1. The gathering of spiritual auditory is noble,
With companionship, chanting and a pure place,

2. For us there, O friend, is a subtle meaning,
The Subtle remains and the dense passes away.

3. You may think spiritual auditory is beating drums,
Or that Sufism is to wear wool,

4. Or that spiritual ecstasy is to clap hands,
Whoever believes so is foolish.

5. The spiritual auditory of men is witnessing and state,
With truth of certainty and denial of impossibility,

6. With longing and worry for the meaning of Beauty,
And a pious heart and chaste body.

7. And all finding except this is prohibited,
According to the respected and noble Shaykhs,

8. The shepherds of the gnostics and the highly ranked,
Qushayri the teacher, and many like An-Niffari.