نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ إِنْ غَابَ عَنَّا السَّاقِي

نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ إِنْ غَابَ عَنَّا السَّاقِي

بَلَغَتْ نَفْسُ أُنْسِنَا لِلتَّرِاقِي

بَلَغَتْ نَفْسُ أُنْسِنَا لِلتَّرِاقِي

We are a people: if the cupbearer is absent from us,

We are a people, if the cupbearer is absent from us

We are a people who, if the cupbearer is absent from us,

the soul of our joy rises to the collarbones;

Our souls yearn for drinking

the soul of our joy reaches the collarbones,

وَتَلَظَّتْ أَنْفَاسُنَا وَقَسَتْ

وَتَلَظَّتْ أَنْفَاسُنَا وَقَسَتْ

أَنْفُسُنَا مِنْ فِرَاقِ خَمْرِ التَّلاَقِي

أَنْفُسُنَا مِنْ فِرَاقِ خَمْرِ التَّلاَقِي

and our breaths blaze, and hardened are

And our breaths become harsh and our souls hardened

and our breaths burn, and our souls grow hard

our souls, deprived of the wine of reunion.

From being separated from the wine of communion

from the separation of the wine of meeting.

فَأَدِرْهَا يَا ابْنَ الْكِرَامِ أَبَا يَعْ

فَأَدِرْهَا يَا ابْنَ الْكِرَامِ أَبَا يَعْ

زَى عَلَى سِرِّنَا بِكَأْسٍ دِهَاقِ

زَى عَلَى سِرِّنَا بِكَأْسٍ دِهَاقِ

So pass it round, O son of the noble, Abū Yaʿ-

So pass it around, O son of nobles, Abu Ya'za

So pass it around, O son of the noble ones, Abu Ya'-

zā, over our inmost heart, in a brimming cup.

Triumph over our secret with a large cup

-za, to our secret soul in an overflowing cup,

وَاسْقِنَا خَمْرَةً نَظَلُّ بِهَا نَجْ

وَاسْقِنَا خَمْرَةً نَظَلُّ بِهَا نَجْ

نِي جَنَى الْمَلَكُوتِ فَوْقَ الطِّبَاقِ

نِي جَنَى الْمَلَكُوتِ فَوْقَ الطِّبَاقِ

And give us wine to drink, through which we may keep

And quench us with a wine by which we can enjoy

and pour for us a wine by which we remain ga-

gathering the fruits of the heavenly kingdom above the layered heavens.

The gardens of paradise above the layers

-thering the fruits of the heavenly realm above the spheres,

وَنَحُوزُ بِهَا الْمَدَى حِينَ لاَ يَحْ

وَنَحُوزُ بِهَا الْمَدَى حِينَ لاَ يَحْ

وِي الْمَدَى مِنْ فَتىً سِوَى السُّبَّاقِ

وِي الْمَدَى مِنْ فَتىً سِوَى السُّبَّاقِ

And through it attain the goal, when none

And by which we obtain glory when glory

and by which we attain the farthest reach, when it is not at-

but the foremost of young men can attain that goal.

Contains no one but the outstripping youth

-tained by any youth except the foremost racers.

وَأَثِبْ ذِي الْخُطَى التِي أَوْصَلَتْنَا

وَأَثِبْ ذِي الْخُطَى التِي أَوْصَلَتْنَا

لِحِمَاكَ الْمَعْلُولِ بِالإِشْرَاقِ

لِحِمَاكَ الْمَعْلُولِ بِالإِشْرَاقِ

And reward these footsteps that brought us

And steady the steps which brought us

And reward these footsteps that have brought us

to your sanctuary, drenched in radiance,

To your protected sanctuary illuminated with dawn

to your sanctuary, refreshed with illumination,

بِالذِي تَقْتَضِيهِ مِنْكَ الْمَزَايَا

بِالذِي تَقْتَضِيهِ مِنْكَ الْمَزَايَا

وَالسَّجَايَا الْكَرِيمَةُ الأَعْرَاقِ

وَالسَّجَايَا الْكَرِيمَةُ الأَعْرَاقِ

with what is required of you by your excellent qualities

By what your virtues require of you

with what is necessitated from you by virtues

and your virtues of noble roots.

And your generous noble dispositions

and noble characteristics of glorious descent,

وَمُنىً قَدْ أَطَرْنَ نُحْوَكَ قَلْباً

وَمُنىً قَدْ أَطَرْنَ نُحْوَكَ قَلْباً

مُدْرَجاً فِي لَفَائِفِ الأَشْوَاقِ

مُدْرَجاً فِي لَفَائِفِ الأَشْوَاقِ

And hopes have sent a heart flying toward you,

And wishes we have set towards you, a heart

and hopes that have made a heart fly toward you,

wrapped in the swathes of longing.

Enveloped in the wrappings of passions

enveloped in the folds of yearnings.

إِنَّهَا وَعُلاَكَ قَدْ أَوْرَدَتْهُ

إِنَّهَا وَعُلاَكَ قَدْ أَوْرَدَتْهُ

مَنْهَلَ الْفَضْلِ وَهْوَ عَذْبُ الْمَذَاقِ

مَنْهَلَ الْفَضْلِ وَهْوَ عَذْبُ الْمَذَاقِ

Indeed, by your eminence, they have brought it

It and your elevation have brought it

Indeed, by your eminence, they have brought it

to the watering place of bounty, sweet to taste;

To the spring of virtue, which is sweet to taste

to the watering-place of grace, which is sweet to the taste,

وَأَرَتْهُ مِنَ الْمَكَارِمِ رَوْضاً

وَأَرَتْهُ مِنَ الْمَكَارِمِ رَوْضاً

مُثْمِراً بِمَكَارِمِ الأَخْلاَقِ

مُثْمِراً بِمَكَارِمِ الأَخْلاَقِ

and shown it a garden of noble deeds,

And shown it from generosity a garden

and showed it a garden of noble deeds,

bearing the fruits of noble character.

Bearing the fruits of noble morals

fruitful with the nobilities of character.

هَبْ لَهْ أَجْزَلَ الْمَوَاهِبِ حَتَّى

هَبْ لَهْ أَجْزَلَ الْمَوَاهِبِ حَتَّى

لاَ يَخَافُ الْمَرْهُوبَ مِنْ إِمْلاَقِ

لاَ يَخَافُ الْمَرْهُوبَ مِنْ إِمْلاَقِ

Grant it the richest gifts, so that

Bestow upon it the most abundant gifts so that

Grant it the most abundant of gifts, so that

it does not fear the dreaded prospect of destitution.

It fears no terrifying confrontation

it will not fear the dread of destitution,

وَأَنِلْهُ مِنَ الذَّخَائِرِ مَالاً

وَأَنِلْهُ مِنَ الذَّخَائِرِ مَالاً

يَخْتَشِي فِيهِ غِيلَةَ السُّرَّاقِ

يَخْتَشِي فِيهِ غِيلَةَ السُّرَّاقِ

And bestow on it wealth from the treasures,

And grant it from treasures a wealth

and bestow upon it from the treasures a wealth

for which it fears the thieves' stealthy attacks.

It fears no cheating of thieves

wherein one fears the treachery of thieves.

فَالذِي عِنْدَكُمْ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ لاَ يَنْ

فَالذِي عِنْدَكُمْ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ لاَ يَنْ

فِدُ وَالْمَرْءُ ذُو هَوىً تَوَّاقِ

فِدُ وَالْمَرْءُ ذُو هَوىً تَوَّاقِ

For the bounty you possess never

For the nobility that is with you does not run out

For the grace that is with you does not ex-

runs out, and man is full of eager desire.

And one with passion is desirous

-haust, and the man is one of yearning desire.

وَأَبُوكُمْ أَبُو شُعَيْبٍشَفِيعِي

وَأَبُوكُمْ أَبُو شُعَيْبٍشَفِيعِي

لِعُلاَكُمْ مَعَ الصَّفِيِّ الْعِرَاقِي

لِعُلاَكُمْ مَعَ الصَّفِيِّ الْعِرَاقِي

And your father, Abū Shuʿayb, is my intercessor

And your father, Abu Shu'ayb, is my intercessor

And your father Abu Shu'ayb is my intercessor

with your eminence, together with the pure-hearted Iraqi:

For your elevation, with the Iraqi holy man

to your eminence, along with the pure Iraqi,

ذَلِكَ الِقُطْبِ سَيِّدِي عَابِدِ الْقَا

ذَلِكَ الِقُطْبِ سَيِّدِي عَابِدِ الْقَا

دِرِحِبِّكُمْ فِي رِضَى الْخَلَّاقْ

دِرِحِبِّكُمْ فِي رِضَى الْخَلَّاقْ

that spiritual pole, my master ʿĀbid al-Qā-

That pole, my master, servant of the Capable

that Pole, my master 'Abid al-Qa-

dir, your beloved in the Creator's good pleasure.

Lover of you in the pleasure of the Creator

-dir, your beloved in the pleasure of the Creator.

يَا لَهُ صَاحِباً وَيَا لَهُ مَصْحُو

يَا لَهُ صَاحِباً وَيَا لَهُ مَصْحُو

باً وَيَا لَكُمْ مَلْجَأً لِلرِّفَاقِ

باً وَيَا لَكُمْ مَلْجَأً لِلرِّفَاقِ

What a companion he is, and what a companion

O what a companion he has, and what a confidant!

Oh, what a companion he is, and what a compan-

to have! And what a refuge you are for fellow travelers!

And what a refuge for friends you have!

-ioned one, and what a refuge you are for the comrades!

صُحْبَةٌ طَهَّرَ الإِلَهُ ثَرَاهَا

صُحْبَةٌ طَهَّرَ الإِلَهُ ثَرَاهَا

مِنْ خَبَالٍ وَدُلْسَةٍ وَشِقَاقِ

مِنْ خَبَالٍ وَدُلْسَةٍ وَشِقَاقِ

A fellowship whose soil God has purified

A companionship whose terrain God has purified

A companionship whose soil God has purified

of corruption, deceit, and discord;

Of wickedness, deception and conflict

from corruption, deceit, and discord.

صُحْبَةٌ نَزَّهَ الإِلَهُ سَنَاهَا

صُحْبَةٌ نَزَّهَ الإِلَهُ سَنَاهَا

عَنْ دُجَى كُلِّ صَاحَبٍ مَذَّاقِ

عَنْ دُجَى كُلِّ صَاحَبٍ مَذَّاقِ

a fellowship whose radiance God has cleansed

A companionship whose image God has sanctified

A companionship whose radiance God has kept flawless

of the darkness of every insincere companion;

From the gloom of every despised companion

from the darkness of any inconstant companion.

صُحْبَةٌ بَنَتْ قُرْبَةً لَحَظَتْهَا

صُحْبَةٌ بَنَتْ قُرْبَةً لَحَظَتْهَا

نَفَحَاتُ الإِلَهِ بِالأَحْدَاقِ

نَفَحَاتُ الإِلَهِ بِالأَحْدَاقِ

a fellowship that built closeness, watched over

A companionship which built intimacy gazed upon

A companionship that built a closeness, observed

by the breezes of God with their eyes.

By the breaths of God with glances

by the divine breezes with watchful eyes.

كَثَّرَ اللهُ فَضْلَكُمْ وَسَقَانَا

كَثَّرَ اللهُ فَضْلَكُمْ وَسَقَانَا

بِيَدَيْكُمْ كَأْسَ الْمَعَانِي الرِّقَاقِ

بِيَدَيْكُمْ كَأْسَ الْمَعَانِي الرِّقَاقِ

May God increase your bounty and give us to drink,

God has multiplied your nobility and quenched us

May God multiply your grace and pour for us

from your hands, the cup of subtle meanings;

By your hands with a cup of subtle meanings

by your hands the cup of delicate meanings.

وَأَدَامَ أَزْكَى الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْمُخْ

وَأَدَامَ أَزْكَى الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْمُخْ

تَارِ طَهَ كَالْمِسْكِ فِي الأَحْقَاقِ

تَارِ طَهَ كَالْمِسْكِ فِي الأَحْقَاقِ

and sustain the purest blessings upon

And made last the purest prayer upon the Chosen One

And may He perpetuate the purest blessings upon the Cho-

the Chosen One, Ṭā-Hā, like musk in caskets,

Ta Ha, like musk in valuations

-sen One, Taha, like musk in its caskets,

وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ طُ

وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ طُ

رًّا وَأَتْبَاعِهِمْ بِحُسْنِ اتِّفَاقِ

رًّا وَأَتْبَاعِهِمْ بِحُسْنِ اتِّفَاقِ

and upon his family and his companions, all

And upon his family and companions

and upon his family and his companions, a-

together, and their followers, in gracious accord.

Generously and their followers with excellent harmony.

-ll of them, and their followers in perfect harmony.