1. قضى الأمر وجف القلمُ

    وبدت نار الحمى والعلمُ

    The decree is settled, and the pen has dried.

    And the sanctuary's fire and the landmark came into view.

  2. ونزلنا عُرْبَ وادي سلمٍ

    واحتوانا ضالُهم والسلَم

    And we lodged with the Arabs of the valley of Salam.

    And their wild lote trees and acacias enfolded us.

  3. يا رعى الله قباباً بقِباً

    عادها عادت ورامت إرم

    Ah, may God watch over pavilions at Qiba!

    Iram visited them, returned, and sought them.

  4. وسقى ثَمَّ لويلاتٍ بها

    لم يَضِمْني في هواها إِضَم

    And may He water the brief nights spent there.

    Idam did not wrong me in my love for them.

  5. أيها النازل في كاظمةٍ

    لي لسان فيك حيٌّ وفم

    O you who dwell in Kazima,

    In you I have a living tongue and a mouth.

  6. بثَّ للجيرة عني شغفاً

    لم يزل بين الحشى يضطرم

    Convey to the neighbors, on my behalf, a passion

    That has never ceased to blaze within my breast.

  7. وتنصَّت للغواني سحراً

    ربما هاجك ذاك النغم

    And listen closely to the beauties before dawn;

    Perhaps that melody will stir you.

  8. واستمع صوت حماماتِ اللوى

    عندما تأتي عليها الظُلَم

    And listen to the sound of the doves of al-Liwa,

    When darkness comes upon them.

  9. هذه النشأة فيها عِبَرٌ

    للورى عنها تضيق الكلم

    This existence holds lessons

    For humankind, too vast for words to encompass.

  10. وثياب الكون شفت فشفت

    مهجةً للبعد فيما ألم

    And the garments of existence grew sheer, and so healed

    A soul of the affliction that separation brought.

  11. صوت دفِّ الجسم عالٍ وبه

    نفخ ناي الروح لا ينكتم

    The sound of the body's frame drum is loud, and within it

    The breath of the spirit's reed flute cannot be stifled.

  12. وشجانا رقص بانات النقى

    حين غنَّتها الصَبا والديم

    And the dance of the ban trees on the dunes stirred our longing,

    When the east wind and steady rains sang to them.

  13. حيث كاسات الهوى دائرة

    ويَلي كلَّ وجودٍ عدم

    Where the cups of love pass round,

    And nonexistence follows every existence.

  14. ونسيم الأمر فينا عابق

    وأزاهير الربا تبتسم

    And the breeze of the command is fragrant within us,

    And the flowers of the hills smile.

  15. والحمى طلقٌ وأصحاب الحمى

    لم يزالوا فيه والقوم هم

    And the sanctuary is open, and its people

    Have always remained there; they are the same people.

  16. والذي قد كان لا زال على

    ما به كان وتلك النعم

    And He who was still remains as

    He was; such are the blessings.

  17. غير أن القلب لا قلب له

    وذووا الأفكار صموا وعموا

    But the heart has no heart of its own,

    And the thinkers have grown deaf and blind.

  18. لو أزيلت عن عيون حجبٌ

    وتنحّى عن قلوب وهَم

    If veils were removed from eyes,

    And delusion withdrew from hearts,

  19. لرأوا الجهل الذي حف بهم

    وعلت منهم إليه همم

    They would see the ignorance surrounding them,

    And their aspirations would soar toward Him.

  20. وبدا الكل غروراً عندهم

    ولودّوا أنهم ما علموا

    And all would appear a delusion to them,

    And they would wish they had never known.

  21. لكن الوسواس قد آيسهم

    أن منهم ليس تحيى الرمم

    But the whisperer has made them despair,

    That their decayed remains will not be revived.

  22. فتراهم وطّنوا أنفسهم

    أن منهم ليس يرقى القدم

    So you see them resigning themselves

    To the belief that no foot of theirs can ascend.

  23. قد بذلت النصح يا قوم لكم

    حسب جهدي فانجلى المنبهم

    I have offered counsel to you, O people,

    As best I could; and so the obscure grew clear.

  24. وشرحت الدين شرحاً واضحاً

    بلسان ما اعتراه بَكَم

    And I expounded the faith clearly,

    With a tongue that no muteness afflicted.

  25. وزجرت العيس منكم للسرى

    فهمو أهل المعاني فهموا

    And I urged the white camels among you to travel by night;

    For they are the people of inner meanings, and they understood.

  26. نفع الله بما فهت به

    وبما أسفر عنه القلم

    May God grant benefit through what I have spoken,

    And through what the pen has brought to light.

  27. وبخير ختم الأمر لنا

    أننا للدين نحن الخدم

    And may He bring our affair to a good end,

    For we ourselves are servants of the faith,

  28. ولأهل الأرض طراً ولمن

    بالتقى تحفظ منه الذمم

    And of all earth's people, and of anyone

    Through whose piety covenants are safeguarded.

  29. وصلاة الله مني دائماً

    مع سلام منه لا ينصرم

    And may God's blessing, ever invoked by me,

    With peace from Him that never ceases,

  30. لنبي الله طه المصطفى

    ما توالى من إلهي كرم

    Be upon God's prophet, Taha, the Chosen One,

    As long as generosity from my God continues.