لقد أكثر الباغي التعدي بقوله

لقد أكثر الباغي التعدي بقوله

لقوته بالزعم منه وحوله

لقوته بالزعم منه وحوله

The aggressor has gone far beyond all bounds in his words,

The oppressor has greatly transgressed in his speech,

relying, as he claims, on his strength and forbearance.

because of his strength and might—so he claims.

وإني بأعتاب الرسول محمد

وإني بأعتاب الرسول محمد

وقوفي وقد أحسنت ظني بفضله

وقوفي وقد أحسنت ظني بفضله

And here I am at the threshold of the Messenger Muhammad,

As for me, at the thresholds of the Messenger Muhammad

standing, with my trust firmly placed in his grace.

I stand, holding good hope in his bounty.

فإن عدوي قد تجاسر واعتدى

فإن عدوي قد تجاسر واعتدى

وأفرط في ظلمي لوائر جهله

وأفرط في ظلمي لوائر جهله

For my enemy has grown brazen and transgressed,

For my enemy has grown insolent and transgressed,

going to extremes in wronging me, driven by the blazing rancors of his ignorance.

and gone too far in wronging me, through the blaze of his ignorance.

ألم يدر أني للنبي وآله ان

ألم يدر أني للنبي وآله ان

تمائي وقد عقدت حبلي بحبله

تمائي وقد عقدت حبلي بحبله

Does he not know that to the Prophet and his Household is my allegiance—

Did he not know that to the Prophet and his family

that I have bound my cord to his?

I belong, having tied my cord to his?

فحاشا معالي شأنه أن يردني

فحاشا معالي شأنه أن يردني

ذليلاً وقد أملت عزي بطوله

ذليلاً وقد أملت عزي بطوله

Far be it from his lofty dignity to turn me away

So far be it from his exalted station to turn me away

abased, when through his bounty I have hoped for honor.

abased, when I have hoped for honor through his bounty.

وحاشا إيادي جاوز أن تضيق بي

وحاشا إيادي جاوز أن تضيق بي

وقد خلق الكون الوسيع لأجله

وقد خلق الكون الوسيع لأجله

Far be it that hands of bounty whose reach exceeds all bounds should fail me,

And far be it that his surpassing favors should prove too narrow for me [wording unclear],

when the vast universe was created for his sake.

when the vast universe was created for his sake.

ولي أمل من سر قدرة بأسه

ولي أمل من سر قدرة بأسه

أفوز وضدي لا يزال بذله

أفوز وضدي لا يزال بذله

I cherish a hope in the hidden potency of his might:

And I have hope, through the secret of his mighty power,

that I shall triumph, while my foe remains abased.

that I shall prevail while my adversary remains abased.

وإني بجاه المصطفى لذت في الورى

وإني بجاه المصطفى لذت في الورى

وأسندت ظهراً قد تواهى بحمله

وأسندت ظهراً قد تواهى بحمله

Through the Chosen One’s exalted rank I have sought refuge among humankind,

And among mankind I sought refuge in the Chosen One's standing,

and propped up a back already collapsing beneath its burden.

and braced a back grown feeble beneath its burden.

وبثبت شكوائي لسلطان عزه

وبثبت شكوائي لسلطان عزه

وألقيت عقداً لا أشك بحله

وألقيت عقداً لا أشك بحله

I have poured out my complaint to the sovereign might of his glory,

And with the record of my complaint before his mighty sovereignty [wording unclear],

and laid before him a knot whose untying I do not doubt.

I laid down a knot whose untying I do not doubt.

وقويت آمالي ولي أعظم الرجا

وقويت آمالي ولي أعظم الرجا

به وهل الآمال إلا بمثله

به وهل الآمال إلا بمثله

My hopes have grown strong, and through him I possess

And my hopes have grown strong; my greatest hope is

the greatest hope—for through whom but one like him are hopes fulfilled?

in him—and are hopes placed in any but one like him?

وإن هو عن مثل تعالى مقامه

وإن هو عن مثل تعالى مقامه

وقد لاذ سادات الوجود بظله

وقد لاذ سادات الوجود بظله

Though his station is exalted far above one such as me,

Although his station is exalted above any peer,

even the lords of existence have sought refuge in his shade.

and the masters of existence have sought refuge in his shade.

نعم وهو المقصود في كل حالةٍ

نعم وهو المقصود في كل حالةٍ

وباب جناب اللَه ميزان عدله

وباب جناب اللَه ميزان عدله

Yes, he is the one sought in every circumstance,

Yes, and he is the one sought in every circumstance,

the gate to the presence of God and the balance of His justice.

and the gate to God's presence, the balance of His justice.

أناديه يا سر البرايا وأصلها

أناديه يا سر البرايا وأصلها

ويا من فروع الكون تنمي لأصله

ويا من فروع الكون تنمي لأصله

I call to him: O secret of creation and its very source,

I call to him: O secret of all creatures and their source,

O you from whose root the branches of the cosmos grow,

and O you to whose root the universe's branches trace their origin,

تدارك تدارك يا رسول الرضى فما

تدارك تدارك يا رسول الرضى فما

سواك لعبد ضاع في رحب أهله

سواك لعبد ضاع في رحب أهله

Come to the rescue, come to the rescue, O Messenger of divine favor—for

Come to the rescue, come to the rescue, O Messenger of divine good pleasure! For there is none

a servant lost in the broad midst of his own people has none but you.

but you for a servant lost amid his people's broad domain.

أقام له الأعداء أشرك محنةٍ

أقام له الأعداء أشرك محنةٍ

وقد نصبوا أوتار مكر لفصله

وقد نصبوا أوتار مكر لفصله

His enemies have set for him the snares of an ordeal,

His enemies have set for him the snares of an ordeal,

and strung the cords of a scheme to sever him.

and they have rigged the cords of guile to cut him off.

وأنت أبا الزهراء ملجأ ظهره

وأنت أبا الزهراء ملجأ ظهره

وأعظم مأمول لإنجاح سؤله

وأعظم مأمول لإنجاح سؤله

And you, Father of al-Zahra, are the refuge that braces his back,

And you, Abu al-Zahra, are his back's refuge,

and his greatest hope for the granting of his plea.

and his greatest hope for the granting of his request.

وأنت بدنياه وآخراه غوثه

وأنت بدنياه وآخراه غوثه

وأنت الرجا الأقوى لتحليل عقله

وأنت الرجا الأقوى لتحليل عقله

You are his succor in this world and the next,

And you are his succor in his worldly life and his hereafter,

and his surest hope for loosening his fetter.

and you are the strongest hope for undoing his bonds.

فلا تخجلنه يا وسيع الحمى ولا

فلا تخجلنه يا وسيع الحمى ولا

تعاند يا غوث الأنام بفعله

تعاند يا غوث الأنام بفعله

So do not disappoint him, O boundless sanctuary, nor

So do not put him to shame, O you whose sanctuary is vast, nor

oppose him, O succor of humankind, because of what he has done.

be unyielding, O succor of mankind, on account of his deed.

ورد عدواً خانه وأكفه الذي

ورد عدواً خانه وأكفه الذي

تداركه الباغي مداراً لخذله

تداركه الباغي مداراً لخذله

Repel the enemy who betrayed him, and restrain the one

And repel an enemy who betrayed him, and shield him from what

whose aggression has overtaken him, circling to bring him down.

the oppressor has beset him with as a means to bring him low.

وقل رحمة مات العدو بغيظه

وقل رحمة مات العدو بغيظه

سريعاً بسيف هز غيبي نصله

سريعاً بسيف هز غيبي نصله

And decree in mercy: let the enemy die of his rage,

And say in mercy: the enemy has died of his rage,

swiftly, by a sword whose blade an unseen hand has brandished.

swiftly, by a sword whose blade an unseen power has brandished.

ولاحظ بعين العطف عبدك أنه

ولاحظ بعين العطف عبدك أنه

أتاك وهل الاك مفتاح وصله

أتاك وهل الاك مفتاح وصله

Look with an eye of compassion upon your servant: he

And regard your servant with an eye of compassion, for he

has come to you—and who but you is the key to his attainment?

has come to you—and is anyone but you the key to his union?

عليك صلاة اللَه يا خير من مشى

عليك صلاة اللَه يا خير من مشى

ومن شرفت هام البساط بنعله

ومن شرفت هام البساط بنعله

Upon you be the blessing of God, O best of all who ever walked,

Upon you be God's blessing, O best of those who walked,

and upon you, whose sandal ennobled the crown of earth’s expanse,

and you whose sandal ennobled the crowns of the earth's carpet;

وآن وأصحاب كرام وحزبهم

وآن وأصحاب كرام وحزبهم

وللقوم أصحاب الطريق وأهله

وللقوم أصحاب الطريق وأهله

and upon your Family, your noble Companions, and all their company,

and upon [your family?], noble companions, and their following,

and upon the folk—the companions of the Path and its people.

and upon the folk—the companions of the Path and its people.