أنا معنىً عناني الحقُّ فيه

أنا معنىً عناني الحقُّ فيه

ومثلي كلُّ شيء قول فيهِ

ومثلي كلُّ شيء قول فيهِ

I am a meaning in which the Real intended me.

I am an egotistical meaning, in truth

And like me, everything is an utterance about Him.

And the like of me, everything is an expression

معانٍ كلنا روحاً ونفساً

معانٍ كلنا روحاً ونفساً

وأجساماً وذا أمرٌ بديهي

وأجساماً وذا أمرٌ بديهي

We are all meanings—spirit and soul,

We are all meanings, spirit and soul

and bodies; this is a self-evident matter.

And bodies, which is self-evident

وهذا الحق يعنينا بعلم

وهذا الحق يعنينا بعلم

قديم نحن معدومون فيه

قديم نحن معدومون فيه

And this Real intends us through knowledge

This truth means to us, with ancient knowledge

eternal; within it we are nonexistent.

We are non-existent in it

ألا وهو الوجود الحق فرد

ألا وهو الوجود الحق فرد

بلا كيف لديه ولا شبيه

بلا كيف لديه ولا شبيه

Behold, He is true existence, unique,

Verily it is the True Existence, One

with no 'how' pertaining to Him, nor any likeness.

Without how or likeness for Him

فيمحو ما يشاء الحق منا

فيمحو ما يشاء الحق منا

ويثبت طبق ترتيب لديه

ويثبت طبق ترتيب لديه

So the Real effaces from us whatever He wills,

So the True erases what He wills of us

and establishes according to an order held by Him.

And affirms according to His arrangement

ونحن جميعنا عدم ولكن

ونحن جميعنا عدم ولكن

يقدرنا فيظهرنا لديه

يقدرنا فيظهرنا لديه

And we are all nothingness, yet

And we are all non-existence, but

He determines us and so manifests us before Him.

He brings us into existence through His Power

لذاك تظن أن لنا وجوداً

لذاك تظن أن لنا وجوداً

بعين وجوده الحق النزيه

بعين وجوده الحق النزيه

Thus you suppose that we have existence

Thus you think we have existence

through His very existence, true and unsullied.

Through His True Existent Being, All-Pure

تعالى الله لا شيء سواه

تعالى الله لا شيء سواه

وضلَّ مقارف الشرك الكريه

وضلَّ مقارف الشرك الكريه

Exalted is God; there is nothing besides Him,

Exalted is God, nothing is existent but Him

and the perpetrator of loathsome polytheism has gone astray.

Lost are those who commit repugnant polytheism

ولا أحد يحيط به تعالى

ولا أحد يحيط به تعالى

ولا فهم ولا عقل يعيه

ولا فهم ولا عقل يعيه

And no one encompasses Him, exalted is He,

And no one can encompass Him, the Exalted

nor can understanding or intellect grasp Him.

Nor can any understanding or intellect grasp Him

متى يهدي بلاغاً عنه عبد

متى يهدي بلاغاً عنه عبد

إذا سكت المبلغ قال إيه

إذا سكت المبلغ قال إيه

Whenever a servant offers a message about Him,

When will a servant convey anything about Him

when the messenger falls silent, he says, "Go on!"

If the conveying one is silent, what can he say?

ومن يبدو الضلال عليه ينأى

ومن يبدو الضلال عليه ينأى

بجانبه فيسقط في يديه

بجانبه فيسقط في يديه

And whoever shows signs of error draws away,

And he upon whom misguidance appears turns away

holding himself aloof, then is overcome with regret.

Keeping to himself, thus falling by his own hands

وأهل الله كل فتى كريم

وأهل الله كل فتى كريم

نبيلٍ ذي سيادات نبيه

نبيلٍ ذي سيادات نبيه

And God's people are all generous young men,

The people of God are every noble youth

noble, endowed with high stations, and discerning.

Of dignified traits and intuitive wisdom

إذا وقع الجهول بنا دحاه

إذا وقع الجهول بنا دحاه

وأعرض عن مقالات السفيه

وأعرض عن مقالات السفيه

If the ignorant fool attacks us, he casts him aside,

When the ignorant slander us, he repels him

and turns away from the fool's sayings.

And turns away from the prattle of the foolish

وماذا تبتغي السفهاء منا

وماذا تبتغي السفهاء منا

على جهل بإعجاب وتيه

على جهل بإعجاب وتيه

And what do fools seek from us,

What do the foolish seek from us?

in ignorance, with conceit and arrogance?

Out of ignorance, infatuation and confusion

ونحن أولوا العلوم بصدق عزم

ونحن أولوا العلوم بصدق عزم

لدى الأشياخ عن وجه وجيه

لدى الأشياخ عن وجه وجيه

And we possess the sciences, with sincere resolve,

While we possess true knowledge with determination

in the presence of the shaykhs, from an eminent figure.

From the elders of stature and distinction

يظل وحيدنا يروي المعالي

يظل وحيدنا يروي المعالي

هنا عن جده أو عن أبيه

هنا عن جده أو عن أبيه

Our peerless one keeps recounting noble deeds

Alone with the one who narrates the sublime

here, from his grandfather or his father.

No lineage of his is tainted with disbelief

ولم يدنس له نسب بكفر

ولم يدنس له نسب بكفر

إذا ما الأمّ تظهر تزدريه

إذا ما الأمّ تظهر تزدريه

Nor has his lineage been tainted by unbelief,

If his mother shows him rejection

such that, if ever his mother appeared, you would scorn him.

He has an uncorrupted heart and does not leave

له القلب السليم ولم يحل عن

له القلب السليم ولم يحل عن

طريقة ذي التقى الثقة الفقيه

طريقة ذي التقى الثقة الفقيه

His is the sound heart, and he has not departed from

The way of the Godwary jurist of trust

the path of the pious, trustworthy jurist.