ما لقلبي سلوى لمن باللقا منّ

ما لقلبي سلوى لمن باللقا منّ

وسقاني هواه صافية الدنّ

وسقاني هواه صافية الدنّ

My heart cannot forget the one who graced me with a meeting.

My heart has no solace for one I met,

And his love gave me the jar's pure wine to drink.

Whose love has made me drink pure sweetness.

أو يلقى الهوان قلبي وإن أنّ

أو يلقى الهوان قلبي وإن أنّ

لا وحقِّ الجمال ما ذل من أن

لا وحقِّ الجمال ما ذل من أن

Or shall my heart suffer humiliation, even if it groans?

Or else my heart is prone to abasement, even if

No, by Beauty's right, none is abased for whom you—

I swear it isn’t, by the truth of beauty.

ت مليك الجلال في الدهر عزُّهْ

ت مليك الجلال في الدهر عزُّهْ

غرس نعماك فاق فضلا ومنّا

غرس نعماك فاق فضلا ومنّا

Sovereign of Majesty—are glory through the ages.

You are the King of Glory throughout time,

The sapling of your bounty excelled in grace and favor.

The planting of Your blessings excelled bounty and favor.

وهو بالنصر لم يزل مطمئنا

وهو بالنصر لم يزل مطمئنا

لا يهاب الردى إذا الليل جنّا

لا يهاب الردى إذا الليل جنّا

And it has remained assured of victory.

And with victory You have remained content,

It does not fear death when night grows dark.

Fearing no misfortune when night falls.

لا ولا يتقي العداة وأنّى

لا ولا يتقي العداة وأنّى

يختشيهم وسوح نصرك حرزُهْ

يختشيهم وسوح نصرك حرزُهْ

No, nor is it wary of foes; how could it

Indeed no! Nor do you fear enemies; how

fear them, when the courts of your aid are its refuge?

Could You dread them, when Your victory is Your shield?

جذبتنا إليك نفحة رندِ

جذبتنا إليك نفحة رندِ

وحمانا سيفٌ صقيلُ الفرندِ

وحمانا سيفٌ صقيلُ الفرندِ

A waft of laurel drew us to you.

A scent of Your affection pulled us to You,

And a sword with a polished, watered blade protected us.

And a polished Indian sword protected us.

أَفَأُغْتَالُ والعناية جندي

أَفَأُغْتَالُ والعناية جندي

من يشاني ذويك لا ريب عندي

من يشاني ذويك لا ريب عندي

Am I then to be slain by stealth, when providence is my army?

Shall I be slaughtered while divine care is my armor?

Whoever bears your kin ill will—I have no doubt

Whoever envies me has no doubt, in my view,

أن أسيافك الرقاق تحزُّهْ

أن أسيافك الرقاق تحزُّهْ

نحن قوم لنا الجمال تبدّى

نحن قوم لنا الجمال تبدّى

that your slender swords will cut him down.

That Your thin, fine swords will prune him.

We are a people to whom Beauty has manifested itself.

We are a people graced with beauty manifest,

هالك كل من علينا تعدّى

هالك كل من علينا تعدّى

حافر البئر فيه ذاك تردّى

حافر البئر فيه ذاك تردّى

Doomed is everyone who transgresses against us.

Every one who transgresses against us is doomed,

The digger of the well—that very one fell headlong into it.

The pit’s edge is where that one tumbled.

لا يغر العدوَّ بُرْدٌ تردّا

لا يغر العدوَّ بُرْدٌ تردّا

هُ وعِطفٌ بين الأنام يهزُّهْ

هُ وعِطفٌ بين الأنام يهزُّهْ

Let not the foe be deceived by a cloak he has donned,

No cold turns back the foe once it has raged

or by a flank he sways among humankind.

It is a sympathy among people that shakes him.

لا تقل من بغى عليك استداما

لا تقل من بغى عليك استداما

سوف يأتي الضيا فيمحو الظلاما

سوف يأتي الضيا فيمحو الظلاما

Do not say that whoever wronged you will endure.

Say not that one who insisted on warring will last;

The light will come and then erase the darkness.

The day will bring the light, wiping out darkness.

من يراه نجا رأى الأوهاما

من يراه نجا رأى الأوهاما

فهي كالزرع في المبادي إذا ما

فهي كالزرع في المبادي إذا ما

Whoever thinks he has escaped has seen illusions.

Whoever sees Him saved has seen the fantasies -

For they are like a crop in its early days: when

They are like crops in the open country, which,

جاء وقت الحصاد أُحكمَ جزُّهْ

جاء وقت الحصاد أُحكمَ جزُّهْ

إن بيت الهدى عظيم ثناءٍ

إن بيت الهدى عظيم ثناءٍ

harvest time comes, it is thoroughly cut down.

When harvest time comes, are reaped tight.

Indeed, the house of guidance is greatly praised.

The House of Guidance has abundant praise;

كن به واثقاً بغير عناءٍ

كن به واثقاً بغير عناءٍ

وإذا رمت تحتمي بالتجاءٍ

وإذا رمت تحتمي بالتجاءٍ

Be confident in it, without strain.

Rely on it, with no effort,

And if you wish to find protection by taking refuge,

And if you seek refuge beneath its shelter,

فالزم الباب خاضعا في رجاءٍ

فالزم الباب خاضعا في رجاءٍ

لأناسٍ لهم من السر رمزُهْ

لأناسٍ لهم من السر رمزُهْ

then remain at the door, humble, with hope

Then stick close to the gate, humbly hopeful

in people who possess a sign of the secret.

For people who hold the mystery’s symbol.

تلك ساداتنا كرام المحلِّ

تلك ساداتنا كرام المحلِّ

آل بيت الصدّيق سر التملي

آل بيت الصدّيق سر التملي

Those are our masters, noble in station:

They are our masters, honorable people,

the family of al-Siddiq's house—the secret of gazing one's fill.

The family of the Truthful One, the heart of Islam -

ليتني لو دنيت منه ومن لي

ليتني لو دنيت منه ومن لي

فهمو دائماً بيوت التجلي

فهمو دائماً بيوت التجلي

Would that I were brought near to it—but who will help me?

Would that I might draw near them, gain access!

For they are ever houses of manifestation,

For they are always houses of revelation,

وهمو معدن التحلي وكنزُهُ

وهمو معدن التحلي وكنزُهُ

and they are the mine of adornment and its treasure.

And they are the source of grace and its treasure.