1. مِنَن الرفاعي الرفيع الهمَّة

    ثبتت بكل قضيةٍ كلية

    The blessings of al-Rifa‘i, lofty in aspiration,

    Were established in every universal proposition.

  2. باب الرسول المصطفى وحبيبه

    شيخ الوجود وفرد كل مزيَّة

    The gateway to the chosen Messenger, and his beloved,

    The shaykh of existence, peerless in every excellence.

  3. كنز الحقائق تاج أقطاب الأمم

    خضعت له عرب المشيخ والعجم

    The treasure of truths, the crown of the spiritual poles of the nations.

    Arab and non-Arab shaykhs bowed before him.

  4. في دورةِ الغجلال مرقاه انبهم

    وأولو العلى حارت بذي الدورية

    In the cycle of [majesty?], his ascent became obscure.

    And those of high rank were bewildered by this cycle.

  5. غوث الرجال وحالهم من حاله

    وقد استظلَّ كبارهم بظلاله

    The succor of men; their spiritual state derives from his.

    And their great ones have sheltered beneath his shade.

  6. هم يقتدون تحققاً بكماله

    سيراً على أخلاقه المرضيَّة

    They follow his perfection in true realization,

    Walking in accordance with his well-pleasing character.

  7. أسدٌ حسينيُّ مطمطمُ سرَّه

    غرقت صدور الأولياء ببحره

    A Husayni lion, concealing his secret.

    The saints' hearts were drowned in his sea.

  8. فالبحر كان كنقطةٍ في بره

    والبرُّ حبَّةُ خردلٍ جزئيةٍ

    For the sea was like a dot in his bounty,

    And the land a tiny mustard seed.

  9. مددٌ بدا من ربنا لجنابه

    ذلَّت سباع الغاب في أعتابه

    Aid from our Lord appeared for his noble person.

    The beasts of the forest were humbled at his thresholds.

  10. ما القطب إلا خادمٌ في بابه

    جلَّت مراتبه عن القطبيَّة

    The spiritual pole is only a servant at his gate.

    His ranks are exalted above spiritual polehood.

  11. شمنا لشعرانيهم بسماته

    نقلاً أتي يرويه في طبقاته

    We glimpsed their Sha‘rani's smiles,

    In an account that came down, which he relates in his Tabaqat.

  12. هو عن أردت حقيقةً لصفاته

    نزَّهه يا هذا عن الغوثيَّة

    He—[if] you seek the true nature of his attributes—

    Hold him, O you, above the rank of supreme succor.

  13. بحرٌ ببطن الغيب مجهول الطرف

    وإمام أهل النجدة القدسية

    A sea in the depths of the unseen, its shore unknown.

    And the imam of the people of sacred succor.

  14. قصرٌ من الإرشاد مرفوع الشرف

    بصرٌ على ملك الحقيقة قد شرف

    A palace of guidance, its battlements raised high.

    A vision exalted over the dominion of truth.

  15. مولى جليل مهابةٍ سامي الشرف

    بعصابة الأبوين في النوعيَّةِ

    An awe-inspiring master, lofty in honor,

    Through the clan of both parents, in kind.

  16. قدماً له قدمٌ وعام الحج كف

    كم ردَّ عن راجيه نائبةً وكف

    He had precedence of old, and in the pilgrimage year, a hand.

    How often he repelled calamity from those who hoped in him, and held it back!

  17. غيثٌ بفيفاء البطائح قد وكف

    فكفى الرجال بسحَّةٍ علويَّة

    A rain that has poured over the open plain of al-Bata’ih,

    So he provided for the men with a heavenly downpour.

  18. وافي بجذوةِ زنده فورى الورى

    مذ سرُّه في كلِّ ذي سرٍّ سرى

    He came with an ember from his fire-stick, and kindled creation.

    Since his secret flowed into every bearer of a secret.

  19. غيثٌ على الدنيا ومن فيها جرى

    بسرادقٍ من منبع الأزليَّةِ

    Rain that flowed over the world and all within it,

    Within a pavilion from the source of beginningless eternity.

  20. فاجلعه شيخك في الطريق وتكتفي

    وبظلِّه عن عين باغٍ تختفي

    So make him your shaykh upon the path, and you will have enough.

    And in his shade you will hide from an aggressor's eye.

  21. وبكأسه من كل داءٍ تشتفي

    وتعدُّ بين القوم بالجمعية

    And with his cup you will be healed of every ailment.

    And among the company you will be reckoned as spiritually collected.

  22. وبأحمد الصيادِ قطب الأوليا

    لذو التمس من فيض وابله الحيا

    And in Ahmad al-Sayyad, the spiritual pole of the saints,

    Take refuge, and seek life-giving rain from the abundance of his downpour.

  23. فردٌ بتوليٌ تبرقع بالضيا

    غوثٌ اتي بخوارقٍ نبويَّةٍ

    A peerless Batuli, veiled in radiance.

    A supreme helper who came with prophetic wonders.

  24. ما زارنا من زارنا إلا غدا

    ولوحه من نور قابسنا هدى

    No one who visited us went forth except

    With his tablet bearing guidance from our flame-borrower's light.

  25. ولشأننا سرٌّ يرى جهراً غدا

    في موقفٍ ينجو السليم بنيَّةِ

    And our station has a secret that will be plainly seen tomorrow,

    In a place of standing where the pure-hearted are saved by intention.

  26. صلى الإله على الرسولِ وسلَّما

    بحقائقِ تغدو لمثلى سلَّما

    May God bless the Messenger and grant him peace,

    With truths that become a ladder for one like me,

  27. والآلِ والأصحاب طرًّا كلَّما

    فتح البساط لسادةٍ صوفيَّةِ

    And upon all his family and companions, whenever

    The carpet is spread for Sufi masters.