غنى لنا داعي السرور وغردا

فسمتعه في الصبح يعلن بالنِدا

The herald of joy has sung for us and trilled,

So he entertains in the morning, announcing openly.

فأقمت في قلبي صلاة تحيتي

للوجه من ذاك الحبيب إذا بدا

So I established in my heart a prayer of my greeting

For the face of that beloved when it appears.

وجه هو النور المبين لمن يرى

يا سعد من يهوى الحبيب تعبدا

It is the face of the evident light for whoever sees,

Oh happiness of one who loves the beloved devoutly!

نحن الدهان له بنا متلون

وهو الوجود الحق حيث تجردا

We are the vessels for Him; with us He is manifold,

And He is the real existence wherever abstraction took place.

هي وردة قل كالدهان سماؤنا

كانت كما القرآن أفصح مشهدا

It is a rosebud - say, our sky is like a vessel

It was as if the Qur’an, the most eloquent scene.

فنراه يصبغنا بمحض إرادة

أزلية كيف اقتضته على المدى

So we see Him dying us with sheer eternal will,

As He has required over the course of time.

يمحو ويثبت ما يشا بوجوده

كالبحر بالأمواج لم يظهر سدى

He effaces and affirms whatever He wants with His existence,

Like the sea with its waves has not appeared in vain.

وهو المنزه والمقدس دائماً

عن كل شيء كثرةً وتعددا

And He is ever transcendent and most sacred

From everything, manifold and diverse.

هي صبغة الله التي جاءت لنا

في الذكر نعرفها على رغم العدا

It is the baptism of God that has come to us

In the Remembrance we know it despite enmity.

وهي الشؤن له التي قد جاءنا

نص الكتاب بها يلوح محددا

And it is the affair of His that has come to us,

The text of the Book hints at it, delineated.

الله أكبر بعد هذا كله

يا عارفون تحققوا وخذوا الهدى

God is greatest after all this!

O knowers, be certain and take guidance!