ليسis not التصوفSufism بالخرقin rags
ليس التصوف بالخرق
أوor بالتوهمin delusion والعلقand attachments
أو بالتوهم والعلق
Sufism does not lie in rags,
Sufism is not about wearing rags,
or in delusion and attachments,
Or delusions and obsession,
أوor بالتعاليin arrogance والجفاand harshness
أو بالتعالي والجفا
منwhoever قالsaid هذاthis ماdid not صدقspeak the truth
من قال هذا ما صدق
or in arrogance and harshness.
Or arrogance and aloofness.
Whoever said this did not speak the truth.
Whoever claims this is untrue.
إنindeed التصوفSufism ياO فتىyoung man
إن التصوف يا فتى
سرa secret علىupon القلبthe heart انتسقwas set in order
سر على القلب انتسق
Indeed, Sufism, O young man,
Sufism, my boy,
is a secret arrayed upon the heart;
Is a secret that seeps into the heart,
ويئجand blazes منfrom مكنونهits hidden depths
ويئج من مكنونه
حرقburning pangs يمازجهاmingles with them قلقunrest
حرق يمازجها قلق
and from its hidden depths blaze
And emerges from its depths
burning pangs mingled with unrest.
As a burning, mixed with anxiety.
Sol 6.1