سامح الخل يا فلان

سامح الخل يا فلان

بالتلاقي والاجتماع

بالتلاقي والاجتماع

Indulge your beloved, so-and-so,

Forgive the vinegar, O friend

with meeting and reunion,

In meeting and gathering together

عند ما نكس الزبان

عند ما نكس الزبان

واعتدل كوكب الذراع

واعتدل كوكب الذراع

when al-Zabān dips

When the scales are tipped

and the star of al-Dhirāʿ stands upright.

And the planet of the arm is balanced

ان ما بان ان يئن

ان ما بان ان يئن

هات لي مطرب السماع

هات لي مطرب السماع

If it is not clear that he moans,

If what appeared is to moan

bring me a singer for spiritual listening,

Bring me the musician of hearing

واسقني قهوة الدنان

واسقني قهوة الدنان

ثم هجرع على اليراع

ثم هجرع على اليراع

and give me wine from the casks;

And give me coffee of the two grinds

then a lanky fellow at the reed flute [sense uncertain],

Then take a draught upon the pasture

عند ما غيهبان حان

عند ما غيهبان حان

وأظلم الغور والبقاع

وأظلم الغور والبقاع

when deep darkness comes

When the two eyelids have slept

and the lowlands and the lands grow dark.

And the gorge and regions darkened

فمذهب العشاق خير مذهب

فمذهب العشاق خير مذهب

ما يقتنيه إلا ذكي مهذّب

ما يقتنيه إلا ذكي مهذّب

For the lovers' path is the finest path;

Then the creed of lovers is the best creed

only someone intelligent and refined acquires it.

Attained only by a wise and well-mannered person

لا لوم في جاهل بذاك أعتب

لا لوم في جاهل بذاك أعتب

دعه يكفيه امتحان

دعه يكفيه امتحان

I neither blame nor reproach one ignorant of that.

No blame to an ignorant one in that, I pardon

Leave him; sufficient trial for him is

Let it suffice him trial

التراضي بالانقطاع

التراضي بالانقطاع

كل أعمى عن العيان

كل أعمى عن العيان

consenting to separation.

Reconciliation in cutting off

Everyone blind to direct vision—

Every blind to insight

حاجبه جاذب الطباع

حاجبه جاذب الطباع

إي ومن أبدع الأنام

إي ومن أبدع الأنام

his veil is the pull of natural dispositions.

His eyelid draws nature

Yes, by Him who created all beings

Yes, and the most creative of people

وأهل للحمد والثنا

وأهل للحمد والثنا

قد حوى السعد والمرام

قد حوى السعد والمرام

and is worthy of praise and acclaim:

Worthy of praise and laudation

they have gained good fortune and their desire,

Has contained happiness and purpose

والمسرّات والهنا

والمسرّات والهنا

المحبين يا غلام

المحبين يا غلام

and joys and bliss—

And delights and bliss

the lovers, O lad,

O boy, the lovers

أهل الأحوال والفنا

أهل الأحوال والفنا

أهل اكسير الائتمان

أهل اكسير الائتمان

people of spiritual states and self-annihilation,

People of mystical states and annihilation

possessors of the elixir of trust.

People of the elixir of trust

ليس يفشي ولا يذاع

ليس يفشي ولا يذاع

كمثل محيي الدين تاج الابدال

كمثل محيي الدين تاج الابدال

They do not divulge it, nor is it made public.

Do not divulge or spread

Like Muḥyī al-Dīn, crown of the abdāl,

Like the reviver of religion, the crown of saints

وبيس المواهب بو يزيد الأحوال

وبيس المواهب بو يزيد الأحوال

سعر السويني هو زكي الأعمال

سعر السويني هو زكي الأعمال

and [unclear epithet] of gifts, Bū Yazīd of spiritual states;

And the ship of gifts, Abu Yazid of mystical states

al-Suwaynī's worth [wording uncertain]—he is pure in deeds.

The price of the Suyuti, the pure of deeds

طال ما رتل القرآن

طال ما رتل القرآن

في الهواجر ظمي وجاع

في الهواجر ظمي وجاع

Long has he intoned the Qur'an;

Long has he recited the Quran

in the midday heat he thirsted and went hungry.

In the hermitages, grieving and hurting

ليس يركن لكل فان

ليس يركن لكل فان

له في الزهد طول باع

له في الزهد طول باع

He puts no trust in anything transient;

Not everyone fleeting

his reach in asceticism is long.

In asceticism has a long track record

عالم قد تلبسا

عالم قد تلبسا

حلة الشرع والكتاب

حلة الشرع والكتاب

A scholar who has clothed himself

A scholar who has worn

in the robe of sacred law and the Book,

The dress of Islamic law and scripture

طلق المال والنسا

طلق المال والنسا

يرتجي الفوز في المآب

يرتجي الفوز في المآب

he has divorced wealth and women,

Let go of wealth and women

hoping for triumph at the final return.

Seeking success in the return

قد نفى فاخر الكسا

قد نفى فاخر الكسا

وأطيب العيش والشراب

وأطيب العيش والشراب

He has cast off splendid clothes

He denied fine clothes

and the choicest fare and drink.

And the best life and drink

قد نفى الكلّ يا فلان

قد نفى الكلّ يا فلان

ما سوى بلغة المتاع

ما سوى بلغة المتاع

He has cast everything aside, so-and-so,

He denied everything, O friend

save enough provisions to subsist on.

Except the language of goods

قد رتب الأوقات كل ساعه

قد رتب الأوقات كل ساعه

في سنة المختار واتباعه

في سنة المختار واتباعه

He has ordered his times, every hour,

He arranged the times every hour

in the Chosen One's Sunnah and in following him,

In the Sunnah of the Chosen One and following him

راعي اللوا والحوض والشفاعه

راعي اللوا والحوض والشفاعه

قد جعل لامّته أمان

قد جعل لامّته أمان

the master of the Banner, the Pool, and intercession.

The guardian of banners, basin, and intercession

He has granted his community safety

He made for his nation safety

عندما يكشف القناع

عندما يكشف القناع

لا وتاللَه لن تهان

لا وتاللَه لن تهان

when the veil is lifted.

When the veil is lifted

No, by God, it will never be dishonored—

No, by God, his nation will not be disgraced

أمة له وهو المطاع

أمة له وهو المطاع

his community, and he is the one obeyed.

For him while he is obeyed