لاdo not تلمنيblame me ياO عذولْreproacher
لا تلمني يا عذولْ
إِننيindeed I أهوىI love الجمالْbeauty
إِنني أهوى الجمالْ
Do not blame me, O reproacher.
Indeed, I love beauty.
دعنيlet me أمدحpraise ماwhat أقولْI say
دعني أمدح ما أقولْ
الشاذليal-Shadhili شيخmaster الكمالْperfection
الشاذلي شيخ الكمالْ
Let me praise what I speak of:
Al-Shadhili, master of perfection.
وفيهand in him يخصلis attained (reading يحصل) القبولacceptance
وفيه يخصل القبول
بعدماafter نلتI attained المنالْthe desired goal
بعدما نلت المنالْ
And in him acceptance is attained,
After I attained the goal,
بسرthrough the secret of شيخيmy sheikh لاdoes not يزولfade
بسر شيخي لا يزول
والحقand the Truth عنهfrom him لاno زوالdeparture
والحق عنه لا زوال
Through my sheikh's secret, which does not fade;
And the Truth never departs from him.
شيخmaster الطريقهthe spiritual Way المغربيthe Maghribi
شيخ الطريقه المغربي
سيديmy master قاسمQasim منwhoever سلكtreads
سيدي قاسم من سلك
The Maghribi master of the Way,
My master Qasim. Whoever treads
طرقthe paths of المشايخthe sheikhs منfrom ربيmy Lord
طرق المشايخ من ربي
وَحلَّand dwells فيهاtherein ماهلكdoes not perish
وَحلَّ فيها ماهلك
The paths of the sheikhs, from my Lord,
And dwells therein does not perish.
أفديهI would ransom him مولىa lord بأبيwith my father
أفديه مولى بأبي
المالكِينَthe rulers ومَنْand whoever ملكْhas ruled
المالكِينَ ومَنْ ملكْ
I would ransom him with my father—a lord
Of rulers and all who have ruled.
سلوهask him يوصلhe connects منسبيْmy lineage
سلوه يوصل منسبيْ
والعهدْand the covenant يبقىremains مشتركْshared
والعهدْ يبقى مشتركْ
Ask him to link my lineage,
And the covenant remains shared.