قُل لِأَصحابٍ رأَوني مَيتا

قُل لِأَصحابٍ رأَوني مَيتا

فَبَكوني إِذ رأوني حزنا

فَبَكوني إِذ رأوني حزنا

Say to companions who saw me dead,

Tell my friends who saw me dead,

And wept for me in sorrow when they saw me:

And wept for me in sorrow,

لا تَظُنّوني بِأَنّي مَيّتٌ

لا تَظُنّوني بِأَنّي مَيّتٌ

لَيسَ ذا المَيت وَاللَه أَنا

لَيسَ ذا المَيت وَاللَه أَنا

Do not suppose that I am dead;

Think not that I am dead,

This dead one, by God, is not I.

Nay, by God, I live tomorrow!

أَنا عصفورٌ وَهَذا قَفَصي

أَنا عصفورٌ وَهَذا قَفَصي

طِرت مِنهُ فَتَخلى رَهنا

طِرت مِنهُ فَتَخلى رَهنا

I am a sparrow, and this is my cage.

I'm a bird, this was my cage,

I flew from it, so it stood empty, held in pledge.

I have flown and left it vacant,

وَأَنا اليومَ أُناجي مَلأ

وَأَنا اليومَ أُناجي مَلأ

وَأَرى اللَه عَياناً بِهنا

وَأَرى اللَه عَياناً بِهنا

And today I commune with an assembly,

Now I converse face to face

And I see God directly, in bliss.

With God, and see Him plain.

فَاِخلَعوا الأَنفُس عَن أَجسادِها

فَاِخلَعوا الأَنفُس عَن أَجسادِها

لِترونَ الحَقّ حَقّاً بَيّنا

لِترونَ الحَقّ حَقّاً بَيّنا

So strip the souls from their bodies,

Cast off the flesh and free the soul

So that you may see the Truth truly and clearly.

To see the Truth unveiled,

لا تَرعكُم سَكرة المَوتِ فَما

لا تَرعكُم سَكرة المَوتِ فَما

هِيَ إِلّا اِنتِقالٌ مِن هُنا

هِيَ إِلّا اِنتِقالٌ مِن هُنا

Let not death's stupor frighten you, for

Let not death's dream appall your mind -

It is only a passage from here.

It is no more than one world hailed.

عُنصرُ الأَرواحِ فينا واحدٌ

عُنصرُ الأَرواحِ فينا واحدٌ

وَكَذا الأَجسامُ جِسم عَمَّنا

وَكَذا الأَجسامُ جِسم عَمَّنا

The essence of the souls within us is one,

The spirit's elements in us unite,

And likewise, the bodies are one body encompassing us.

As all flesh is like one man;

ما أَرى نَفسي إِلّا أَنتُم

ما أَرى نَفسي إِلّا أَنتُم

وَاِعتِقادي أَنَّكُم أَنتُم أَنا

وَاِعتِقادي أَنَّكُم أَنتُم أَنا

I see myself as none other than you,

In you I live, in you I fight,

And my belief is that you yourselves are me.

You are myself, and I am you.

فَمَتى ما كانَ خَيراً فَلَنا

فَمَتى ما كانَ خَيراً فَلَنا

وَمَتى كانَ شَرّاً فَبِنا

وَمَتى كانَ شَرّاً فَبِنا

So whenever there is good, it is for us,

When good - for us, when ill - by us,

And whenever there is evil, it is through us.

Have mercy! On yourselves have pity!

فَاِرحَموني تَرحموا أَنفسَكُم

فَاِرحَموني تَرحموا أَنفسَكُم

وَاِعلَموا أَنَّكُم في إِثرِنا

وَاِعلَموا أَنَّكُم في إِثرِنا

So have mercy on me, and you will have mercy on yourselves,

Consider that we follow thus,

And know that you follow in our wake.

And this life runs to God's own city.

مَن رآني فَليقوّ نَفسهُ

مَن رآني فَليقوّ نَفسهُ

إِنَّما الدُنيا عَلى قرن الفَنا

إِنَّما الدُنيا عَلى قرن الفَنا

Whoever sees me, let him strengthen himself:

See me and strengthen for the strife

This world is but poised on annihilation's horn.

This world that is no more than fled -

وَعَلَيكُم مِن كَلامي جملةٌ

وَعَلَيكُم مِن كَلامي جملةٌ

فَسلامُ اللَهِ مَدحٌ وَثَنا

فَسلامُ اللَهِ مَدحٌ وَثَنا

And for you, a summation of my words:

To sum my words: Praise God for life,

Thus God's peace is praise and acclaim.

And peace be with the holy dead!