روِّقْ كُؤوسَكَ هذا الوقتُ قد راقَ
جَلا من الغيبِ لو حقَّقْتَ إطْلاقَا
Quaff your cup, for this is the time, were you to grant freedom.
An open space has appeared from the unseen, were you to realize.
ونمْ أَميناً فإنَّ السَّعدَ خادِمُنا
وقد رَقَمْنا بوجهِ السَّعدِ إشْراقَا
And sleep securely, for good fortune serves us.
And we have marked our faces with the light of good fortune.
ما زَمْزَمَ الرَّكبُ للعَلياءِ في زُمَرٍ
إِلاَّ ورُحْنا لهُمْ في الحيِّ سُبَّاقا
No throng of eminent men in groups sounded
Except we raced to them in life, preceding.
وقد تفجَّرَ منَّا البحرُ مندَفِقاً
لا زالَ في ساحَةِ الأَكْوانِ دفَّاقَا
And the sea within us burst forth, gushing.
It did not cease to be active in the field of existence.
البابَ قد فتَحَتْهُ راحَةٌ عَظُمَتْ
رغماً لمنْ رامَ منهُ الدَّهرَ إغلاقا
The door has been opened by great comfort
In spite of him who wanted to keep it locked for eternity
يدٌ تدلَّتْ تجلَّتْ من مَكارِمِها
قد قلَّدَتْ لرِقابِ القومِ أطواقَا
A hand stretched out, illuminated by its noble deeds.
It collared the necks of the people with circlets.
عوِّلْ عَلينا فإنَّ اللهَ أيَّدَنا
وقدْ فَتَقْنا من الأَلبابِ أَرتاقَا
Rely on us, for God has supported us.
And we have split open breasts with insights.
بمِنْبَرِ الغيبِ قد غَنَّ الخَطيبُ بِنا
وراحَ كوكَبُنا الوضَّاحُ برَّاقَا
From the pulpit of the unseen, the preacher sang our praises.
And our shining star blazed brilliantly.
قُمْنا عن المُصْطَفى وُرَّاثَ حكمَتِهِ
رُحْنا نُعَلِّمُ أَهلِ الحالِ أَخلاقَا
We rose to inherit the wisdom of the Chosen One.
We set out to teach the people of spiritual states noble traits.
وقدْ رَفَعْنا لهذا الشَّأنِ جلجَلَةً
وقدْ بنَيْنا لعلمِ الذَّوقِ أسواقَا
And we raised up a tumult for this matter.
And we built markets for the science of spiritual taste.
ركبُ العَجائِبِ عجَّتْ منهُ ثائرَةٌ
لنحوِنا فارْتَوى علماً وأَذواقَا
The steed of wonders was stirred up by it.
So it was saturated with knowledge and tastes toward us.
قد أَلبسَ الحالُ منَّا كلَّ مُنَتَمِطٍ
حالاً وأَكسَبَ أهلَ الوجدِ إحْراقَا
The spiritual state clothed everyone who was ready
With an exalted state and gave the people of ecstasy burning.
العاشِقونَ على أَعْتابِنا رَبَضوا
لمْ تلقَ في غيرِ هذا البابِ عُشَّاقَا
The lovers prostrated themselves at our threshold.
No other door found as passionate lovers as this one.
قدْ أُعرِقَتْ بفُنونِ الذَّوقِ طِينَتُنا
من عالَمِ الخلْقِ والتَّكْوينِ إعْراقَا
Our essence was heated by the arts of spiritual taste
From the world of creation and formation into sweat.
الأُسْدُ ترهَبُنا في كلِّ نازِلَةٍ
تَرى لها في قُوى الميدانِ إطْراقَا
The lion fears us in every crisis.
It sees that the powers of the battlefield have recoiled from it.
وقلبُ أجرَإها في بابِ أَضْعَفِنا
ما زالَ في هَتَفاتِ الخوفِ خفَّاقَا
And its fierce heart in the door of our weakest one
Did not cease to flutter in the cries of fear.
لنا بواسِطَ فحْلٌ يُسْتَجارُ بهِ
إنْ طبَّقَ الأَرضَ سيْلُ الخطبِ أَطْباقَا
Through our champion, protection is sought.
If the flood of calamities pressed the earth flat in layers.
أَبو العَواجِزِ شيخُ الكَوْن من ملأَتْ
أَسرارُهُ زُمَرَ الأَحْبابِ أَشْواقَا
Master of the helpless, Shaykh of the universe, his secrets
Filled the groups of beloved ones with passions.
كم حربَةٍ برَزَتْ من كِنِّ هِمَّتِهِ
فابْتَزَّ منها لقلبِ الخصمِ فتَّاقَا
How many sharp blades emerged from his determination
And snatched fragments from the heart of the enemy!
روحُ الوَلايَةِ في مهدِ النُبوَّةِ من
سِرِّ الغُيوبِ أَفادَ القيْدَ إطْلاقَا
The spirit of sainthood in the cradle of prophecy, from
The secret of the unseen, gave freedom to the fettered one.
وُرِّثْتُهُ إرْثَ بيتٍ لا نِزاعَ به
قد خَطَّ في صُحُفِ التَّقليدِ إحْقاقَا
I inherited from him an inheritance with no contention over it.
It was delineated in the scriptures of tradition as an entitlement.
قُلوبُنا اتَّصلتْ غيباً وما انْفَصَلَتْ
ما زخرَفَتْ مثلَ بعضِ النَّاسِ أوفاقَا
Our hearts were connected in secret and never separated.
They were not decorated like some people’s alliances.
ولا تنهْنَهَ منهُمْ فارِسٌ خَطِرٌ
إِلاَّ وعاجِزُنا حرْباً لهُ فاقَا
No valiant horseman from them provoked us
Except our weak one was equal to him in war.
تلكَ المَواهِبُ والرَّحمنُ واهِبُها
لهُ التَّحَكُّمُ إسْباغاً وإغْراقَا
Those gifts, and the Merciful is their granter.
To Him belongs determination, whether to give abundantly or restrict.
فرُحْ فَسيحَ رِحابٍ رَيِّضاً أَبداً
لا تخشَ من حادِثاتِ الدَّهرِ إعْلاقا
So rejoice expansively, forever at ease.
Do not fear the occurrences of time restricting you.
وإنْ تُناويكَ نفسٌ في توَهُّمِها
فقلْ أَخذْتُ من المَهْدِيِّ ميثاقَا
And if a soul purposes against you in its imagination,
Say, “I have taken a covenant from the Guide.”
