يا جمال من أهوى يا غيب

أثني ذا الحجاب صلْ عبدَكْ

O beauty of the one I love, O Unseen!

Draw back this veil; unite with your servant.

متعني بما أروى لا عيب

صلني إن تشأ أكن عبدَكْ

Delight me with what slakes my thirst—there is no shame.

Unite with me if you wish; I shall be your servant.

نور الوجه لي ظاهر

وهو للورى باهر

The light of the face is manifest to me,

and it is dazzling to all creation.

قلبهم له مأوى لا ريب

يهني عنه لا تخف بعدَكْ

Their heart is its dwelling—no doubt.

It brings delight; do not fear your distance from it.

تحت ذا القناع محبوب يا ليت

حبي لو يكون لي يظهر

Beneath this veil is a beloved—if only

my beloved would appear to me!

إنني أنا المحسوب كالميت

لبي حسنه البهي أبهر

Indeed, I myself am reckoned as one dead.

His resplendent beauty has dazzled my heart.

واحد ما له ثاني

واحد له الفاني

One, without a second.

One, to whom the perishing one belongs.

لا ترى سواه مطلوب والبيت

قلبي طف به تنل سعدك

See none but him as the one sought; and the house—

is my heart: circle it, and attain your bliss.

قم بنا إلى الندمان في الحان

يا صاح ندرك الصفا بالراح

Rise with us toward the drinking companions in the tavern.

O friend, through wine we attain serenity.

واستمع من العيدان ألحان

أقداح لي أتت بها الأفراح

And listen to melodies from the lutes.

Cups—the joys have brought them to me.

طاب لي بها كاسي

لان قلبُها القاسي

Through them, my cup grew sweet to me.

Her hard heart grew soft.

والعذول في حرمان أفنان

أفراح منه فاحترز جهدك

And the reproacher is denied the boughs

of joy; beware him with all your might.

طلعة المليح الزين يختال

إني مطلع لذاك النور

The lovely, handsome one appears, strutting proudly.

Truly, I am the dawning-place of that light.

من به قرير العين بالحال

يغني حاله عن الطنبور

Whoever's eyes are gladdened by it in that state—

his state suffices in place of the tanbur.

قد رفعت أستاري

واجتليت أنواري

I have lifted my veils,

and beheld my lights.

أين من يراني أين قد زال

عني يا رشا الحمى صدك

Where is the one who sees me—where? Gone now

from me, O young gazelle of the sanctuary, is your rejection.

حولوا حجاب الغير عن عين

ذاتي واكشفوا عن الأستار

Remove the veil of otherness from the very essence

of my being, and draw aside the veils.

إخوتي وجدوا السير لا بين

ياتي في مشعشع الأنوار

My brothers, hasten the journey; no separation

will come amid the radiance of the lights.

فالحبيب قد وافى

والبغيض قد صافى

For the beloved has arrived,

and the hateful one has made peace.

والذي يريد الخير بالمين

عاتي قصده نفى قصدك

And whoever seeks good through falsehood

is defiant; his purpose has negated yours.

كلهم هم الأفعال لا ذات

عندي غير عين تلك الذات

All of them are acts; there is no essence

for me other than that very Essence.

فاعرضوا عن الجهال أموات

تبدي وهم ما به تقتات

So turn away from the ignorant—dead beings

displaying illusion, on which they feed.

وافهموا لأقوالي

واسلكوا بأحوالي

And understand my words,

and journey through my states.

والعليم يدري الحال ما فات

قصدي أن يهيج بي وجدك

And the knowing one knows the state; there remains

my aim: that your ecstasy be stirred through me.

والصلاة والسلام نوران

مني دائماً علي الهادي

And blessings and peace are two lights

from me, forever, upon the Guide,

من حباه بالإكرام رحمان

فني مدحه بإنشادي

whom the All-Merciful has endowed with honor.

My art is praising him through my recitation.

عبد الغني شامي

قدره به سامي

Abd al-Ghani is of al-Sham;

his rank is exalted through him.

كاسه من التسنيم ملآن

يدني منك يا أخي رشدك

His cup is full of Tasnim;

your good sense draws it near you, O my brother.