1. تعلق الوجدُ بيَّا

    وَصِرْتُ هايمْ مهُيمْ

    Ecstasy has taken hold of me,

    And I have become a wanderer, bewildered by love.

  2. واعطفْ بفنحِ عليَّا

    من الودِاد القديم

    And turn kindly toward me with an opening,

    From the love of old.

  3. أمنْ يهيم في الخلاعهْ

    ما هِ الخلاعه مزاحْ

    O you who wander in abandon,

    Abandon is no jest.

  4. ان كان مَعَكْشِي بِضَاعهْ

    كِفْ تسقى راحا براح

    If you have any wares,

    How can you be given wine for wine?

  5. في النشأةِ الأزليه

    سَقاها لي الحكيمْ

    In the eternal genesis,

    The Wise One gave it to me to drink.

  6. بها انجمعتْ عليَّا

    وعادْ قَلْبي سليمْ

    Through it I was gathered into myself,

    And my heart became whole again.

  7. الحب هُ أصلُ ديني

    وَفْقوني يا ملاحْ

    Love is the root of my faith;

    Bring me into accord, O lovely ones.

  8. وتَنزهُّوا في فنوني

    وكِفْ ترمي السلاحْ

    And take your pleasure in my arts,

    And how can you cast aside the weapon?

  9. وأنا في مرسي ضماني

    ما نخشى منها الرواحْ

    And I am in the harbor of my assurance;

    I do not fear departing from it.

  10. ويَدِّي في البْخُنيَّا

    على الصراط القويمْ

    And my hand is in the bukhniyya,

    Upon the straight path.

  11. انْ جاءتْ بحُوري عليَّا

    نَفرَحْ أنا ونْهيم

    If my seas come upon me,

    I rejoice and wander in love.

  12. أنا رقيقُ المعاني

    يُعْجِبنِي كلِّ رقيقْ

    I am subtle in meaning;

    All that is delicate delights me.

  13. وفي جنابِ الكرامِ

    النَسَبْ يبقى حقيقْ

    And in the presence of the noble,

    Lineage remains genuine.

  14. إِنِّي تحققتُ أنِّي

    من شيوخْ أهل الطريقْ

    Indeed, I have realized that I

    Am among the elders of the people of the Path.

  15. بخواطرهُم عليَّا

    والله ما نمسي عديم

    Through their thoughts turned toward me,

    By God, I do not reach evening destitute.

  16. أن جاتْ بحُوري عليَّا

    ما نِفْرح أنا ونْهيم

    If my seas come upon me,

    I do not rejoice and wander in love.

  17. وَسيِّدي بمَقالي

    أنا حروفي غِمَاقْ

    And my master, in my speech,

    As for me, my letters are dark.

  18. وَسيِّدي وعِمادِي

    نفعني باشيا رقاقْ

    And my master and my mainstay

    Has helped me with delicate things.

  19. منها ريتْ عِياني

    كلَ ما تحتَ الرواقْ

    Through them I saw with my own eyes

    Everything beneath the portico.

  20. انجلى ذَا السرُّ فيَّا

    ما بين كاسٍ ونديمْ

    This secret was unveiled within me,

    Between a cup and a drinking companion.

  21. إِن جَات بحوري عليَّا

    نِفْرَحْ أنا ونهِيمْ

    If my seas come upon me,

    I rejoice and wander in love.