1. أواه من ألم الفراق لأنه

    داء جسيم يا له من داء

    Ah, the pain of parting! For it is

    a grievous malady—oh, what a malady!

  2. لم يشفه إلا اللقا لكنه

    يخفيه خوف شماتة الأعداء

    Nothing has healed it but reunion, yet he

    hides it for fear of enemies' gloating.

  3. للعارفين إذا تعاظم كربهم

    ودهتهم الدنيا برهص بلاء

    For the mystic knowers, when their anguish grows great,

    and the world assails them with crushing affliction,

  4. وتراكمت فرق المهمة حولهم

    لوذ بساحة حامي البطحاء

    and bands of distress pile up around them,

    there is refuge in the precinct of al-Batha's protector:

  5. سر الوجود أمام أهل الجود عن

    وان الشهود وسيد الشفعاء

    the secret of existence, foremost among the generous, the emblem

    of witnessing, and master of the intercessors;

  6. عين للعيون الجوهر المكنون كشا

    ف المهمة ملجأ الضعفاء

    a wellspring for all springs, the hidden jewel, dispeller

    of distress, refuge of the weak;

  7. باب لنيل الخير والأفراح دا

    فع كل خوف مزعج وقضاء

    a gate to attaining goodness and joys, repeller

    of every troubling fear and decree of fate.

  8. أرجو به الفرج القريب لأنني

    عظمت على بلبتي وعنائي

    Through him I hope for imminent relief, for

    my affliction and suffering have grown too great for me.

  9. هو سلم المدد الخفي وصاحب ال

    قدر العلي ومأمل الفقراء

    He is the ladder of hidden aid, the possessor of

    lofty rank, and the hope of the poor.

  10. ظني به الظن الجميل ولن أرى

    إلاه في كل المور حمائي

    I think well of him, and I shall see

    none but him as my protection in every affair.

  11. وبه لجأت بذلتي وبزلتي

    وبخمل ذنب كالجبال ورائي

    And to him I have turned in my lowliness and with my lapse,

    and with a burden of sin, like mountains behind me,

  12. وبهم عصر آه من أوقاته

    وبهم أعداء وقطع رجاء

    and with an age's anguish—ah, its times!—

    and with the worry of enemies and hope cut off,

  13. وبقطع حبل من بني الدنيا ووص

    ل القصد في ساحاته بصفاء

    and with a cord to the sons of this world severed, and the linking

    of my purpose to his courts in purity.

  14. حاشاه أن يرضى بردي أنه

    بحر الرجا والفضل والإعطاء

    Far be it from him to consent to turning me away, for he is

    an ocean of hope, bounty, and giving.

  15. وبه يلوذ المسلون وظله الظل

    ل الظليل لنيل كل مناء

    And in him [unclear subject] seek refuge; his shade is shade

    deep and sheltering, for attaining every wish.

  16. صلى عليه اللَه ما نشر الدجى

    وأتى الصباح بطلعةٍ غراء

    May God bless him as long as darkness spreads

    and morning comes with a radiant countenance;

  17. وعلى بنيه الطيبين وصحبه

    وعلى الخصوص البضعة الزهراء

    and his pure sons and his companions,

    and especially al-Zahra, a part of his own flesh;

  18. وعلى جميع التابعين وآلهم

    والأولياء الأتقيا النجباء

    and all the followers and their families,

    and the saints, the pious, the noble,

  19. والقائمين بحفظ عهد طريقهم

    من آلهم أو من بني الغرباء

    and those devoted to preserving the covenant of their path,

    whether from their families or from the sons of strangers.

  20. يرجو بهم كشف الخطوب أبو الهدى

    ونجاح ما يبغي بكل رضاء

    Through them Abu al-Huda hopes for calamities to be lifted,

    and for success in what he seeks, with full contentment.