من كان بالله أنسُهْ

من كان بالله أنسُهْ

يقل في الناس جنسُهْ

يقل في الناس جنسُهْ

Whoever finds intimacy with God

He whose companion is God,

has few of his kind among people.

His kind among people is few.

هيهات هيهات هذا

هيهات هيهات هذا

ماتت على الحق نفسه

ماتت على الحق نفسه

Far, far removed is such a one!

Alas! Alas! This one -

His soul has died upon the Truth,

His soul died for the truth.

وغسلت بالتفاني

وغسلت بالتفاني

وكان في الجسم رمسه

وكان في الجسم رمسه

and been washed through self-annihilation;

And was washed with selflessness,

and his tomb was within the body.

And his body was but a trace.

وهو الذي من رأه

وهو الذي من رأه

رأى فتى غاب حسه

رأى فتى غاب حسه

And he is such that whoever sees him

He who saw him,

sees a youth whose senses have vanished.

Saw a youth whose senses were gone,

وعقله في ذهول

وعقله في ذهول

ويومه هو أمسه

ويومه هو أمسه

And his intellect is bewildered,

Whose mind was confused,

and his today is his yesterday.

And whose day was as his yesterday.

ولم يَفُتْ عنه فرضٌ

ولم يَفُتْ عنه فرضٌ

محفوظة فيه خمسه

محفوظة فيه خمسه

And he has missed no obligatory duty;

No religious duty escaped him -

his five prayers are preserved within him.

The five pillars preserved within him.

لله أمر ونهيٌ

لله أمر ونهيٌ

عليه والكشف لبسه

عليه والكشف لبسه

God's command and prohibition

God's commands and prohibitions

rest upon him, and unveiling is his garment.

Were clear to him, though a veil covers unveiling.

ما غير الحال منه

ما غير الحال منه

شيئاً ولا زال بأسه

شيئاً ولا زال بأسه

The state has not changed in him

Nothing changed his state

a single thing, nor has his strength waned.

Or removed his distress.

حروفه ثابتات

حروفه ثابتات

بهن قد قام طرسه

بهن قد قام طرسه

His letters are fixed;

His letters are firm -

through them his parchment stands.

With them his foundation was set.

عبد ومولى غني

عبد ومولى غني

عنه وللفرع أسه

عنه وللفرع أسه

A servant, with a Master who has no need

A servant and master needing nothing -

of him; and the branch has its foundation.

Yet the branch relies on its root.

فإنه آية من

فإنه آية من

آيات من جل قدسه

آيات من جل قدسه

For he is a sign among

He is a sign among

the signs of Him whose holiness is exalted.

The signs of the Most Holy.

تشابهت عند قوم

تشابهت عند قوم

تحت الغمامة شمسه

تحت الغمامة شمسه

To some, it has appeared ambiguous—

To some beneath the clouds

his sun beneath the cloud;

His sun resembles theirs.

وأحكمت لأناس

وأحكمت لأناس

بالسر بدل عبسه

بالسر بدل عبسه

and to others it has been made clear;

And it judges for others

through the secret, his frown was changed.

The hidden instead of the frown.

صحا على فرط سكر

صحا على فرط سكر

طفا وفي الغيب غمسه

طفا وفي الغيب غمسه

He became sober despite excessive intoxication;

Sober despite excessive intoxication -

he floated, while his immersion was in the unseen.

Mild while immersed in the unseen.

ولينه في الأداني

ولينه في الأداني

وفي أعاليه يبسه

وفي أعاليه يبسه

And his softness lies in the lower parts,

Humble yet firm,

and his dryness in his upper parts.

Placid yet severe.

ومطلق هو لكن

ومطلق هو لكن

في حضرة الحق حبسه

في حضرة الحق حبسه

And he is unbound, yet

Free, but

his confinement is in the presence of the Truth.

Imprisoned in the presence of Truth.

وما لهته الملاهي

وما لهته الملاهي

ولم يطيِّشه درسه

ولم يطيِّشه درسه

And amusements have not distracted him,

Distractions do not bewilder him

nor has his study made him rash.

Or lessons make him capricious.

يقينه في المعاني

يقينه في المعاني

غيب الغيوب وحدسه

غيب الغيوب وحدسه

His certainty in meanings

His certainty is in meanings -

is the unseen of the unseen, and so is his intuition.

The unseen of the unseen is his intuition.

وقائم هو فيما

وقائم هو فيما

ترى وإن زاد طمسه

ترى وإن زاد طمسه

And he stands amid what

He stands amidst what

you see, even if his effacement increases.

You see, though blurrier.

وساجد ليس إلا

وساجد ليس إلا

لله يُرفَعُ رأسه

لله يُرفَعُ رأسه

And he is prostrate; only

And bows down to none but

for God is his head raised.

God - his head held high.

راض على كل حال

راض على كل حال

بالحق طهر رجسه

بالحق طهر رجسه

Content in every state,

Content in every state

through the Truth his impurity is cleansed.

With the Truth - his impurity cleansed.

وليس يندم مما

وليس يندم مما

أتى فيُقرَعَ ضرسه

أتى فيُقرَعَ ضرسه

And he does not regret what

He regrets not what

he has done and thus have his molar struck.

He did - his molars are untouched.

كأنه روض حق

كأنه روض حق

بالحق قد طاب غرسه

بالحق قد طاب غرسه

He is like a garden of truth;

As if a meadow of Truth

through the Truth his planting has grown fair.

Where his roots thrived.

لله لله راجي

لله لله راجي

مما سوى الله يأسه

مما سوى الله يأسه

In God, in God, he places his hope;

For God, for God - hopeful

he despairs of all besides God.

Of none but God - despairing.

وحاصل الأمر ذو وح

وحاصل الأمر ذو وح

شة وبالله أنسه

شة وبالله أنسه

And, in sum, he is possessed of lone-

And the outcome is one of mystic union,

liness, and his intimacy is with God.

Whose companion is God.