نسخت بحبي آية العشق من قبلي

نسخت بحبي آية العشق من قبلي

واصبحت فرد القوم بالعقد والحل

واصبحت فرد القوم بالعقد والحل

With my love I superseded the verse of passion that came before me.

I copied with my love the verse of passion before me

And I became peerless among the people in binding and loosing.

And became unmatched among the people with integrity and virtue

رفعت لدين الحب في الارض راية

رفعت لدين الحب في الارض راية

فاهل الهوى جندي وحكمي على الكل

فاهل الهوى جندي وحكمي على الكل

I raised a banner on earth for the religion of love.

I raised the flag of the religion of love on earth

So the people of passion are my army, and my rule is over all.

So the people of passion are my soldiers and I rule over all

وكل فتى يهوى فاني امامه

وكل فتى يهوى فاني امامه

بعلم شريف الشأن يحكم بالعدل

بعلم شريف الشأن يحكم بالعدل

And for every youth who loves, I am his imam,

And every youth who loves, I am before him

with knowledge of noble standing, ruling justly.

With a glorious banner that rules with justice

وخليت لوامي على حلس وهمهم

وخليت لوامي على حلس وهمهم

واني بريء من فتى سامع العذل

واني بريء من فتى سامع العذل

And I left my reproachers on the mat of their delusion,

And I left the blamers with their worries and their murmurings

and I am free of any youth who heeds reproach.

While I am innocent of any youth who listens to rebuke

ولي في الهوى علم تجل صفاته

ولي في الهوى علم تجل صفاته

عن الظلم والعدوان والحقد والغل

عن الظلم والعدوان والحقد والغل

And I possess knowledge of passion whose qualities are exalted

And I have knowledge of love whose traits transcend

above injustice, aggression, rancor, and malice.

Injustice, transgression, malice and spite

تفقهت في دين المحبة عارفا

تفقهت في دين المحبة عارفا

ومن لم يفقهه الهوى فهو في جهل

ومن لم يفقهه الهوى فهو في جهل

I became versed in the religion of love as a knower,

I gained understanding in the religion of love, knowing

and whoever passion has not taught is in ignorance.

And whoever love has not given understanding is in ignorance

ومن لم يكن في عزة الحب تائها

ومن لم يكن في عزة الحب تائها

فلم يهد في نهج الحقيقة للفضل

فلم يهد في نهج الحقيقة للفضل

And whoever has not been lost in love's majesty

And whoever does not wander lost in the glory of love

has not been guided along truth's path to excellence.

Has not been guided on the path of excellence and merit

وان لم يفز بالعز طورا ومشربا

وان لم يفز بالعز طورا ومشربا

بحب الذي يهوى فبشره بالذل

بحب الذي يهوى فبشره بالذل

And if he gains no honor in his state and draught

And if he does not attain honor for a while in manner and doctrine

through loving the one he loves, then give him tidings of abasement.

By loving the one he desires, give him tidings of humiliation

وللوجد فتيان كرام نفوسهم

وللوجد فتيان كرام نفوسهم

منزهة الحالين بالقول والفعل

منزهة الحالين بالقول والفعل

And ecstasy has noble youths, whose souls

And passion has noble youths whose souls

are pure in both states, in word and deed.

Are pure in word and deed

واسرارهم طيارة الطور للعلا

واسرارهم طيارة الطور للعلا

مجردة عما سوى الحب يا خلي

مجردة عما سوى الحب يا خلي

And their secrets are winged in nature, bound for the heights,

And their secrets are sanctified, transcending

stripped of all but love, O my friend.

All but love, O Kaleem

اذا جاد اقوام بمال رأيتهم

اذا جاد اقوام بمال رأيتهم

يحطون هام المال عن اخمص الرجل

يحطون هام المال عن اخمص الرجل

When people give generously of wealth, you see them

When people are generous with wealth I see them

lowering wealth's heads beneath the arch of the foot.

Lowering the importance of wealth below the sole of the foot

اذا قام سوق البذل يوما لحبهم

اذا قام سوق البذل يوما لحبهم

يجودون بالارواح منهم بلا بخل

يجودون بالارواح منهم بلا بخل

When the market of giving opens one day for their love,

If the market of their generosity opens one day for their love

they generously offer their own souls without stinginess.

They give away lives without any stinginess

وان اودعوا سرا رأيت صدورهم

وان اودعوا سرا رأيت صدورهم

كنوزا بها الارصاد جلت عن الحل

كنوزا بها الارصاد جلت عن الحل

And if they are entrusted with a secret, you see their breasts

And if they entrust a secret, I see their hearts as

as treasure-hoards whose protective wards are beyond unlocking.

Treasures which the devils are prevented from reaching

وقد جعلوا في طي لب قلوبهم

وقد جعلوا في طي لب قلوبهم

قبورا لاشكال تنزه عن نقل

قبورا لاشكال تنزه عن نقل

And they have made, within the folds of their hearts' core,

And they have made graves in the folds of their hearts

tombs for forms beyond conveyance.

For idols, transcending transfer

وان هددوا بالهجر ماتوا مخافة

وان هددوا بالهجر ماتوا مخافة

وعاشوا متى وافاهم الوعد بالوصل

وعاشوا متى وافاهم الوعد بالوصل

And if threatened with abandonment, they die of fear,

And if they threaten to abandon, they die fearing

and live whenever the promise of union comes to them.

And live when the promise of union comes to them

فإن وعدوا طابوا وطاب جنانهم

فإن وعدوا طابوا وطاب جنانهم

وان وعدوا بالقتل حنوا إلى القتل

وان وعدوا بالقتل حنوا إلى القتل

So if given a promise, they are glad, and their hearts are glad;

So when they promise, they prosper and their souls prosper

and if promised death, they yearn to be slain.

And when they promise death, they yearn for death

لعمري هم العشاق عندي حقيقة

لعمري هم العشاق عندي حقيقة

بنا قام رأي المقل ينصر بالنقل

بنا قام رأي المقل ينصر بالنقل

By my life, they are the true lovers in my eyes;

By my life, they are to me the essence

through us the eyes' judgment stands, upheld by transmitted tradition.

Of passion, by which the opinion of the transmitter is supported

كرام بنوافي الحب اس سلوكهم

كرام بنوافي الحب اس سلوكهم

على الجد والباقون عندي على الهزل

على الجد والباقون عندي على الهزل

Noble men who built, in love, the foundation of their wayfaring

Noble people whose way in love is founded

on earnestness; the rest, in my view, stand upon frivolity.

On truth, while the rest are to me frivolous