغرامِ بفضلةِ

My God, through them bring Your servants near to them

That he may delight from the cup of love and favor,

وحقّق لذاكَ الغوث نسبةَ جَمعِنا

وَخُذ بنواصينا لأهدى طريقةِ

And accomplish for that succor our kinship to him,

And take us by the forelock to the best way,

وَأظهِر مزايا الشيخ فينا فإنّنا

وَإن لم نَكن أهلاً لنا نوع نسبةِ

And manifest the Shaykh’s traits within us though we

Are not worthy - but we have a kind of connection,

أُولئكَ قومٌ ليسَ يَشقى جليسُهم

فَكيفَ بِمن منهم له فضل ذمّةِ

They are a people whose companion is not wretched,

So what of one who has a superior claim to them?

مَننتَ عَلينا يا إلهي بحبّهم

فَذاك لدينا منك أوثق عهدةِ

You have favored us, my God, by their love,

So that is for us from You the firmest pact,

لَك الحمدُ لا يُحصي ثناءك حامدٌ

لك الشكر مولانا على كلِّ نِعمةِ

To You belongs all praise - no praiser encompasses Your praise -

To You belongs all gratitude, our Master, for every blessing!