هات يا حادي فقد آن السلوّ

هات يا حادي فقد آن السلوّ

وتجلى عن سما قلبي الصدا

وتجلى عن سما قلبي الصدا

Bring it forth, O caravan-singer—the hour of solace has come.

Sing, O camel-driver, for the hour of solace has come.

The rust has cleared from the sky of my heart.

And the rust has cleared from my heart's sky.

خلّ عنك الهمّ واترك قول لو

خلّ عنك الهمّ واترك قول لو

لا تطع فيمن تشا قول العدا

لا تطع فيمن تشا قول العدا

Put worry behind you, and abandon the words “if only.”

Cast worry away from yourself, and abandon saying 'if only.'

Do not heed the enemies’ words about the one you love.

Do not heed the enemies' words about whomever you desire.

إن أحبابي بوصلي قد دنوا

إن أحبابي بوصلي قد دنوا

وقمير البان عندي قد شدا

وقمير البان عندي قد شدا

Indeed, my beloveds have drawn near to union with me.

Indeed, my loved ones have drawn near to unite with me.

And my turtledove of the moringa trees has sung beside me.

And the little dove of the bān-tree has sung beside me.

ساعتك لا تشتغل فيها بسوّ

ساعتك لا تشتغل فيها بسوّ

خلّ ما قد قات واترك ما بدا

خلّ ما قد قات واترك ما بدا

Do not busy your present hour with what is bad.

Do not occupy your present hour with anything bad.

Let go of what has passed, and leave whatever arises.

Let go of what has passed, and leave what has appeared.

إن المدبر في الأمور غيرك

إن المدبر في الأمور غيرك

في كلّ أحوالك وفي أمورك

في كلّ أحوالك وفي أمورك

For the One who governs affairs is not you—

For the one who governs affairs is not you,

in all your states and all your concerns.

in all your states and in your affairs.

فاغتنم في ساعتك سرورك

فاغتنم في ساعتك سرورك

والعواذل لا تطعهم ان نهوا

والعواذل لا تطعهم ان نهوا

So seize your joy in the present hour.

So seize your joy in your present hour.

And do not obey the reproachers when they forbid you.

And do not obey the reproachers if they forbid you.

إن محض الغيّ في عشقه هدا

إن محض الغيّ في عشقه هدا

ما رقا العشاق فيما قد رقوا

ما رقا العشاق فيما قد رقوا

Indeed, sheer waywardness in love is guidance.

For sheer misguidance in loving him is guidance.

The lovers never rose to the heights they reached

Lovers did not rise to the heights they reached

غير خلوا ما سوى المحبوب سدا

غير خلوا ما سوى المحبوب سدا

كم أمور في ابتداها هائله

كم أمور في ابتداها هائله

except by leaving all but the Beloved as naught.

except by leaving all but the beloved unheeded.

How many things are terrifying at the outset,

How many matters are terrifying at their beginning,

ثم عقباها السلامة والهنا

ثم عقباها السلامة والهنا

والحيل في مقتضاها حائله

والحيل في مقتضاها حائله

yet their outcome is safety and bliss.

then have safety and happiness as their outcome.

The stratagems those matters call for only stand in the way,

And schemes are fruitless in their outcome.

ما خلت عنه العناية هو عنا

ما خلت عنه العناية هو عنا

إن في التسليم راحة عاجله

إن في التسليم راحة عاجله

and whatever Providence abandons is misery.

Whatever lacks divine care is hardship.

Indeed, in surrender there is immediate relief,

Indeed, in surrender there is immediate relief.

ومن التفويض فيضان المنا

ومن التفويض فيضان المنا

والتعنت لا محاله والغلو

والتعنت لا محاله والغلو

and from entrusting all to God, an overflow of blessings.

And from entrusting all comes a flood of wishes fulfilled.

Surely, it is obstinacy and excess

And obstinacy and excess are, without doubt,

أن تضيع صفو يومك في غدا

أن تضيع صفو يومك في غدا

في كل يوم لك نصيب معلوم

في كل يوم لك نصيب معلوم

to squander today’s serenity over tomorrow.

to waste your day's serenity on tomorrow.

Each day, you have a known allotted share.

Each day, an appointed share is yours.

فلا تكن به يا بليد مهموم

فلا تكن به يا بليد مهموم

والرزق في أمّ الكتاب مقسوم

والرزق في أمّ الكتاب مقسوم

So do not, you fool, be anxious over it.

So do not worry about it, O dullard.

Provision is apportioned in the Mother of the Book.

And sustenance is apportioned in the Mother of the Book.

من هنا للحرص وافراكه نهوا

من هنا للحرص وافراكه نهوا

إن ربك ذي التفضل والندا

إن ربك ذي التفضل والندا

Therefore they forbade avarice and all its offshoots.

Hence they forbade greed and its excesses.

Indeed, your Lord abounds in gracious bounty and generosity.

For your Lord possesses bounty and generosity.

إن مستقبلك يحكمه العفوا

إن مستقبلك يحكمه العفوا

مثل ما أحكم أمور الابتدا

مثل ما أحكم أمور الابتدا

Your future is governed by pardon,

Indeed, the Pardoner sets your future in order,

just as He set the affairs of the beginning in order.

just as he set affairs in order at the beginning.

قف على باب الصفا ودع الجفا

قف على باب الصفا ودع الجفا

ذه نصيحه فاستمع من قد نصح

ذه نصيحه فاستمع من قد نصح

Stand at the gate of purity, and forsake estrangement.

Stand at the gate of purity and abandon estrangement.

This is counsel; listen to one who counsels you.

This is advice, so listen to one who has given counsel.

الشفا كلّ الشفا كلّ الشفا

الشفا كلّ الشفا كلّ الشفا

أن تغتنم من زمانك ما سمح

أن تغتنم من زمانك ما سمح

The cure—all the cure, all the cure—

The cure, the whole cure, the whole cure,

is to seize whatever your time affords.

is to seize whatever your time allows.

ان هذا الدهر معدوم الوفا

ان هذا الدهر معدوم الوفا

كن مسلم ان صلح أو ما صلح

كن مسلم ان صلح أو ما صلح

For this age is utterly devoid of fidelity.

For this age is devoid of faithfulness.

Be resigned, whether it goes well or does not.

Be accepting, whether things go well or not.

نفحة الرحمن فيما قد رووا

نفحة الرحمن فيما قد رووا

آتيه حقا وان طال المدا

آتيه حقا وان طال المدا

A breath of the All-Merciful, as they have related,

A breath of the All-Merciful, as they have related,

will surely come, though the waiting be long.

is surely coming, though the time be long.

أما أنا واللَه لا أبالي

أما أنا واللَه لا أبالي

اذا صفا لي في الحبيب حالي

اذا صفا لي في الحبيب حالي

As for me—by God, I do not care,

As for me, by God, I do not care,

if my state with the Beloved is serene.

if my state with the beloved is serene.

فكل مرّ بعد ذاك حالي

فكل مرّ بعد ذاك حالي

قاتل اللَه العواذل ما سعوا

قاتل اللَه العواذل ما سعوا

for every bitterness after that is sweet to me.

Then every bitter thing after that is sweet.

God confound the reproachers, however they strive!

May God confound the reproachers as long as they strive!

ما دروا روحي وجسمي له فداء

ما دروا روحي وجسمي له فداء

لست أنا صاحي وإن هم قد صحوا

لست أنا صاحي وإن هم قد صحوا

They do not know: my soul and body are his ransom.

They do not know that my soul and body are a ransom for him.

I am not sober, though they may have sobered.

I am not sober, though they have already sobered up.

ما شفائي فيه إلا كلّ داء

ما شفائي فيه إلا كلّ داء

My only cure in him is every malady.

My cure in him is nothing but every malady.