طابَت أوقاتي بمحبوبٍ ك

طابَت أوقاتي بمحبوبٍ ك

حبّه ذخري

حبّه ذخري

My hours grew sweet with a beloved—“k” [an isolated, uncertain letter].

My hours grew sweet with a beloved—like...

His love is my treasure.

His love is my treasure.

ترغب من لا لنا عنه الفنى

ترغب من لا لنا عنه الفنى

في صلاح أمري

في صلاح أمري

You desire one from whom we have no annihilation [text uncertain].

You seek the one we cannot do without [wording uncertain].

In the setting-right of my affairs.

For the well-being of my affairs.

أنا هو شيخ الشراب ما في الملاح

أنا هو شيخ الشراب ما في الملاح

لذ لي التمزيق

لذ لي التمزيق

I am he, the master of wine among the fair ones [wording uncertain].

I am he, the master of wine—[unclear phrase about the fair ones].

Tearing apart became sweet to me.

Rending became sweet to me.

ابسطوا سجّادتي راحاً براح

ابسطوا سجّادتي راحاً براح

قربوا الإبريق

قربوا الإبريق

Spread my prayer rug with wine, out in the open.

Spread out my prayer rug, wine with wine.

Bring the pitcher near.

Bring the pitcher near.

احملوا تغريدي في الإصطلاح

احملوا تغريدي في الإصطلاح

يا ذوي التحقيق

يا ذوي التحقيق

Bear my singing in the language of the Path,

Interpret my singing through the established terminology,

O people of true realization.

O people of realization.

يا أنا منه أنا حتّى أنا

يا أنا منه أنا حتّى أنا

همتُ في سكري

همتُ في سكري

O I—from Him I am, until I am.

O I! From him am I—even I.

I wandered, lost in my intoxication.

I wandered in my intoxication.

سمعوني طيبَ ألحانِ الغِنا

سمعوني طيبَ ألحانِ الغِنا

فعسى ندري

فعسى ندري

Let me hear the sweetness of the melodies of song,

Let me hear the sweet melodies of song,

That perhaps we may know,

So perhaps I shall know.

كي نفيق يا فقرا من سكرتي

كي نفيق يا فقرا من سكرتي

نقروا في العود

نقروا في العود

So that we may awaken, O dervishes, from my intoxication.

So that I may sober up, O faqirs, from my drunkenness,

Pluck the lute’s strings,

Pluck the oud.

واحملوني فوق عرش كرمتي

واحملوني فوق عرش كرمتي

عاشق مفقود

عاشق مفقود

And carry me atop the trellis of my vine—

And carry me onto the trellis of my vine—

A lover, lost.

A lover lost.

واجعلوا من مائها في قبلتي

واجعلوا من مائها في قبلتي

واعصرُوا العنقود

واعصرُوا العنقود

And place some of its water toward my qibla,

And put some of its water at my qibla,

And press the grape cluster.

And squeeze the grape cluster.

واجعلوا أوراقَها لي كفناً

واجعلوا أوراقَها لي كفناً

ماؤها طهري

ماؤها طهري

And make its leaves a shroud for me;

And make its leaves a shroud for me;

Its water is my purification.

Its water is my purification.

فوقُ أو من تحتُ أو عن ميمنا

فوقُ أو من تحتُ أو عن ميمنا

احفروا قبري

احفروا قبري

Above, or from below, or on our right—

Above, or from below, or toward the right,

Dig my grave.

Dig my grave.

بمتُ دنفاسي ودلفي والإزرار

بمتُ دنفاسي ودلفي والإزرار

وبقيت عريان

وبقيت عريان

[Corrupt text:] “bimtu,” “danfāsī,” my “dalf,” and the buttons.

I [unclear verb] my [unclear], and my [possibly: ragged cloak], and the [possibly: waist-wrap].

And I remained naked.

And I remained naked.

ومشيت بين دوحاتِ الديار

ومشيت بين دوحاتِ الديار

وأنا نشوان

وأنا نشوان

And I walked among the great trees of the dwellings,

And I walked among the spreading trees of the dwellings,

While I was enraptured,

And I was intoxicated,

بين خلّان وأكواسٍ تدار

بين خلّان وأكواسٍ تدار

تسحرُ الأدهان

تسحرُ الأدهان

Among dear companions and cups passed around,

Among friends and cups passed around,

Bewitching the oils—or perhaps, in a corrupt reading, the minds.

Bewitching the [minds].

ليس لي أصلاً على الشرب غنى

ليس لي أصلاً على الشرب غنى

والهوى سكري

والهوى سكري

I can never dispense with drinking;

I cannot do without drinking at all,

Passion is my intoxication.

And love is my intoxication.

وانتموا يا ففرا يا أمنا

وانتموا يا ففرا يا أمنا

أكتموا سري

أكتموا سري

And claim your belonging, O “fafara,” O our mother [text uncertain].

And you, O [faqirs], O trusted ones,

Conceal my secret.

Conceal my secret.

كان ظني أنَّني نعشقهُ

كان ظني أنَّني نعشقهُ

وهو لي يعشق

وهو لي يعشق

I thought that I loved Him,

I had thought that I loved him,

Yet He loves me.

And he loves me.

أنا نبعدُ وهو يقربُ لي

أنا نبعدُ وهو يقربُ لي

صر بي أرفق

صر بي أرفق

I draw away, while He draws near to me.

I draw away, and he draws near to me.

Become gentler with me.

Be gentler with me.

تجلى الحب تدلى فدلي

تجلى الحب تدلى فدلي

ساعة الذكر

ساعة الذكر

Love unveiled itself and drew near—then “fadallī” [text uncertain].

Love revealed itself, descended, and was lowered,

At the hour of remembrance,

At the hour of remembrance.

فحت أحداك احزاننا

فحت أحداك احزاننا

واختفى سري

واختفى سري

“Faḥat”—one of you—our sorrows [corrupt text].

I gave off fragrance [reading uncertain]—[unclear]—our sorrows.

And my secret became hidden.

And my secret vanished.

فهام البين دع ترشُقني

فهام البين دع ترشُقني

سلموا مالي

سلموا مالي

[Text uncertain:] then he wandered, separation—let it pierce me.

The [arrows] of separation—let them strike me.

Hand over what is mine.

Surrender my wealth.

أنا نهواهُ وهو بمشقني

أنا نهواهُ وهو بمشقني

سلّموا حالي

سلّموا حالي

I love Him, while He “bimashqunī” [apparently: rends me].

I love him, and he [perhaps: loves] me.

Accept my state.

Surrender my state.

ساقني لمّا بدى أنشقني

ساقني لمّا بدى أنشقني

نشدَهُ الغالي

نشدَهُ الغالي

He led me; when He appeared, He made me inhale His fragrance.

He led me; when he appeared, he made me breathe in.

I seek Him, the precious one.

The precious one sought him [reading uncertain].

وهوَ لي روحٌ أقام البدنا

وهوَ لي روحٌ أقام البدنا

هو في سري

هو في سري

He is a spirit to me who set the body upright.

And he is to me a spirit that raised the body.

He is within my secret.

He is in my secret.

لا تعُم تفرق في بحرنا

لا تعُم تفرق في بحرنا

ذاك هو بحري

ذاك هو بحري

Do not pervade; scatter in our sea [text uncertain].

Do not swim—you will [perhaps: drown] in our sea.

That—He—is my sea.

That is my sea.