كل من لاذ بقطب الكون احمد

شيخنا الغوث الرفاعي مؤيد

Whoever seeks refuge with Ahmad, the Pole of the cosmos—

our shaykh, the Succor, al-Rifa‘i—is upheld.

سيد من اهل بيت المصطفى

علنا مدت له كف محمد

A master from the household of the Chosen One,

to whom Muhammad’s hand was openly extended.

بضعة الافراد من اهل العبا

اعظم الاقطاب اخلاقا واحمد

A scion of the peerless ones among the People of the Cloak,

greatest of the Poles in character, and most praiseworthy.

ذو كرامات بدت بين الورى

لم تزل في كل آن تتجدد

Endowed with miraculous gifts manifest among humankind,

ceaselessly renewed at every moment.

هو في السادات اعيان الحمى

عظماء القوم طرا صاحب اليد

He, among the masters—the notables of the sanctuary,

all the great ones of the folk—is the possessor of the hand.

وهو في التمكين طود شامخ

وباصحاب الوحا السيف المجرد

And in steadfastness he is a towering mountain,

and among the men of battle-clamor [uncertain reading], the unsheathed sword.

ناده يا ايها لعاني وقل

يا رفاعيّ اغث مضنى تبدد

Call upon him, O afflicted one, and say:

“O Rifa‘i, aid a sufferer who has fallen apart.”

واجعل الاخلاص درعا واقيا

ولعمري ليس يخزى وجه احمد

And make sincerity a protective shield;

and, by my life, Ahmad’s face shall not be shamed.

رضي الله تعالى عنه ما

بلبل في روضة الازهار غرد

May God Most High be pleased with him as long as

a nightingale trills in a garden of flowers.

وصلاة الله تهدى اولا

وختاما للتهامي الممجد

And may God’s blessing be offered first

and last to the glorified Tihami,

ما دعا لله داع خالص

واخو صدق باخلاص تعبد

as long as a sincere caller calls to God,

and a man of truth worships with sincerity.