أَيُّها المُسْتَحلِفُ اللَّيْلَ أَفِقْ
إِنَّ ركبَ اللَّيْلِ بالسَّيرِ عَدَا
O you who have sworn by the night to arise,
The caravan of night is heading off with travel
قمْ ولا تغفلْ خُمولاً كَسَلاً
لن يُساوي يَقِظاً من رقَدَا
Rise and do not be lazy or tired
The one who is awake will not equal the one who slept
ودعِ الأمرَ إلى اللهِ وكنْ
عبدَهُ في بابِهِ طولَ المَدَى
And leave the matter to God and be
His servant forever
سلِّمِ الأَمرَ له متَّكِلاً
لا تخفْ في الكونِ دَهراً أَحَدَا
Entrust the matter to Him, relying
Do not fear anyone in existence forever
واصْرِفِ الوجهَ له عِزًّا به
واتَّخِذْ سِرًّا له جلَّ يَدَا
And turn your face to Him with honor in Him
And take as an intimate secret for Him the Majestic
وعن الأَغيارِ كن منجَمِعاً
وإِلى الجبَّارِ صِرْ مُنْفرِدا
And from strangers be withdrawn
And to the Compeller go solitary
وإِذا شطَّ بك السَّيرُ فقمْ
في دُجى اللَّيْلِ وحِلَّ الرَّصَدَا
And if the travel excites you then stand
In the darkness of night and unfurl observing
والتمِسْ في بحرِ قلبِ المُصْطَفى
أَحمدِ الأَكوانِ طَهَ المَدَدَا
And seek in the sea of the heart of Mustafa
Ahmad the universes, Ta Ha the helper
سِرُّ هذا الكَوْنِ مِضْمارُ العَما
نقطَةُ الأسلوبِ رُوحُ السُّعَدَا
The secret of this universe is the racetrack of hopes
The point of eloquence, the soul of good fortune
لُجَّةُ البحر الإِلهِيِّ الَّذي
موجُهُ ضمنَ العَما ما جَمَدَا
The deep sea of divinity which
Its waves within hopes whatever solidified
بارِزُ السِّرِّ وطَمْطامُ الرِّضا
نورُ عينِ الطَّمسِ فيَّاضُ النَّدَا
Emerging of the secret and the wishes of acceptance
The light of the eye of the sun, overflowing of bounty
كوكَبُ القُدْسِ الَّذي في طالِعِ ال
غَيْبِ قِدْماً بالعُلومِ اتَّقَدَا
The star of sanctity which in the rising of
The unseen, stepped with knowledge enlightened
كعبَةُ الأَرْواحِ حِصنُ الفتْحِ مَنْ
قَدْ براهُ اللهُ غوثاً سَنَدَا
The Kaaba of spirits, fortress of opening, the one
God made a helper, a pillar
هو بينَ المُرْسَلينَ المُرْتجى
والإِمامُ المُجْتَبى والمُقْتَدى
He among the messengers is hoped for
And the Imam chosen, and the guided
هو بابُ اللهِ صَمْصامُ الوَحا
هو فُرقانُ التَّجَلِّي للهُدَى
He is the door of God, holder of revelation
He is the Criterion of manifestation for guidance
هو من قد قامَ طَمساً حامِداً
وشُهوداً وبُروزاً أَحمَدَا
He is the one who stood obscuring and ecstatic
And witnessed and emerged praising
كوكَبٌ بُرجِ علمِ اللهِ ما
حُطَّتِ الأَبراجُ إِلاَّ صَعِدا
A star in the constellation of God’s knowledge not
Did the constellations rise except climbing
سيفُ أَمرٍ في غِمادِ الحُكْمِ من
قبلِ هذا القَبْلِ قِدْماً أُغْمدَا
The sword of command in the sheath of wisdom, before
This foretime stepped sheathed
كلُّ من يوجِدُهُ ما فُقِدا
والَّذي يُفقدُهُ ما وُجِدَا
All who find him what was missed
And the one who misses him what was found
ركبُ أَهْلِ اللهِ للهِ على
إِثْرِهِ المَبْرورُ طوْراً وفَدَا
The riding of God’s people to God after
Him the righteous passed time and ransomed
شُهَداءُ اللهِ من أُمَّتِهِ
وكذا الأَبدالُ بل والسُّعَدا
The martyrs of God among His nation
And so the substitutes, rather the fortunate
قد نظَمْنا عَسْجَدَ المدحِ به
فاحتَقَرْنا في العُقودِ العَسْجَدَا
We have strung the necklace of praise of him
Thus we considered worthless the necklaces
كلُّ من أَذعَنَ بالدِّينِ له
عَرَفَ اللهَ إِلهاً صَمَدَا
All who profess the religion to him
Knew God a Lord Eternal
بحرُهُ في شَطَحاتِ الغَيْبِ بال
مَدَدِ الفعَّالِ دهراً أَزْبَدَا
His sea in the digressions of the unseen without
Help of the Doer forever overflowed
بأَبي كم حلَّ أَمراً مُبْرَماً
وبرُوحي كم نِظامٍ عَقَدَا
By my father how many decisive matters resolved
And by my soul how many systems knotted
وببدرٍ ضاءَ كالبدرِ وقد
جفَلَتْ أَصحابُهُ فانْفَرَدَا
And by a full moon that shone like the full moon when
His companions frowned so he solitary emerged
قامَ تحتَ العَجِّ والحربُ لها
ضجَّةٌ صعبَ قِيادٍ أَسَدَا
He stood under harassment and war which for it
Is clamor, leading lions difficult
وجَلا في البِيدِ شمساً أَثبَتَتْ
بعُيونِ القَوْمِ منه مَشْهَدَا
He shone among the white flashes of swords suns that set
In the eyes of the people from him a scene
ردَّ أَبصارَهُمُ خاسِئَةً
مثلما ماتُوا بغيْظٍ كَمَدَا
He returned their sights humiliated
As if they died of rage suppressed
وأَعادَ الرَّوعُ من فرسانِهِ
أَمْنَ قلبٍ وأَزالَ النَّكَدَا
And the panic among his horsemen
Returned security to the heart and removed sorrow
فتَداعَوْا حينَ رُدُّوا خَجَلاً
مذْ رَأَوْا منه هِزَبْراً أَسَدَا
So they called out when returned ashamed
When they saw from him roaring lion
أَخذَ القَوْمَ بخُلْقٍ حسَنٍ
وبعفْوٍ شامِلٍ عمَّا بَدَا
He took the people with good character
And with inclusive pardon for what appeared
وتجَلَّى بينهُمْ مُبْتَسِماً
منه ثغرٌ مُسْتَميحٌ بَرَدَا
And he appeared among them smiling
From him a cheerful mouth soothing cold
شكرَ اللهَ تعالى راضِياً
رَيِّضَ الأَفْكارِ فيما وَجَدَا
Thanking God the Exalted, satisfied
Contenting thoughts in what he found
وأَعادَ الخُسْرَ نصراً قاهِراً
بمعالي بأْسِهِ حِزْبَ العِدَى
And returned loss a conquest overwhelming
With the heights of his might the party of enemies
هو مَوْعودٌ من اللهِ بنَصْ
رٍ قديمٍ فقُضِي ما وُعِدَا
He is promised by God with victory, the ancient
Promise fulfilled what was promised
وأَقامَ الحقَّ في الخَلْقِ كما
أَوهَنَ الباطِلَ حتَّى أَقْعَدَا
And established the truth among people as
He weakened falsehood until seated
قالتِ الأَعْداءُ عن رَغمٍ بهِمْ
ما رأَيْنا منه أَقوى جَلَدَا
The enemies said against their will about him
We did not see anyone of stronger resilience
نعَتوهُ بالأَمينِ المُرْتَضى
وتَعامَوْا عن عُلاهُ حَسَدَا
They attributed to him the Trustworthy Chosen One
And ignored his superiority out of envy
كيفَ يُشقي حاسِدٌ في زعمِهِ
من له اللهُ تعالى أَسْعَدَا
How does a jealous one in his allegation
Harm he who God has made fortunate?
سيِّدٌ لولاهُ خَلاَّقُ الوَرَى
مثلما يَرْضى له ما عُبِدَا
A master, without whom the creation of the world
Would not be as He wills to be worshipped
فعَليهِ كلَّ آنٍ أَبداً
صلَواتُ اللهِ رَبِّي سَرْمَدَا
Upon him, at every instant, forever
Are the prayers of God my Lord eternally
