رضا الله أعلى ما ارتجتهُ عبيدُهُ

رضا الله أعلى ما ارتجتهُ عبيدُهُ

وتقواه أولَى منجز تستفيدُه

وتقواه أولَى منجز تستفيدُه

God's pleasure is the highest thing His servants hope for.

God's pleasure is the highest aspiration of His servants,

And reverence for Him is the worthiest attainment you can gain.

And His piety is more beneficial than any worldly gain.

وفي الإِنس بالمولى هو الانس كله

وفي الإِنس بالمولى هو الانس كله

إذا صحح الذّكرَ الخَفِيَ مريدُه

إذا صحح الذّكرَ الخَفِيَ مريدُه

And among humankind, all solace lies with the Master,

In people, intimacy with the Lord is everything,

when His seeker makes silent remembrance sincere.

When the heart's whisperings are corrected by the devotee.

وإن بنى الدنيا ودنياهم معاً

وإن بنى الدنيا ودنياهم معاً

لنهبة أسباب الردى وحصيده

لنهبة أسباب الردى وحصيده

Indeed, the sons of this world and their world together

And if he builds the life of this world and their world together,

are plunder for death's agents, and its harvest.

It is easy prey for the causes of misery and its harvest.

إذا غاب قلب المرء عن غير ربه

إذا غاب قلب المرء عن غير ربه

فمولاه في ذاك المغيب شهيده

فمولاه في ذاك المغيب شهيده

When a person's heart withdraws from all but his Lord,

When the heart of man is absent from other than his Lord,

his Master is his witness in that absence.

His Master in that absence is his witness.

ألا حفظ الله المصيخ لسمعه

ألا حفظ الله المصيخ لسمعه

إذا ما أتاه وعده أو وعيده

إذا ما أتاه وعده أو وعيده

May God indeed preserve the one who lends his ear,

May God preserve the hearing of the wise one,

whenever His promise or His threat reaches him.

Whenever His promise or warning comes to him.

ومن جعل الذكر حديثاً لنفسه

ومن جعل الذكر حديثاً لنفسه

يردِّده مستعذباً ويعيده

يردِّده مستعذباً ويعيده

And whoever makes remembrance his soul's discourse,

And whoever makes remembrance an intimate discourse,

repeating it, finding it sweet, and repeating it again,

Repeating it with relish and reiterating it,

رأى الزُّهد في دار الفناء فلم ترق

رأى الزُّهد في دار الفناء فلم ترق

نواظره مما أتاه زهيده

نواظره مما أتاه زهيده

sees the worth of renouncing this fleeting abode; his eyes are not

Saw asceticism in the abode of annihilation, so its sights

charmed by the paltry portion of it that comes to him.

Did not appeal to him beyond what sufficed the ascetic.

وأيقن أن الكلَّ بالله لاحق

وأيقن أن الكلَّ بالله لاحق

فمن شوقه إعداده وعديده

فمن شوقه إعداده وعديده

And he is certain that all will meet God;

And was certain that all things belong to God,

so his preparations and his forces spring from his longing.

So from yearning, his preparation and mustering.

وأحسَنَ للمخلوق في حق خالق

وأحسَنَ للمخلوق في حق خالق

يوفقه فيما نوى ويزيده

يوفقه فيما نوى ويزيده

And he treats the creature kindly, honoring the Creator's due,

And was good to the created in the right of the Creator,

who grants him success in his intentions and gives him more.

So He granted success in what he intended and increased him.

ولم يرضى إلا العدل في الناس شيمة

ولم يرضى إلا العدل في الناس شيمة

بدنيا يوفِّيها ودين يفيده

بدنيا يوفِّيها ودين يفيده

And he accepts only justice as his way among the people,

And was not content save with justice among people as a trait,

with worldly goods he grants in full, and faith he imparts.

With worldly life fulfilled, and a religion that benefits him.

هو العلمُ لاضافي على كلِّ ظلة

هو العلمُ لاضافي على كلِّ ظلة

وكافيه مما نابه وعميده

وكافيه مما نابه وعميده

He is the banner, [outspread?] above every canopy,

It is the knowledge adding to every shadow,

and his protector against what befalls him, and his mainstay.

And sufficient for him from that which afflicted and supported him.

إمام بكفيه من الدّين والدّنا

إمام بكفيه من الدّين والدّنا

مآثر لم يخلص إليها عبيده

مآثر لم يخلص إليها عبيده

An imam, in whose two hands, in religion and worldly life,

An imam with both the religion and the world in his grasp,

lie glories that his servants have not attained.

Deeds none of his servants achieved before him.

فمقول ذا عالي الخطاب فصيحهُ

فمقول ذا عالي الخطاب فصيحهُ

وصارم ذي ماضي الغرار حديده

وصارم ذي ماضي الغرار حديده

So this one's tongue is lofty and eloquent in address,

So his wise words are eloquent,

and that one's sword has keen-edged steel.

And his tested sword is sharp.

وإن أمير المؤمنين لسَيدِّ

وإن أمير المؤمنين لسَيدِّ

لمن فوقها من عالم ووحيده

لمن فوقها من عالم ووحيده

And the Commander of the Faithful is indeed the master

Indeed, the Commander of the Faithful is master

of all creation upon earth, and its peerless one.

Of those above, from scholars to the unique.

له من دعاءِ المسلمين مواكب

له من دعاءِ المسلمين مواكب

تصرفها الأقدارُ فيما يريده

تصرفها الأقدارُ فيما يريده

For him are processions of the Muslims' prayers,

For him are processions of Muslims' prayers,

which fate's decrees direct toward what he desires.

Directed through events as he wishes.

لذلك تأتيه الفتوحُ تواتراً

لذلك تأتيه الفتوحُ تواتراً

ويدنو له من كلِّ أمر يعيده

ويدنو له من كلِّ أمر يعيده

Thus victories come to him in succession,

For that, openings come to him in succession,

and every undertaking he renews comes within his reach.

And every matter he wants is brought near to him.

فريد الورى معناهم ولأجلها

فريد الورى معناهم ولأجلها

تقلَّد هنديّ الخلافة جيده

تقلَّد هنديّ الخلافة جيده

Humankind's peerless one, their very essence—and for its sake

Unique in existence is his purpose, and for it

his neck has donned the Indian blade of the caliphate.

The ruler of India assumed the caliphate as his necklace.

فلا زال وصَّالاً إلى ما يحثُهُ

فلا زال وصَّالاً إلى ما يحثُهُ

ولا زال منصوراً على من يكيده

ولا زال منصوراً على من يكيده

May he ever attain what spurs him onward,

So he did not cease being faithful to what rouses him,

and ever be victorious over whoever plots against him.

Nor cease being victorious over those who scheme against him.