1. مَنْ عَوَلْ عَلى صَقْلُوا

    وَلَم يَلْتَفِتْ عَقْلُوا

    Whoever relies on his polishing,

    and whose reason has not turned aside,

  2. يَتْحَذَّقْ إِذَ يَنْتَلِفْ

    فَصْلُوا يِتَحَقَّقْ

    grows adept when there vanishes

    his separateness; he attains realization.

  3. ومَهْما يَرَى النُّقْطهْ

    يُرِيدْ أن يَكُون دارَهْ

    And whenever he sees the point,

    he wishes to be a circle.

  4. يَتَحَرَّز مِنَ الْغَلْطه

    إِنَّ الْحَالَ غَرَّارَه

    He guards against error;

    indeed, the spiritual state is deceptive.

  5. وَيمشِي عَلَى الْخُطَّه

    وَيجْعَلْهَا سَيَّارَه

    And he walks along the line,

    and sets it in motion.

  6. غَدَّا يَمتحِق شَكْلُوا

    ويطَّوَروا في وَحْلُوا

    Tomorrow his form will be effaced,

    and he will turn it about in his mire.

  7. يَتْمَزَّقْ يَثَّبَّتْ كَثِيرْ

    رِجْلُوا أوْ يَزْهَق

    He is torn apart; he firmly steadies

    his foot, or he perishes.

  8. ويَطْلُعْ مَعَ التَّركِيبْ

    عَلَى السَّلَم الْعالِي

    And he ascends through composition

    upon the lofty ladder,

  9. وَيَرْجِعْ على التَّرْتِيب

    إِلى الْمَركَزِ التَّالِي

    and returns in due order

    to the next center.

  10. ويَرْفَقْ وبالتَّدْريب

    يَرُدُّ الْجَديد بالِي

    He proceeds gently, and through practice

    turns the new into the worn.

  11. وحينْ يَبْقَى مَعْ كُلُّوا

    يَحْصُل لُو الوُجُودْ كُلُّوا

    And when he abides with his whole being,

    he attains all of existence—

  12. الْمُطْلَقْ وحِينَ يَفْنَى

    يَظْهَر لُو حَقَّ الحقُّ

    the Absolute—and when he is annihilated,

    the truth of the Real appears to him.

  13. ومَنْ رَجَعْ إِلى ذَاتُوا

    يَصِر لُو الْفَنَا قُبَّهْ

    And whoever returns to his essence,

    annihilation becomes a dome for him.

  14. إِنْ يَفْرَحْ بِلَذَّاتُوا

    يَرُدُّ الْخُيوطُ كُبَّهْ

    If he rejoices in his pleasures,

    he winds the threads into a ball.

  15. ولاَ تَغْلِبُوا أوْقاتُوا

    إِذا يَفْتِقُ الْجُبَّهْ

    And let his moments not overcome him

    when he unseams the robe.

  16. إِيَّاكْ يَغْلِبُوا جَهْلُوا

    ويَطْلُب لِغَيْر أهْلُوا

    Beware lest his ignorance overcome him,

    and he appeal to those outside his circle,

  17. أو يَقلَقْ حِفْظُ السّرْ

    أشْكَلْ لُو وألْيَق

    or grow restless; keeping the secret

    is more fitting and suitable for him.

  18. الشَّوْقْ طَريق قاصِد

    وللْوجْدِ يَنْفَذ بِيهْ

    Longing is a direct path,

    and through it he passes into ecstasy.

  19. وكُلُّ السّوَى زَايِد

    وللْوجْدِ هُوَ التَّوجِيه

    And all that is other is superfluous,

    and it is the turning toward ecstasy.

  20. فَمَنْ يُبْصِرُ الْواحِد

    وكُلَّ الْمَعَانِي فِيهْ

    So whoever beholds the One,

    and all meanings within Him,

  21. فقد انْجَمَع شَمْلُوا

    وجَنَّحْ بَعْد نَمْلُوا

    his scattered being has indeed come together,

    and he has taken wing after his ant-like crawl.

  22. وَاتعَلَّق ترْكْ قَولَ مَن قال

    لُوا وَاشَّلَّقْ

    And he clung on, forsaking the words of whoever spoke

    to him, and climbed aloft.

  23. قد تَمَّ الزَّجَل حَقَّا

    والوَقْتُ مَلِيح مَجمُوع

    The zajal has truly come to an end,

    and the moment is lovely, gathered in.

  24. شَقَقتُ الطُّلاَ شَقَّا

    وللْيَوم كانْ مرفُوع

    I cleft the necks asunder,

    and for today there was raised

  25. عُروضْ مَن شَكا الفُرْقَا

    وفِناؤ هُ مَوجُوع

    the meter of one who lamented separation,

    and his courtyard is aching.

  26. أحْرَمِني الْمَلِيحْ وَصْلُوا

    حِينْ قَطَعْ وما وَصَلُوا

    The lovely one denied me his union

    when he broke off and did not reconnect it.

  27. واتْخَلَق مِن تِيهُوا ومِن مَطْلُوا

    صِرتُ أحْمق

    And, fashioned by his haughtiness and his delay,

    I became a fool.