‘All authority is subject to my Lord’
Poem by Rehman Baba
Translated by Jens Enevoldsen
گوره هسې کردگار دى رب زما
چې صاحب د کل اختيار دى رب زما
What a marvelous creator is my Lord:
All authority is subject to my Lord
همگي بزرگواران چې څوک يې وايي
تر همه ؤ بزرگوار دى رب زما
All the holy ones of old you may recall,
Unsurpassed in excellence is still my Lord
نه يې هيڅ حاجت په چا باندې موقوف دى
نه د هيچا منت بار دى رب زما
Nothing does He need or want from anyone,
Seeking favours none should reckon with my Lord
له نيستۍ يې د هستۍ صورت پېدا کړو
هسې رنگ پروردگار دى رب زما
Out of nothing He created everything,
He sustains and nourishes it all, my Lord
هم صانع دى د جمله ؤ مصنوعاتو
هم سامع د هر گفتار دى رب زما
Like an artist He perfectly formed all things,
Yet he harks to all the man would speak, My Lord
چې يې هيچرې نه مثل نه مثال شته
د هغو عطرو عطار دى رب زما
Of the unimagined in this time and space
Very essence, very fragrance is my Lord
هر تعمير چې د دنيا او د عقبا دى
د همه واړو معمار دى رب زما
Of all structures in this world and in the next
Peerless architect and builder is my Lord
خواننده د نانويسو صحيفو دى
داننده د هر اسرار دى رب زما
All the pages not yet written, He has read,
Perfect knowledge of all secrets has my Lord
که ظاهر دى که باطن دى که مابين دى
له همه ؤ خبردار دى رب زما
Be it hidden, manifest or half obscured,
Cognizant of any matter is my Lord
شريک نه لري په خپلې بادشاهۍ کې
بې شريکه شهريار دى رب زما
No one is a partner in His government,
As an absolute dictator reigns my Lord
هسې نه چې واحدي يې ده له عجزه
په واحد وجود بسيار دى رب زما
List his oneness be considered poverty:
In His unity abundant is my Lord
حاجت نه لري د بل چا و يارۍ ته
له هغو سره چې يار دى رب زما
Fellowship with anyone they do not need,
Who have found a lasting friendship with my Lord
څه حاجت دى چې يې بل و خوا ته غواړم
په خپل کور کې همکنار دى رب زما
Why should I go anywhere in search of Him?
Right beside me in my cottage is my Lord
هيڅ تغير او تبديل نه لري رحمانه
تل تر تله برقرار دى رب زما
He is never liable to change, RAHMAN,
In eternity remains unchanged my Lord