1. مَن يَهِم في جمالِي

    ويُعَوِّلْ علَيَّا

    Whoever is enraptured by my beauty

    And places his trust in me

  2. لاَ يَرَى معي غَيْرِي

    لَوْ يَذُوقُ الْمَنِيَّا

    Sees none beside me but me,

    Even if he tastes death.

  3. كُلُّ مَنْ هُ عاشق

    ويُريدْ أنْ يَصِلْي

    Everyone who is a lover

    And wishes to reach me

  4. رُوحُو بالله يُفارِق

    إِنْ أراد نظْرة مِنِّي

    Must, by God, part with his soul

    If he desires a glance from me.

  5. فاثْبُت إِن كنْتَ صادق

    وارْض بالفعْلِ مِنِّي

    So stand firm, if you are sincere,

    And be content with what I do.

  6. لَيْسَ يدْرِك وِصالِي

    كُلُّ مَنْ فِيه بَقِيَّا

    Union with me is not attained

    By anyone in whom a remnant of self remains.

  7. إِنَّما نُفْشِي سِرِّي

    لِلَّذي اخْتَصَّ بِيَّا

    I reveal my secret only

    To the one devoted to me alone.

  8. تَرْتَجِي أن تُقَرَّبْ

    وتَرَى ما يَسُرَّك

    You hope to be brought near,

    And to see what delights you,

  9. ومن الصفْوِ تُكْتَب

    وبهم يَبْدُوَ أمْرَك

    And to be numbered among the elect,

    And through them have your state revealed.

  10. مِنْ شَرابي إِشربْ

    وتَنعَّمْ بِسُكْرَك

    Drink of my wine,

    And delight in your intoxication—

  11. لاَ شَرابِ الدَّوالِي

    إِنَّها أرضِيَّا

    Not the wine of the grapevines,

    For they are earthly.

  12. خَمْرُهَا غَيْرُ خَمْرِي

    خَمْرَتِي أبْدِيَّا

    Their wine is not my wine;

    My wine is eternal.

  13. عَطْفُه الحِبَّ عِنْدي

    بَهْجَةٌ وسُرور

    The beloved's tenderness, to me,

    Is joy and delight.

  14. أضْرَمَتْ نارَ وَجْدي

    فَعَلَيْها تَدورُ

    It has kindled the fire of my ecstasy,

    So around it revolves

  15. جَنَّتي يا أهْلَ وُدِّي

    قُرْبُهَا والْحُضورُ

    My paradise, O companions of my love:

    Its nearness, and presence.

  16. فَمَتَى ما يَبِنْ لِي

    زَالَتِ الْبَشَرِيَّا

    Whenever he appears to me,

    My human nature falls away,

  17. وتَحَوَّلتُ غَيْرِي

    في صِفَا رَوْحانِيَّا

    And I become other than myself,

    In a spiritual state.

  18. مَن يُطيقْ إِنْ تَجَلَّى

    نُورُ وجْهِ الحبيب

    Who can endure, if there appears

    The light of the beloved's face,

  19. إِلاَّ قَلْباً تَمَلاَّ

    بالْقَريب الْمُجيب

    Except a heart filled

    With the Near, the Answerer?

  20. ما الْهَوَى إِلاَّ ذُلاَّ

    دَاوِني يا طَبيب

    Love is nothing but abasement.

    Heal me, O physician.

  21. فَشِفائِي وِصالِي

    والْوِصال مِنِّي لِيَّا

    For my healing is my union,

    And union is from me to me.

  22. وعَذابي هَجْري

    وَيْحَ نفسي الشَّجِيَّا

    And my torment is my separation—

    Alas for my sorrowing soul!

  23. يا أخِي افْنَا تُشاهد

    كُلَّ سِرً عَجِيبِ

    O my brother, pass away from self, and you will behold

    Every wondrous secret,

  24. وتَجُلْ في مَشاهِد

    أُنْسِ قرْبِ الْحَبيب

    And roam through visions

    Of intimacy in the beloved's nearness,

  25. حيْثَ لايَبْقَى شاهِد

    أو عَذُول أو رَقيب

    Where no witness remains,

    Nor any blamer or watcher.

  26. يا لَها مِنْ مَجَالِي

    حَضْرَةِ قدُوسِيَّا

    Oh, what manifestations

    Of a most holy presence!

  27. يَبْدُو لِي فيها سِرِّي

    فقُولُوا لِي هَنِيَّا

    Within it, my secret appears to me;

    So tell me, "Joy be yours!"

  28. الْهَوَى قد مَلَكْني

    وزِمَامِي بِيَدُّوا

    Love has taken possession of me,

    And my reins are in his hand.

  29. والإشارَهْ تقُدْنِي

    والْحَبيب بِيَّا يَحْدُوا

    And the sign leads me,

    And the beloved urges me onward with song.

  30. فَهُوَ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِي

    وهْوَ مَوْلاي وَحْدُوا

    For he is the delight of my eye,

    And he alone is my master.

  31. إِنَّ خَلْفَ الظَّلالِ

    أسْراراً قُدُوسِيَّا

    Truly, behind the shadows

    Lie most holy secrets

  32. قد تَجلَّت لِصَدْرِي

    وسَرَى السَّرُّ فِيَّا

    That have been revealed within my breast,

    And the secret has flowed through me.

  33. أُرْفُضِ الْخَلْق وارْقَى

    وانْتَفِي عَنْ ظِلالِك

    Renounce creation and ascend,

    And free yourself from your shadows.

  34. واسْبق الْكَوْنَ سَبْقَا

    ثُمَّ غِبْ عن فِعالِك

    And outstrip the universe completely,

    Then lose awareness of your own acts.

  35. وافْنَ في الحِبِّ عِشْقَا

    فالْمُراد في زَوالِك

    And vanish in the beloved through love,

    For the goal lies in your passing away.

  36. عِنْدَ قُرْبِ الزَّوالِ

    يَسْري سِرُّك ليَّا

    As your passing away draws near,

    Your secret flows to me,

  37. ونُشاهِدْك أمْري

    وتَكُن لِي نَجِيَّا

    And I let you witness my command,

    And you become my confidant.

  38. إِدْنُ منَّا واتْرُك

    كُلَّ شيءٍ سِوانَا

    Draw near to us and leave

    Everything but us.

  39. قُل لِي أشْ ما تَمْلِك

    هذِي عينُ الخِيانَا

    Tell me whatever you possess.

    This is the very essence of betrayal.

  40. ناقِض العهدْ تُدْرِك

    أيْنَ حَمْلُ الأمانا

    Breaker of the covenant, do you grasp

    Where the burden of the trust lies?

  41. هل تَرَى غَيرُ فِعْلِي

    ونفودِ الْمَشِيَّا

    Do you see anything but my act

    And the fulfillment of the will—

  42. كِفْ هِ في الْخَلْقِ تَسْري

    هَذِي عيْنُ القَضِيَّا

    How it flows through creation?

    This is the heart of the matter.