سلم لربك لا تحاذر

سلم لربك لا تحاذر

وافطن لاسرار المظاهر

وافطن لاسرار المظاهر

Surrender to your Lord; do not fear.

Submit to your Lord, do not be wary,

And be alert to the secrets of appearances.

And be aware of the secrets of appearances,

فلكل شيء باطن

فلكل شيء باطن

في محكم المعنى وظاهر

في محكم المعنى وظاهر

For everything has an inward aspect,

For everything has an inner essence,

In the precise sense, and an outward one.

Precise in meaning and outward in form.

نظم الشؤن كما ارا

نظم الشؤن كما ارا

د بعلمه نظم الجواهر

د بعلمه نظم الجواهر

He ordered affairs as He willed,

He arranged the affairs as He saw fit,

Through His knowledge, as jewels are strung.

With His knowledge arranging the jewels.

هذا تقي مؤمن

هذا تقي مؤمن

رحب الجنان وذاك كافر

رحب الجنان وذاك كافر

This one is pious, a believer,

This one is a pious believer,

Broad of heart; and that one an unbeliever.

With paradise spread wide, and that one an infidel.

وفتى تحقق بالهدى

وفتى تحقق بالهدى

وفتى بليل الشك حائر

وفتى بليل الشك حائر

And a youth has attained certainty through guidance,

And a youth realized guidance,

And a youth is bewildered in the night of doubt.

While a youth wanders lost in the night of doubt.

ومغيب بحطامه

ومغيب بحطامه

ومذهب بالفقر حاضر

ومذهب بالفقر حاضر

And one is made absent by his worldly goods,

And one is wrecked by his ruin,

And one, gilded by poverty, is present.

While another is present in the poverty of asceticism.

هذا تغالطه الشعو

هذا تغالطه الشعو

ب وذاك توهمه العشائر

ب وذاك توهمه العشائر

This one is misled by the peoples,

This one is deceived by passions,

And that one is deluded by the clans.

And that one deluded by lineages.

والكل في بحر المعا

والكل في بحر المعا

مع للفناء المحض صائر

مع للفناء المحض صائر

And all, in the sea of tumult,

Yet all are on the sea of trials,

Are bound for utter annihilation.

Inevitably bound for utter annihilation.

سدلت على هذي المظا

سدلت على هذي المظا

هر من يد الغيب الستائر

هر من يد الغيب الستائر

Lowered over these appearances

The curtains were lowered on these appearances,

Are curtains from the hand of the unseen.

By the hand of the Unseen.

فلدي التراب تساوت ال

فلدي التراب تساوت ال

اشباه طرا والنظائر

اشباه طرا والنظائر

So before the dust, all become equal—

So to dust, the likes and counterparts

The like ones and their counterparts, every one.

Became equal, noble and base.

كنز الوجود مطلسم

كنز الوجود مطلسم

والعقل عن فحواه قاصر

والعقل عن فحواه قاصر

The treasure of existence is sealed by a talisman,

The treasure of existence is sealed,

And reason falls short of grasping its import.

And reason falls short of its essence.

في دفتر معدودة

في دفتر معدودة

فيه الكبائر والصغائر

فيه الكبائر والصغائر

Numbered in a ledger

In a scroll of counted days,

Are the great things and the small within it.

Great sins and small are recorded.

وتقلب الاحوال في

وتقلب الاحوال في

ه لكل ذي عينين ظاهر

ه لكل ذي عينين ظاهر

And the changing of conditions in

And conditions shift in it,

it is plain to everyone with two eyes.

Visible to every two eyes.

مطوية برحى دوا

مطوية برحى دوا

هيه الاصاغر والاكابر

هيه الاصاغر والاكابر

Folded away by the millstone of its calamities

Rolled up in the millstones of fate,

Are the lesser and the greater.

Both the mighty and weak.

رح كيف شئت على زعو

رح كيف شئت على زعو

مك بالجرأة يا مكابر

مك بالجرأة يا مكابر

Go as you please, relying on your assertions,

Go as you wish in your delusion, O defiant one,

With boldness, O defiant one.

For a day will come that you will fall, even if you flew like a bird.

لا بد من يوم تصا

لا بد من يوم تصا

د به ولو حلقت طائر

د به ولو حلقت طائر

There must come a day when you are caught,

And you will return from the highest minarets,

Even if you soar as a bird.

To the low ground of graves.

وترد من اعلا المنا

وترد من اعلا المنا

بر للحضيض من المقابر

بر للحضيض من المقابر

And you are brought down from the highest pulpits

You, my Lord, are present, so remember,

To the lowest depths of the graveyards.

For one who remembers will not be disappointed.

ولأنت يا رب الحضو

ولأنت يا رب الحضو

ر اذكر فليس يخيب ذاكر

ر اذكر فليس يخيب ذاكر

And you indeed, O master of presence,

And give thanks, that you may be raised up thanking,

Remember God, for no one who remembers is disappointed.

Good in your sources and destinations.

واشكر لتحشر شاكراً

واشكر لتحشر شاكراً

حسن الموارد والمصادر

حسن الموارد والمصادر

And give thanks, so you may be gathered thankful,

Fair in your arrivals and departures.