لاَ أُحِبُّ النَّفْسَا

لاَ أُحِبُّ النَّفْسَا

إِنَّهَا أمَّارَهْ

إِنَّهَا أمَّارَهْ

I do not love the self,

I do not love the self

for it ever urges evil.

It is prone to evil

وَأُحِبُّ الْمَعْنَى

وَأُحِبُّ الْمَعْنَى

الذي عَمَّارَهْ

الذي عَمَّارَهْ

And I love the inner meaning

Yet I love meaning

which dwells within it.

That makes it wholesome

سِرُّ كُنْهِ الْحَسْنَا

سِرُّ كُنْهِ الْحَسْنَا

هل يصفه واصف

هل يصفه واصف

The secret of beauty's essence—

The essence of beauty - who can describe it?

can any describer describe it?

And beautiful meanings - known only to the gnostic

والمعاني الحسنا

والمعاني الحسنا

في كُمُون العارِفْ

في كُمُون العارِفْ

And the beautiful meanings

Leave the lowly behind

lie hidden within the knower.

And rise up, O fearful one

خَلِّ عَنْكَ الأْدنى

خَلِّ عَنْكَ الأْدنى

وانْتَهِضْ يا خايِفْ

وانْتَهِضْ يا خايِفْ

Put aside what is lower,

With its garb you are clothed

and rise, O fearful one.

When its mysteries become manifest

بِحُلاهَا تُكْسَى

بِحُلاهَا تُكْسَى

حِين تَلُوح أسْرَارهْ

حِين تَلُوح أسْرَارهْ

You will be clothed in its adornments

It is not something that fades away

when its secrets appear.

If you know its measure

لَسْ هُ شَيْ يَفْنَى

لَسْ هُ شَيْ يَفْنَى

إِنْ دِرْتَ مقدارَه

إِنْ دِرْتَ مقدارَه

It is not a thing that perishes,

Leave behind the ephemeral

if you know its worth.

And rise up to the eternal

خَلِّ عَنْك الفاني

خَلِّ عَنْك الفاني

وانتهِضْ للْباقِي

وانتهِضْ للْباقِي

Put aside what perishes,

And become spiritual

and rise toward the enduring.

In the domain of the Giver of Drink

وتَكُنْ رُوْحانِي

وتَكُنْ رُوْحانِي

في مَحَلِّ السَّاقِي

في مَحَلِّ السَّاقِي

And become spiritual

Who gave me to drink

in the abode of the cupbearer,

And filled my longing

الذِي أسقانِي

الذِي أسقانِي

ومَلاَ أشْوَاقِي

ومَلاَ أشْوَاقِي

who gave me drink

And chose me

and fulfilled my yearnings,

Since its moons appeared

واجْتَبَاني أنَا

واجْتَبَاني أنَا

مُذْ بَدَتْ أقْمَارَه

مُذْ بَدَتْ أقْمَارَه

and chose me, myself,

So I witnessed beauty

since his moons appeared.

Through its veil

فَشَهِدتُ الْحَسْنَا

فَشَهِدتُ الْحَسْنَا

مِن خِلالِ اسْتاره

مِن خِلالِ اسْتاره

Then I beheld beauty

O brother, for God,

through his veils.

Strive to love the Beloved

يا أخِي باللهِ

يا أخِي باللهِ

هِمْ بِحُبِّ المحبوبْ

هِمْ بِحُبِّ المحبوبْ

O my brother, by God,

Do not be neglectful

be enraptured with love for the Beloved.

While your self remains troubled

لاَ تَكُنْ شَيْ ساهِي

لاَ تَكُنْ شَيْ ساهِي

معْ نَفْسِكْ متعوب

معْ نَفْسِكْ متعوب

Do not be a heedless one,

Leave the saying of the Godless

wearied by your self.

And remain not veiled

خَلِّ قَوْلَ اللاَّهِي

خَلِّ قَوْلَ اللاَّهِي

ولا تَبْقَى مَحْجُوبْ

ولا تَبْقَى مَحْجُوبْ

Leave the idle one's talk,

The Truth is a garden

and do not remain veiled.

In that which has sight

الحقيقهْ جَنَّا

الحقيقهْ جَنَّا

في الذي أبْصارَهْ

في الذي أبْصارَهْ

Reality is a paradise

Whoever knew it flourished

for the one who has beheld it.

And fulfilled its cycles

مَنْ عَرَفْهَا اتْهَنَّا

مَنْ عَرَفْهَا اتْهَنَّا

وقَضَى أوْطَارَهْ

وقَضَى أوْطَارَهْ

Whoever knows it finds contentment

Dive into the sea of mysteries

and fulfills his desires.

O impoverished, natural one

غُصْ في بَحْرِ الأسرارْ

غُصْ في بَحْرِ الأسرارْ

يا فقيراً مطبوعْ

يا فقيراً مطبوعْ

Dive into the sea of secrets,

All things are remembered

O poor one, gifted by nature.

In your attributes gathered

كُلُّ شَيْ يُذْكارْ

كُلُّ شَيْ يُذْكارْ

في صِفاتِك مَجْموعْ

في صِفاتِك مَجْموعْ

Everything that is mentioned

The sun and the moon

is gathered in your attributes.

In you set and rise

والشُّمُوس والأقْمَارْ

والشُّمُوس والأقْمَارْ

فيكْ تَغيب وتَطْلُعْ

فيكْ تَغيب وتَطْلُعْ

And the suns and moons

And the revolving sphere does not forget

set and rise within you.

That which set it in motion

والفَلْكْ لاَ تنْسى

والفَلْكْ لاَ تنْسى

الذي دَوَّارَهْ

الذي دَوَّارَهْ

As for the celestial sphere, do not forget

And Hell and Heaven

the one who turns it;

That which developed them

والجحيمْ والجنَّهْ

والجحيمْ والجنَّهْ

الذي عَمَّارهْ

الذي عَمَّارهْ

and as for hell and paradise,

O impoverished one, from me listen

the one who dwells in them.

You are the meaning of all things

يا فَقيرْ مِنِّي اسْمَعْ

يا فَقيرْ مِنِّي اسْمَعْ

أنتَ هُ مَعْنى الشَّيْ

أنتَ هُ مَعْنى الشَّيْ

O poor one, listen to me:

And to your essence return

you are the very meaning of things.

And behold the Living

ولِذَاتِكْ إِرْجَعْ

ولِذَاتِكْ إِرْجَعْ

وتُشاهِدْ لِلْحَيْ

وتُشاهِدْ لِلْحَيْ

And return to your essence,

Your path follow

and you will behold the Living One.

And look not askance

وطَريقَكْ إِتْبَعْ

وطَريقَكْ إِتْبَعْ

ولا تَنْظُرْ أثْنَىْ

ولا تَنْظُرْ أثْنَىْ

And follow your path,

O stranger who has come to evening

and do not see two.

Fleeing from his abode

يا غَرِيباً أمْسى

يا غَرِيباً أمْسى

نازحاً عَنْ دارَه

نازحاً عَنْ دارَه

O stranger whom evening finds

Enter in, O Living One, with us

far from his home,

And you will see its moons

أُجْخُلْ الحي مَعْنَا

أُجْخُلْ الحي مَعْنَا

وتَرى أقْمارَه

وتَرى أقْمارَه

enter the encampment with us,

and you will see its moons.