يَا عُمْرِي وَيَا رُوحِي

يَا عُمْرِي وَيَا رُوحِي يَا سِرِّي وَفُتُوحِييَا بَلْسَمْ لِجُرُوحِي يَا رَسُولَ الله

Yā ʿumrī wayā rūḥī yā sirrī wafutūḥī, Yā balsam lijurūḥī yā rasūla Allāh

O my life, O my spirit, O my secret and my opening, O balm for my wounds, O Messenger of Allah!

يَا رِجَالاً غَابُوا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِكَالثُّلَيْجِ ذَابُوا وَاللهِ وَالله

Yā rijālan ghābū fī ḥaḍrati Allāhi, Ka-ath-thulayji dhābū wallāhi wallāh

O men who are absent in the Presence of Allah, who melted like snow, by Allah, by Allah!

تَرَاهُمْ حَيَارَى فِي شُهُودِ اللهِتَرَاهُمْ سُكَارَى وَاللهِ وَالله

Tarāhum ḥayārā fī shuhūdi Allāhi, Tarāhum sukārā wallāhi wallāh

You see them bewildered in the witnessing of Allah; you see them intoxicated, by Allah, by Allah!

تَرَاهُمْ نَشَاوَى عِنْدَ ذِكْرِ اللهِعَلَيْهِمْ طَلَاوَةْ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ الله

Tarāhum nashāwā ʿinda dhikri Allāhi, ʿalayhim ṭalāwa min ḥaḍrati Allāh

You see them enraptured at the remembrance of Allah; upon them is a beauty from the Presence of Allah.

إِنْ غَنَّى المُغَنِّي بِجَمَالِ اللهِفَقَامُوا لِلْمَغْنَى طَرَباً بِاللّهِ

In ghannā al-mughannī bijamāli Allāhi, Faqāmū lilmaghnā ṭaraban billāhi

If the singer sings of the beauty of Allah, they rise to the song in rapture with Allah.

نَسْمَتُهُمْ هَبَّتْ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ اللهِحَيَاتُهُمْ دَامَتْ بِحَيَاةِ الله

Nasmatuhum habbat min ḥaḍrati Allāhi, Ḥayātuhum dāmat biḥayāti Allāh

Their breeze blew from the Presence of Allah; their life endures through the life of Allah.

قُلُوبٌ خَائِضَةْ فِي رَحْمَةِ اللهأَسْرَارٌ ذَلِيلَةْ فِي طَلَبِ الله

Qulūbun khāʾiḍa fī raḥmati Allāh, Asrārun dhalīla fī ṭalabi Allāh

Hearts plunging into the mercy of Allah, secrets humbled in seeking Allah,

عُقُولٌ ذَاهِلَةْ مِنْ سَطْوَةِ اللهنُفُوسٌ ذَلِيلَةْ فِي طَلَبِ الله

ʿuqūlun dhāhila min saṭwati Allāh, Nufūsun dhalīla fī ṭalabi Allāh

Minds bewildered by the might of Allah, selves humbled in seeking Allah.

فَهُمُ الأَغْنِيَاءْ بِنِسْبَةِ اللهوَهُمُ الأَتْقِيَاءْ وَاللهِ وَالله

Fahumu al-ʾaghniyāʾ binisbati Allāh, Wahumu al-ʾatqiyāʾ wallāhi wallāh

They are the rich through their kinship with Allah, and they are the God-fearing, by Allah, by Allah!

مَنْ رَآهُمْ رَأَى مَنْ قَامَ بِاللّهِفَهُمُ فِي الوَرَى مِنْ عُيُونِ الله

Man raʾāhum raʾā man qāma billāhi, Fahumu fī al-warā min ʿuyūni Allāh

Whoever sees them has seen one who stands by Allah, for among creation they are among the eyes of Allah.

عَلَيْهِمُ الرَّحْمَةْ وَرِضْوَانُ اللهِعَلَيْهِمُ نَسْمَةْ مِنْ حَضْرَةِ الله

ʿalayhimu ar-raḥma wariḍwānu Allāhi, ʿalayhimu nasma min ḥaḍrati Allāh

Upon them be mercy and the good pleasure of Allah; upon them a breeze from the Presence of Allah.