1. هي الذات التي فوق البراقِ

    تحن إلى ذرى السبع الطباقِ

    She is the Essence that is above Buraq,

    yearning for the summits of the seven layered heavens.

  2. لها بالجسم منها ثوب درٍّ

    يشف على معانيها الدقاق

    In the body, she has a robe of pearls from herself,

    that lets her subtle meanings show through.

  3. فمن ينأى إليها فهو دان

    ومن يفنى عليها فهو باقي

    So whoever goes far toward her is near,

    and whoever perishes for her abides.

  4. وما بسوى المحبة كون شيءٍ

    وليس الميل إلا بالتلاقي

    And nothing comes into being except through love,

    and attraction arises only through meeting.

  5. وأنوار الجمال بكل قلب

    تسمّى بالهوى والإشتياق

    And the lights of beauty in every heart

    are called passion and longing.

  6. ولم يكن النعيم سوى التداني

    ولم يكن العذاب سوى الفراق

    And bliss was nothing but drawing near,

    and torment was nothing but separation.

  7. وكل الكون في الدنيا حجاب

    وفي الأخرى عن الوجه الملاقي

    And all existence in this world is a veil,

    and in the next, veiling the face that meets us.

  8. وأنت الكأس والأسرار خمر

    ومجلسك التقى والله ساقي

    And you are the cup, and the mysteries are wine,

    and your gathering is piety, and God is the cupbearer.

  9. فما لك لا تطير هوى وسكراً

    وقد حييت بالكأس الدهاق

    Why, then, do you not fly in passion and drunkenness,

    when you have been greeted with the brimming cup?

  10. أزل نومي بشدوك يا نديمي

    وأبدل لي خلافك بالوفاق

    Dispel my sleep with your singing, O my drinking companion,

    and replace your discord with harmony for me.

  11. وحيِّ على المنى يا ابن المعاني

    ولا تفتن بألفاظٍ رقاق

    And hasten toward your hopes, O son of meanings,

    and do not be beguiled by delicate words.

  12. وخذ مني وناولني إلى أن

    تراني قد وصلت إلى التراقي

    And take from me and give to me, until

    you see that I have reached the collarbones.

  13. ومن بالحق يقذف لاح جهراً

    وما التفت له ساق بساق

    And whoever hurls the Truth shines forth openly,

    and for him no shin has been entwined with another.

  14. هنالك تضمحل به رسومي

    وأذهب بانسحاقٍ وانمحاق

    There, through Him, my traces fade away,

    and I vanish, crushed and effaced.

  15. ويبطل كل شيء كان حتى

    مقالي ذا وفهمي مع مذاقي

    And everything that was is nullified, even

    this speech of mine, and my understanding along with my taste.

  16. ويبقى مثل ما قد كان ربي

    على ما كان وهو أجل واقي

    And my Lord remains just as He was,

    as He was, and He is the greatest protector.

  17. ويخفى الكون من غير اختفاء

    ويبدو النور من غير انفهاق

    And the cosmos is hidden without concealment,

    and the Light appears without expansion.

  18. ودنسناه بالأفهام حيناً

    وبالأقوال والبحث المساق

    And we sullied Him with conceptions for a time,

    and with sayings and the inquiry pursued,

  19. إلى أن جاد غيث الفيض منه

    بماء القدس وانفتحت سواقي

    until the rain of outpouring from Him lavished

    the water of holiness, and watercourses opened.

  20. إذا قلنا عرفناه جهلنا

    وهل فرع لأوج الأصل راقي

    When we say, 'We have known Him,' we are ignorant.

    And can a branch ascend to the root's summit?

  21. وريح المسك في الصندوق يفشو

    ويعرف منه قدر الإنتشاق

    And the scent of musk within the box spreads,

    and as much is known of it as is inhaled.

  22. وهل نور النجوم يلوح إلا

    على مقدار إدراك المآقي

    And does the light of the stars shine except

    in proportion to what the eyes perceive?

  23. هو الحق المبين وكل شيء

    سواه باطل بالإتفاق

    He is the manifest Truth, and everything

    other than Him is unreal, by common accord.

  24. قديم لا بمعنى فهم كون

    وباق لا كقول الخلق باقي

    Beginningless, not in the sense conceived by a created being,

    and everlasting—not as creatures say 'everlasting.'