أسكرت أهل الوحا خمرتنا

وعلت كبارهم رتبتنا

Our wine has intoxicated the people of spiritual discovery,

And raised our rank above their great ones.

مرجعُ السادات اعيان الحمى

اين ما راموا السرى حضرتنا

The refuge of chieftains, the notables of the tribe,

Wherever they desired to journey secretly, our presence graced it.

ترعب الآسادُ في الغابات من

خادمٍ حفَّت به نفحتنا

The lions are frightened of us in the forests because of

A servant escorted by our breath’s scent.

ولقد تبردُ نيران الغضا

وهي في شبَّتِها رمشتنا

And the fires of war grow cold

When our glance fans them in their raging.

ولكم فادحةٍ قادحةٍ

غلبت صولتها صولتنا

And how shocking and startling

Is our might which overcomes their might!

خضعت عن رفعةٍ انفسنا

وإلى الهادي علت نسبتنا

We have humbled ourselves from the loftiness of our souls,

And to the Guide we have raised our lineage.

وبمولانا سما مظهرناذ

وله قد خلصت نيَّتنا

And through our Master our appearance has soared,

And to him alone our intention is sincere.

وبماءِ السعدِ من معدنها

جبلت في غيبها طينتنا

And with the water of good fortune from his spring

Our clay was kneaded in its unseen realm.

راحَ يمحونا حسودٌ واهمٌ

ويدُ الله مضت تثبتنا

The envious and deluded try to erase us,

But God’s hand continues to make us firm.

وخيال الحب إذ يقطعنا

عزمُ روح المصطفى ينبتنا

And when the specter of love cuts us off,

The resolve of the Prophet’s spirit revives us.

لألأت في عين يافوخ العلى

لأساطين الحمى حكمتنا

My banners have waved before the eyes of the eminent,

The pillars of the tribe, because of our wisdom.

وانجلت في الكون قطبيَّتنا

وسمت في الملك غوثيتنا

And our spiritual axis has shone throughout creation,

And our sainthood has marked the kingdom.

وعلى أنجاب ارباب الوحا

بالرفاعي علت رفعتنا

And over the descendants of the lords of spiritual discovery,

Through the Most Distinguished, our prestige is exalted.

كم رفعنا خاملاً من وهدةٍ

وأغاثت خائفاً نجدتنا

How often we have raised one dispirited by lethargy,

And our help has relieved one fearful.

وبجوف البحر كم قد أنقذت

غارقاً في لجَّةِ غوثتنا

And in the open sea, how many times has

A drowner in deep water been saved by our aid!

نحنُ بالفقر إلى الله وبال

هجر للدنيا بدت دولتنا

Through poverty toward God, and tribulation,

Our worldly fortune has appeared.

كتبت في طي الواحِ العمى

قبل إبراز الورى سيرتنا

Our life story was written on the tablets of the blind,

Before the appearance of humankind.

كم وكم من وصبٍ قد ابرأت

داءَ صبٍّ ناحلٍ تفلتنا

How many wasting sicknesses has our medicine cured,

Diseases wasting the bodies of the afflicted!

ينشر السعد عليه برقعاً

عاجزٌ تسعفهُ لحظتنا

Good fortune spreads a mantle over them,

While our glance gives succor to the helpless.

لم يخفف في الدهر كرباً مزعجاً

من تكن تلحظُهُ همَّتنا

No distressing trouble has been lightened in time

Unless our care took note of it.