فجرُ المعارف في شرق الهدى وَضَحَا

فجرُ المعارف في شرق الهدى وَضَحَا

بَسملْ بِكاسكَ هذا اليْوم مُفْتَتِحَا

بَسملْ بِكاسكَ هذا اليْوم مُفْتَتِحَا

The dawn of spiritual knowledge shone in the east of guidance.

The dawn of knowledge shone in the East of guidance

Say 'In God's name' over your cup as you begin this day.

With your cup today, the opening is inaugurated

يوم تَنزه عن أيام عادتناَ

يوم تَنزه عن أيام عادتناَ

وعن أصيل فما تُلفِيه غير ضُحى

وعن أصيل فما تُلفِيه غير ضُحى

A day exalted above our ordinary days,

A day free from our usual days

And above late afternoon—you find it nothing but midmorning.

And from the original, so you will not find it except at dawn

إِن كنت تُنصفه فاخلع عِذَاركَ في

إِن كنت تُنصفه فاخلع عِذَاركَ في

زَمانِه الفرد لا تَنْفَكُّ مُصْطبِحاَ

زَمانِه الفرد لا تَنْفَكُّ مُصْطبِحاَ

If you would do it justice, cast off your bridle in

If you are fair to it, take off your excuse in

Its peerless time; never cease taking the morning draught.

Its singular time, you will not cease being early rising

واشرب وزَمْزِمْ ولا تُلوِي على أحد

واشرب وزَمْزِمْ ولا تُلوِي على أحد

ولا تُعرِّجْ على من ذاق ثُمَّ صَحا

ولا تُعرِّجْ على من ذاق ثُمَّ صَحا

And drink and hum, and pay no heed to anyone.

Drink and Zamzam and do not wrong anyone

And do not turn aside for one who tasted, then grew sober.

Nor deviate to one who has tasted then became sober

وَبع ثِيَابك في جِرياله شَغفاَ

وَبع ثِيَابك في جِرياله شَغفاَ

واجْعَل نديمكَ من أفكارك القدحاَ

واجْعَل نديمكَ من أفكارك القدحاَ

And sell your clothes for its crimson wine, out of passion.

Sell your clothes passionately in its alleys

And make the cup, rather than your thoughts, your drinking companion.

And make your drinking companion be your own thoughts

فان تجوهرت فاشطح فالسكون هنا

فان تجوهرت فاشطح فالسكون هنا

لاينبغي إِنما السكران من شطحا

لاينبغي إِنما السكران من شطحا

So if you become a jewel, speak in ecstasy, for stillness here

So if you become refined, then ramble, for tranquility here

Is unfitting; only he who speaks in ecstasy is drunk.

Is not proper, but rather the intoxicated one from rambling

يا حبذا كل من أبدي مواجدَهُ

يا حبذا كل من أبدي مواجدَهُ

وَلمْ يعربد وقال الحقَّ وافتضحَا

وَلمْ يعربد وقال الحقَّ وافتضحَا

Oh, how fine is everyone who revealed his ecstasies,

O excellent is everyone who has shown his talents

And did not brawl, spoke the truth, and was exposed,

And did not talk nonsense and spoke the truth and was candid

ومالَ للصَّحوِ بعدَ المحو واتحدَت

ومالَ للصَّحوِ بعدَ المحو واتحدَت

أخبارهُ وغدا للشفع مُطَّرِحا

أخبارهُ وغدا للشفع مُطَّرِحا

And turned to sobriety after effacement, and unified were

And inclined to sobriety after oblivion and his

His accounts; and he came to cast duality aside.

News was united and he became laying down to intercede the next morning

وقُلْ لمن جدَّ في نصحي فَديتُكَ لا

وقُلْ لمن جدَّ في نصحي فَديتُكَ لا

تَنْصحْ فقد عُدْتُ لا أُصغيِ لمن نَصَحا

تَنْصحْ فقد عُدْتُ لا أُصغيِ لمن نَصَحا

And say to whoever earnestly counsels me: 'May I be your ransom—do not

And say to whoever was serious in advising me, I ransom you, do not

Advise me, for I no longer listen to anyone who gives advice.'

Advise, for I have become not listening to one who gave advice