إنني قد شفني السقمُ

إنني قد شفني السقمُ

ووجودي فيكمو عدمُ

ووجودي فيكمو عدمُ

Indeed, sickness has wasted me;

I am indeed afflicted by illness,

and my being in you is nonbeing.

And my existence among you is as if non-existent.

فالبقا يا سادتي لكمُ

فالبقا يا سادتي لكمُ

أنتم المقصود لا العلَمُ

أنتم المقصود لا العلَمُ

So enduring being is yours, O my masters;

So farewell my lords, farewell,

you are the goal, not the landmark.

You are the intended, not knowledge.

وأهيل الحيِّ قد علموا

وأهيل الحيِّ قد علموا

ليت دمعي حين أَرسلَهُ

ليت دمعي حين أَرسلَهُ

And the dear folk of the encampment have come to know.

And the living have known,

Would that my tears, when sent forth,

If only my tears when I shed them,

ذكرُكم بالقرب أَوصلَهُ

ذكرُكم بالقرب أَوصلَهُ

وفؤادي شفه الولَهُ

وفؤادي شفه الولَهُ

were brought into nearness by remembrance of you.

The remembrance of you carries them to you,

And ardent longing has wasted my heart.

And my heart its burning passion heals.

كيف اخفى والغرام لهُ

كيف اخفى والغرام لهُ

شاهدانِ الدمع والسقمُ

شاهدانِ الدمع والسقمُ

How can I hide it, when passion has

How can I conceal while love for you,

two witnesses: tears and sickness?

Bears witness - my tears and illness!

لم أزل بالله في هممِ

لم أزل بالله في هممِ

في وجود كنت أو عدمِ

في وجود كنت أو عدمِ

Through God, I have ever dwelt in lofty aspirations,

I have not ceased, by God, in my concerns,

whether I was in being or nonbeing.

Whether in existence or non-existence,

فإلى كم مقتضى ألمِ

فإلى كم مقتضى ألمِ

يا أصيحابي بذي سلَمِ

يا أصيحابي بذي سلَمِ

So how long this need for pain,

To you belongs the duty of my pain.

O my dear companions at Dhu Salam?

O my companions, of enduring peace!

مَن أصيحابي وما السَلَمُ

مَن أصيحابي وما السَلَمُ

فنيت رويحي بلا مهَلِ

فنيت رويحي بلا مهَلِ

Who are my dear companions, and what is Salam?

Who are my companions, and what is peace?

My little soul vanished without delay,

I lost my spirit without delay,

مثل برق لاح في طللِ

مثل برق لاح في طللِ

يا أخلائي بلا عذَلِ

يا أخلائي بلا عذَلِ

like lightning that flashed in a ruined dwelling.

Like lightning which gleamed in the darkness.

O my intimate friends, no reproach:

O my dear ones, without blame!

أنا عني اليوم في شغلِ

أنا عني اليوم في شغلِ

فاذكروني إن نسيتكمُ

فاذكروني إن نسيتكمُ

today I am too absorbed to heed myself;

Today I am busy with myself.

so remember me if I forget you.

So remember me if I forget you.

قد تساوى بالصفا كدري

قد تساوى بالصفا كدري

وحبيبي غير مستترِ

وحبيبي غير مستترِ

My cloudedness has come to equal clarity;

My troubles are equal to my serenity,

and my beloved is not concealed.

And my beloved is no longer hidden.

فاشهدوا يا سادتي أثري

فاشهدوا يا سادتي أثري

وأشيعوا في الحمى خبري

وأشيعوا في الحمى خبري

So behold my trace, O my masters,

Bear witness, my lords, to my ruin,

and spread news of me within the sanctuary;

And spread in the throng the news of me,

وأذيعوا السر واكتتموا

وأذيعوا السر واكتتموا

صرتُ في الأعتاب مرتميا

صرتُ في الأعتاب مرتميا

and reveal the secret, and remain hidden.

And spread the secret but conceal

I have cast myself down at the thresholds,

I have fallen prostrate at the thresholds,

وإلى الأحباب منتميا

وإلى الأحباب منتميا

وإذا ما كنت مهتديا

وإذا ما كنت مهتديا

and belong to the beloved ones.

And to the beloveds I belong entirely.

And whenever I am rightly guided,

And if I am rightly guided,

لا يراني الحب منثنيا

لا يراني الحب منثنيا

بعد ما لاحت ليَ الخيمُ

بعد ما لاحت ليَ الخيمُ

love does not see me turn back

Love will not see me turn back,

after the tents have appeared to me.

After the tents were struck for me.

عالم الدنيا دجى ظلمِ

عالم الدنيا دجى ظلمِ

نوره حق لمفتهمِ

نوره حق لمفتهمِ

The realm of this world is night-dark gloom;

The world is a darkness of gloom,

its light is truth to one who understands.

Its light is truth, to the understanding ones.

كم وجود لي وكم عدمِ

كم وجود لي وكم عدمِ

كنت قبل اليوم في حُلُمِ

كنت قبل اليوم في حُلُمِ

How much being is mine, and how much nonbeing!

How much existence do I have, and how much non-existence?

Before today I was in a dream,

I was before today in a dream,

وتقضَّى ذلك الحُلُمُ

وتقضَّى ذلك الحُلُمُ

ما لأشواقي لكم سببُ

ما لأشواقي لكم سببُ

and that dream has come to an end.

And that dream has been fulfilled.

My yearnings for you have no cause;

My longings for you have no cause,

فالورى نائي ومقتربُ

فالورى نائي ومقتربُ

ساكن حالي ومضطربُ

ساكن حالي ومضطربُ

for humankind is far away and drawing near.

Creation is remote and yet near,

My state is still and agitated;

My state settled and yet perturbed,

فزماني كله طربُ

فزماني كله طربُ

دونه الأوتار والنغمُ

دونه الأوتار والنغمُ

so all my time is rapture;

So my time is all delight,

strings and melodies fall short of it.

With it the melodies and tunes.

شق روحي غيم جثتهِ

شق روحي غيم جثتهِ

وبدا في نور نشأتهِ

وبدا في نور نشأتهِ

My spirit split the cloud of its body,

The cloud rent my soul,

and appeared in the light of its origin;

And in its light my essence appeared,

واختفى كوني بظلمتهِ

واختفى كوني بظلمتهِ

وحبيبي من لبهجتهِ

وحبيبي من لبهجتهِ

and my being vanished in its darkness.

And my existence disappeared in its darkness,

And my beloved is the one to whose splendor

And from the joy of my beloved,

أنا والأشواق نحتكمُ

أنا والأشواق نحتكمُ

يا هنا قلبي ويا طربي

يا هنا قلبي ويا طربي

my yearnings and I appeal for judgment.

I and the longings will contend!

O joy of my heart, and O my rapture!

Oh my heart and oh my delight,

وانعدامي ليس بالعجب

وانعدامي ليس بالعجب

لاح نوري واختفى حجبي

لاح نوري واختفى حجبي

And my nonbeing is no wonder.

That I cease to be is no wonder -

My light shone forth, and my veils vanished.

My light appeared and my veil disappeared,

كلما وليت يقبل بي

كلما وليت يقبل بي

وإذا قطَّبتُ يبتسمُ

وإذا قطَّبتُ يبتسمُ

Whenever I turn away, he brings me forward;

Whenever I turned to Him, He smiled at me,

and when I frown, he smiles.

And when I frowned, He smiled at me.