ماnot ننتقلI depart أصلاat all
ما ننتقل أصلا
عنfrom ظاهرthe outward sense المنقولْwhat is transmitted
عن ظاهر المنقولْ
I never depart at all
from the outward sense of what is transmitted.
إِنيindeed I أناI مُطلَقunfettered
إِني أنا مُطلَق
واشand what ماever خطرَoccurs لكto you قولْsay
واش ما خطرَ لك قولْ
I am indeed unfettered;
and say whatever comes to your mind.
عذرُthe excuse الحسودthe envious one واضحclear
عذرُ الحسود واضح
علىon جبينthe brow جهلكْyour ignorance
على جبين جهلكْ
The envious one's excuse is plain
on the brow of your ignorance.
فأنتso you معذورexcused فيfor
فأنت معذور في
قولكyour speech وفيand in فعلكyour action
قولك وفي فعلك
So you are excused for
your words and your deeds.
كَمْhow much ياO فقيهِjurist مَسَّكْhas afflicted you
كَمْ يا فقيهِ مَسَّكْ
تبقىyou remain كذاlike this مربوطْbound
تبقى كذا مربوطْ
How sorely you are afflicted, O jurist!
You remain bound like this,
فيin قبضةِthe grip الأوهامْdelusions
في قبضةِ الأوهامْ
تقليدْblind imitation وخطand tracing الخطوطْthe lines
تقليدْ وخط الخطوطْ
in the grip of delusions—
blind imitation and the tracing of lines.
لحلّto untie ذيthis الربطهthe knot
لحلّ ذي الربطه
وابقىand remain خليعunfettered مبسوطْat ease
وابقى خليع مبسوطْ
To untie this knot,
remain unfettered and at ease,
وافتحand open كنوزَthe treasures إِرثَكْyour inheritance
وافتح كنوزَ إِرثَكْ
منْfrom ذاthat one الذيwho قبلكْbefore you
منْ ذا الذي قبلكْ
and open the treasures of your inheritance
from the one who came before you.
واحذرْand beware منof الأنكارْdenial
واحذرْ من الأنكارْ
فإنهfor it المهلكْthe destroyer
فإنه المهلكْ
And beware of denial,
for it brings ruin.
وَحَلَّand untie العقالthe tether وهمكْyour delusion
وَحَلَّ العقال وهمكْ
واشربand drink بإِنسكin your intimacy
واشرب بإِنسك
And untie the tether—your delusion—
and drink, in your intimacy,
منof صرفِunmixed wine رحمانيof the All-Merciful
من صرفِ رحماني
عسىperhaps يموتْwill die وهمكyour delusion
عسى يموتْ وهمك
of pure wine from the All-Merciful.
Perhaps your delusion will die,
وتبقىand you remain روحانيspiritual
وتبقى روحاني
فالراحُfor the wine قدindeed راقَتْhas grown clear
فالراحُ قد راقَتْ
and you will remain spiritual.
For the wine has grown clear
فيin الكاسِthe cup منfor أجلكْyour sake
في الكاسِ من أجلكْ
إِذاwhen صفاbecomes clear وْقتكْyour moment
إِذا صفا وْقتكْ
in the cup, for your sake.
When your moment becomes clear,
اشربْdrink هنيئاwith pleasure لكfor you
اشربْ هنيئا لك
ذاthis السرُّthe secret ربانيdivine
ذا السرُّ رباني
drink—may it do you good.
This secret is divine.
مُحَمْدْMuhammad وافيfaithful
مُحَمْدْ وافي
أمدادهُhis support الباقيthe Everlasting
أمدادهُ الباقي
Muhammad is faithful;
his support is the Everlasting,
الشافيthe Healer الكافيthe All-Sufficing
الشافي الكافي
فافْنَso efface yourself لهfor him
فافْنَ له
the Healer, the All-Sufficing.
So efface yourself for him;
تبقىyou will abide بعيشهthrough his life الصافيpure
تبقى بعيشه الصافي
محققاrealized باللهin God
محققا بالله
you will abide through his pure life,
realized in God.
قدindeed اجتمعْhas come together شَمْلَكْyour scattered self
قد اجتمعْ شَمْلَكْ
وصارand has become محبوبكyour beloved هُhimself مقتضىwhat is required by وصلكyour union
وصار محبوبك هُ مقتضى وصلك
Your scattered self has now come together,
and your beloved himself has become what your union requires.
إِنif كانit is تريدyou wish أنكthat you
إِن كان تريد أنك
تدخلenter لهذاinto this الحضرهthe Presence
تدخل لهذا الحضره
If you wish to
enter this Presence,
فلاthen do not تخلىleave فيكwithin you
فلا تخلى فيك
منof السوىall other than God ذرهa speck
من السوى ذره
then do not leave within yourself
a speck of anything other than God.
أخرجdepart عنfrom الدنياthis world
أخرج عن الدنيا
وافرغْand devote yourself للأخرىto the next life
وافرغْ للأخرى
Depart from this world,
and devote yourself to the next.
وكنْand be صُغَيرsmall ينبتْmay grow
وكنْ صُغَير ينبتْ
فيin ذامthis المقامthe station أصلكْyour root
في ذام المقام أصلكْ
And be small, that there may grow
in this station your root.
وإِذاand if ترىyou see أنكthat you are شيخْa spiritual master
وإِذا ترى أنك شيخْ
فماحَلَّكْthen you have not been freed
فماحَلَّكْ
And if you see yourself as a shaykh,
then you have not been freed.
Sol 6.1