أَلَا يَا صَاحْ يَاصَاحْ

أَلَا يَا صَاحْ يَاصَاحْلَا تَجْزَعْ وَتَضْجَرْ

Alā yā ṣāḥ yāṣāḥ, Lā tajzaʿ wataḍjar

O friend, O friend, do not grieve or be distressed.

وَسَلِّمْ لِلْمَقَادِيرْكَيْ تُحْمَدْ وَتُؤْجَرْ

Wasallim lilmaqādīr, Kay tuḥmad watuʾjar

Submit to what is decreed, that you may be praised and rewarded.

وَكُنْ رَاضِي بِمَا قَدَّرَ المَوْلَى وَدَبَّرْ

Wakun rāḍī bimā qadda, Ra al-mawlā wadabbar

Be content with what the Master has decreed and arranged,

وَلَا تَسْخَطْ قَضَا اللهْرَبِّ العَرْشِ الأَكْبَرْ

Walā taskhaṭ qaḍā Allāh, Rabbi al-ʿarshi al-ʾakbar

And do not resent the decree of Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne.

وَكُنْ صَابِرْ وَشَاكِرْ

Wakun ṣābir washākir

Be patient and grateful,

تَكُنْ فَايِزْ وَظَافِرْ

Takun fāyiz waẓāfir

And you will triumph and succeed,

وَمِنْ أَهْلِ السَّرَائِرْ

Wamin ahli as-sarāʾir

And be among the people of inner secrets,

رِجَالُ اللهْ مِنْ كُلِّذِي قَلْبٍ مُنَوَّرْ

Rijālu Allāh min kulli, Dhī qalbin munawwar

The men of Allah, each with an illuminated heart,

مُصَفّىً مِنْ جَمِيعِ الدَّنَسْ طَيِّبْ مُطَهَّرْ

Muṣaffan min jamīʿi ad-danas ṭayyib muṭahhar

Purified of every defilement, good and pure.

وَذِهْ دُنْيَا دَنِيَّهْحَوَادِثْهَا كَثِيرَهْ

Wadhih dunyā daniyyah, Ḥawādithhā kathīrah

This world is lowly; its misfortunes are many,

وَعِيشَتْهَا حَقِيرَهْوَمُدَّتْهَا قَصِيرَهْ

Waʿīshathā ḥaqīrah, Wamuddathā qaṣīrah

Its life is contemptible, and its span is short.

وَلَا يَحْرِصْ عَلَيْهَاسِوَى أَعْمَى البَصِيرَهْ

Walā yaḥriṣ ʿalayhā, Siwā aʿmā al-baṣīrah

None is greedy for it but one whose insight is blind,

عَدِيمُ العَقْلِ لَوْ كَانْيَعْقِلْ كَانَ أَفْكَرْ

ʿadīmu al-ʿaqli law kan, Yaʿqil kāna afkar

Lacking in intellect; had he understood, he would have reflected,

يُفَكِّرْ فِي فَنَاهَا

Yufakkir fī fanāhā

Reflecting on its passing,

وَفِي كَثْرَةْ عَنَاهَا

Wafī kathra ʿanāhā

On how great its toil,

وَفِي قِلَّةْ غِنَاهَا

Wafī qilla ghināhā

And how little its riches.

فَطُوبَى ثُمَّ طُوبَىلِمَنْ مِنْهَا تَحَذَّرْ

Faṭūbā thumma ṭūbā, Liman minhā taḥadhdhar

So blessed, and again blessed, is whoever is wary of it,

وَطَلَّقْهَا وَفِي طَاعَةِ الرَّحْمَنْ شَمَّرْ

Waṭallaqhā wafī ṭā, ʿati ar-raḥman shammar

And divorces it, and in obedience to the Most Merciful rolls up his sleeves.

أَلَا يَا عَيْنُ جُودِيبِدَمْعٍ مِنْكِ سَائِلْ

Alā yā ʿaynu jūdī, Bidamʿin minki sāʾil

O eye, weep generously with flowing tears

عَلَى ذَاكَ الحَبِيبِ الَّذِي قَدْ كَانْ نَازِلْ

ʿalā dhāka al-ḥabībi al-ladhī qad kan nāzil

For that beloved who once dwelt

مَعَانَا فِي المَرَابِعْوَأَصْبَحْ سَفْرْ رَاحِلْ

Maʿānā fī al-marābiʿ, Waʾaṣbaḥ safr rāḥil

With us in our encampments, and has now become a traveller departed,

وَأَمْسَى القَلْبُ وَالبَالْمِنْ بَعْدِهْ مُكَدَّرْ

Waʾamsā al-qalbu wa-al-bāl, Min baʿdih mukaddar

And heart and mind have become troubled since he left.

وَلَكِنْ حَسْبِيَ اللهْ

Walakin ḥasbiya Allāh

But Allah suffices me,

وَكُلُّ الأَمْرِ لِلَّهْ

Wakullu al-ʾamri lillāh

And every matter belongs to Allah,

وَلَا يَبْقَى سِوَى اللهْ

Walā yabqā siwā Allāh

And nothing remains but Allah.

عَلَى بَشَّارْ جَادَتْسَحَائِبْ رَحْمَةِ البَرّ

ʿalā bashshār jādat, Saḥāʾib raḥmati al-barr

Upon Bashshar have poured the clouds of the Kind One's mercy,

وَحَيَّاهُمْ بِرَوْحِ الرِّضَا رَبِّي وَبَشَّرْ

Waḥayyāhum birawḥi ar-riḍā rabbī wabashshar

And my Lord has greeted them with the breath of His good pleasure and given them glad tidings.

بِهَا سَادَاتُنَا وَالشُّيُوخُ العَارِفُونَا

Bihā sādātunā wa-ash-shuyūkhu al-ʿārifūnā

There lie our masters and the gnostic shaykhs,

وَأَهْلُونَا وَأَحْبَابْقَلْبِي نَازِلُونَا

Waʾahlūnā waʾaḥbāb, Qalbī nāzilūnā

Our family and the beloveds who dwell in my heart,

وَمَنْ هُمْ فِي سَرَائِرْفُؤَادِي قَاطِنُونَا

Waman hum fī sarāʾir, Fuʾādī qāṭinūnā

And those who reside in the secret depths of my soul,

بِسَاحَهْ تُرْبُهَا مِنْذَكِيِّ المِسْكِ أَعْطَرْ

Bisāḥah turbuhā min, Dhakiyyi al-miski aʿṭar

In a courtyard whose soil is more fragrant than the purest musk,

مَنَازِلْ خَيْرِ سَادَهْ

Manāzil khayri sādah

The dwellings of the best of masters,

لِكُلِّ النَّاسْ قَادَهْ

Likulli an-nās qādah

Leaders of all people;

مَحَبَّتُهُمْ سَعَادَهْ

Maḥabbatuhum saʿādah

Love for them is happiness.

أَلَا يَا بَخْتْ مَنْ زَارَهُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ وَانْذَرْ

Alā yā bakht man zārahum bi-aṣ-ṣidqi wandhar

Oh, how fortunate is whoever visits them sincerely and turns

إِلَيْهِمْ مُعْتَنِي كُلُّ مَطْلُوبُهْ تَيَسَّرْ

Ilayhim muʿtanī kullu maṭlūbuh tayassar

To them devotedly: his every request is made easy.