1. كَمْ فَتَى مُرْتاحْ أتاحْ

    لهُ الْهَوَى أتْراحْ

    How many a carefree youth has been granted

    sorrows by love!

  2. مِن جِراجي زَاد نَواحِي

    والْهَوَى فضَّاحْ

    From [my wounds], my wailing grew,

    and love lays one bare.

  3. ومِلاحِي لاِفْتِضاحِي

    أفْسَدُوا الإصْلاحْ

    And my fair ones, to expose me,

    have spoiled the mending.

  4. ما حِيلَةُ الْمُحْتارْ

    والتحَيُّل عارْ والهوى غَرَّار

    What recourse has the bewildered one?

    And scheming is shame, and love a deceiver.

  5. عَنْ الْحُبِّ صَدَرْنَا

    قبْلَ بَدْءِ البادِيات

    From love we issued forth

    before the first appearances began.

  6. وبالوجد خلعنا

    من الهوى ثوب الصفات

    And in ecstasy we cast off,

    out of love, the robe of attributes.

  7. وبالزُّهْدِ عُرِفْنا

    في تَصاريف الذَوَات

    And through renunciation we were known

    amid the transformations of beings.

  8. قُل لمن قد لاَحْ لاحْ

    في الدُّجَى مِصْباح

    Say to him who has shone—shone,

    a lamp in the darkness:

  9. قُمْ إِليْها واسْقِنيها

    في رُبَى الأدْواحْ

    Rise to her and give her to me to drink

    on the hills of spreading trees.

  10. واجْتَلِيها في حُلِيْها

    فالِقَ الإصْباحْ

    And behold her in her finery,

    O cleaver of daybreak,

  11. واكْشِفْ بِها أسْتارْظُلْمِةِ

    الأغْيار واكْتُم الأسْرار

    and with her lift the veils of darkness

    of all that is other, and conceal the secrets.

  12. مُدامٌ بِسَناهَا

    مَزقَتْ سِتْر الظَّلام

    A wine that, with her radiance,

    tore the veil of darkness;

  13. ومنْ نُورِ هُداهَا

    قد ظَهَرْ بدْرُ التَّمام

    and from the light of her guidance

    the full moon has appeared.

  14. ومِنْ اخَتْم أنَاهَا

    سَكِرَ الصبُّ فَهَامْ

    And from [the seal of her vessel],

    the ardent lover grew drunk and wandered in rapture.

  15. وطَرِب يا صَاح صاح

    وبسُكْروا باحْ

    And, enraptured, O friend, he cried out,

    and in [his drunkenness] spoke openly.

  16. مِنْ سُلافِي خَمْرَ صافِي

    نَشْرُها فَيَّاح

    From my choicest vintage, pure wine,

    her fragrance wafts far.

  17. لِلْمُوافي راحُها فِي

    راحَتِي ما رَاحْ

    For the one who arrives, her wine is in

    my palm; it has not gone away.

  18. ما مَسَّهَا عَصَّار

    أفْنَتْ الأعْصارْ

    No wine-presser has touched her;

    she has consumed the ages.

  19. دِرْهَا يا خَمَّار

    وبُدَتْ شَمْسُ الدَّناني

    Pass her round, O vintner!

    And the sun of the wine-jars appeared

  20. للنَّدامَى كالْعَرُوس

    وجَلَوْها في القَنَانِ

    to the drinking companions like a bride.

    And they unveiled her in the bottles,

  21. وأدْارُوها كُؤُوس

    وأرْبابُ الْمَعانِي

    and passed her round in cups.

    And the masters of inner meanings

  22. أمْهَرُوها بالنُّفُوس

    جُمْلَةُ الأفْراحْ راحْ

    gave her their souls as bridal dower.

    All joy has passed

  23. في الْهَوَى والرَّاحْ

    بِحُلاُها في عُلاَها

    into love and wine.

    With her ornaments, in her heights,

  24. قامَتْ الأرْواح

    وسَناها قد كَسَاها

    the spirits arose.

    And her radiance has clothed them

  25. حُلَّة الأشْباحْ

    يا حُسْنَها أقْمار

    in the robe of bodily forms.

    Oh, her beauty—moons

  26. في عِشَا الأنْوار

    اخْتَفتْ إِجْهار

    in the dusk of lights,

    hidden in plain sight.

  27. مُفِيضُ الْجَمْعِ جانَا

    بالْهُدَى والْبَيّنَاتِ

    The bestower of union came to us

    with guidance and clear signs.

  28. هَدَانَا وسَقانا

    بالكؤوس المكرماتِ

    He guided us and gave us drink

    from the honored cups.

  29. وفي الْحَشْرِ كَفانَا

    في الأُمُورِ الْمُعْضِلات

    And at the Gathering he was enough for us

    in daunting matters.

  30. ولنا الأرْباح أباحْ

    والهمومْ قد زاحْ

    And he made gains available to us,

    and the cares have departed.

  31. خَيْرُ هادِي للرَّشادْ

    حَضْرَةُ الفتَّاحْ

    The best guide to the right way

    is the presence of the Opener.

  32. بِهْ أُنادِي في الْعِباد

    مَنْ غَدَا أو رَاح

    Through Him I call among the servants

    to whoever goes forth in the morning or evening:

  33. يا أمَّةَ المختارْ

    رَبُّكُم غَفَّار

    O community of the Chosen One,

    your Lord is ever-forgiving,

  34. للْعُيُوبْ سَتَّار

    ever concealing faults.