God the Protector helps the fakir The Refuge helpeth
such Fakir
in his need; And birds and in need;
beasts no less to succour him Help e’en
the cattle and the
agree. winged
breed;
On his account, the wrath of Allah for sake of
him of wrath
God on men descends, And is fain,
by his grace, the rains fall And for
the grace of him shall
down on wood and lea. fall
the rain;
And if he pray one day to do And if he pray one
day for plague
away a plague, The oppressor’s
to stay,
slain and men from ’Twill
stay, and ’bate man’s
tyrants are made free; wrong
and tyrants slay.
For all the folk are sick, While folk are sad,
afflicted one
afflicted and diseased, And he’s
and each,
the pitying leach withouten He in
his mercy’s rich, the
stint or fee. generous
leach;
His forehead shines; an thou Bright shines his
brow; an thou
but look upon his face, Thy regard
his face
heart is calmed, the lights of Thy heart
illumined shines by
heaven appear to thee. light
of grace.
O thou that shunnest these, their O thou that shunnest
souls of
virtues knowing not, Woe’s
worth innate,
thee! Thou’rt shut from
Departs thee (woe to thee!) of
them by thine iniquity. sins
the weight.
Thou think’st them to o’ertake, Thou
thinkest to overtake them,
for all thou’rt fettered fast;
while thou bearest
Thy sins from thy desire Follies,
which slay thee whatso
do hinder thee, perdie. way
thou farest.
Thou wouldst to them consent Didst not their
worth thou hadst
and rivers from thine eyes all
honour showed
Would run from them, if thou And tears
in streamlets from
their excellence could’st see.
thine eyes had flowed.
Uneath to him to smell, who’s To catarrh-troubled
men flowers
troubled with a rheum, Are lack
their smell;
flowers; the broker knows And brokers
ken for how much
what worth the garments be. clothes
can sell;
So supplicate thy Lord right So haste and with
thy Lord
humbly for His grace And re-union
sue,
Providence, belike, shall And haply
fate shall lend thee
help thy constancy; aidance
due.
And thou shalt win thy will and Rest from rejection
and
from estrangement’s stress
estrangement stress,
And eke rejection’s pains
And joy thy wish and will shall
shall be at rest and free. choicely
bless.
The asylum of His grace is wide His court wide open
for the
enough for all That seek; The suer
is dight:—
one true God, the One, very
God, the Lord, th’
Conqueror, is He!
Almighty might.