كلُّevery واحدٍone لهfor him نصيبa share يأتيcomes
كلُّ واحدٍ له نصيب يأتي
وهواكand love of you ليfor me نصيبa share
وهواك لي نصيب
Everyone has a share that comes to them;
Each one has a fate that comes to him,
And love of you is my share.
And you are my fate,
ياO حباتيmy seeds (probably 'my life') وأنتَand you فيin ذاتيmy being
يا حباتي وأنتَ في ذاتي
حاضرٌpresent لاnot تغيبyou are absent
حاضرٌ لا تغيب
O my [life], and you are within my being,
O my beloved, you are within my essence,
Present, never absent.
Ever present, never absent.
أنتyou أسكرتَنيyou intoxicated me علىupon سكريmy drunkenness
أنت أسكرتَني على سكري
منfrom قديمancient الشرابwine
من قديم الشراب
You intoxicated me upon my drunkenness,
You intoxicated me with my own intoxication,
From wine of old.
From the ancient wine,
ثمthen خاطبتنيyou addressed me كماas تدريyou know
ثم خاطبتني كما تدري
ففهِمتُso I understood الخِطابthe address
ففهِمتُ الخِطاب
Then you addressed me, as you know,
Then you addressed me as you know,
And so I understood the address.
And I understood the address.
ثمَّthen صبَّرتَنيyou made me steadfast رقيبa watcher over ذاتيmy being
ثمَّ صبَّرتَني رقيب ذاتي
وأنتَand you كنتَwere الرقيبthe watcher
وأنتَ كنتَ الرقيب
Then you made me steadfast, a watcher over myself,
Then you made me the guardian of my essence
And you were the watcher.
While you were the guardian.
ياO حباتيmy seeds (probably 'my life') وأنتand you فيin ذاتيmy being
يا حباتي وأنت في ذاتي
حاضرٌpresent لاnot تغيبyou are absent
حاضرٌ لا تغيب
O my [life], and you are within my being,
O my beloved, you are within my essence,
Present, never absent.
Ever present, never absent.
أدخُلِenter الحانthe tavern واشهدand witness المعنىthe meaning
أدخُلِ الحان واشهد المعنى
كيso that تنالyou may attain الأمانsafety
كي تنال الأمان
Enter the tavern and witness the meaning,
Enter the melodies and witness the meaning,
So that you may attain safety.
That you may attain safety,
وترانيand you see me بينamong الدنانthe wine-jars تفنىyou fade away
وتراني بين الدنان تفنى
شاخصاًgazing fixedly للدنانat the wine-jars
شاخصاً للدنان
And you see me among the wine-jars as you fade away,
And you see me annihilated among the nearer ones,
Gazing at the wine-jars.
Yearning for the nearer ones.
قدindeed سقانيgave me drink ساقيthe cupbearer of المدامwine حقنهunclear in context
قد سقاني ساقي المدام حقنه
قبلbefore كونِthe coming into being of الزمانtime
قبل كونِ الزمان
The wine-pourer has indeed given me drink [final word unclear],
The cupbearer of wine has made me drink his filling,
Before time came to be.
Before the existence of time.
أنتَyou تدريyou know منwho يملىfills طاساتيmy cups
أنتَ تدري من يملى طاساتي
أليعُunclear in the supplied text المجيبthe Answerer
أليعُ المجيب
You know who fills my cups:
You know who dictates my ecstasy,
[Unclear], the Answerer.
Most eloquent respondent.
ياO حياتيmy life وأنتَand you فيin ذاتيmy being
يا حياتي وأنتَ في ذاتي
حاضرٌpresent لاnot تغيبyou are absent
حاضرٌ لا تغيب
O my life, and you are within my being,
O my life, you are within my essence,
Present, never absent.
Ever present, never absent.
أناI شخshaykh (probable reading) الخلاعهwantonness عنapart from ذاتيmy self
أنا شخ الخلاعه عن ذاتي
وإمامُand leader of السبعونthe seventy
وإمامُ السبعون
I am the [shaykh] of wantonness, apart from myself,
I am the one who has shed the garment from my essence,
And leader of the seventy.
And the imam of the seventy,
وحبيبيand my beloved بِحُسنهِthrough his beauty الذّاتيintrinsic
وحبيبي بِحُسنهِ الذّاتي
حازَacquired جمعَthe sum of الفنونthe arts
حازَ جمعَ الفنون
And my beloved, through his intrinsic beauty,
And my beloved in his essence
Has acquired the sum of the arts.
Has attained the collection of arts.
ولهذاand for this دعانيcalled me غاياتيmy aims
ولهذا دعاني غاياتي
راحتيmy repose فيin المنونdeath
راحتي في المنون
And so my aims summoned me;
And for this my aspirations called me,
My repose is in death.
My comfort is in death.
أنتyou صيرتنيyou made me رقيبa watcher over ذاتيmy being
أنت صيرتني رقيب ذاتي
وأنتand you كنتَwere الرقيبthe watcher
وأنت كنتَ الرقيب
You made me a watcher over myself,
You have made me the guardian of my essence,
And you were the watcher.
While you were the guardian.
ياO حياتيmy life وأنتand you فيin ذاتيmy being
يا حياتي وأنت في ذاتي
حاضرٌpresent لاnot تغيبyou are absent
حاضرٌ لا تغيب
O my life, and you are within my being,
O my life, you are within my essence,
Present, never absent.
Ever present, never absent.
أناI منfrom عينthe wellspring of فضلthe bounty of ساداتيmy masters
أنا من عين فضل ساداتي
نلتُI attained أعلىthe highest الرتَبranks
نلتُ أعلى الرتَب
I, from the wellspring of my masters' bounty,
I am from the spring of my masters' nobility,
Attained the highest ranks.
I attained the highest rank.
وعلىand according to قدرِthe measure of علوthe loftiness of همَّتيmy aspiration
وعلى قدرِ علو همَّتي
نجتهِدwe strive فيin الطَلَبthe quest
نجتهِد في الطَلَب
And according to the loftiness of my aspiration,
And according to the extent of my ambition's height,
We strive in the quest,
I strive in seeking.
حتىuntil قضيتI spent سائرall أوقاتيmy hours
حتى قضيت سائر أوقاتي
فيin الغناءsong والطربand rapture
في الغناء والطرب
Until I spent all my hours
Until I spent all my time
In song and rapture.
In singing and joy,
وسمعتُand I heard الخطابthe address منfrom ذاتيmy being
وسمعتُ الخطاب من ذاتي
منfrom مكانٍa place قريبnearby
من مكانٍ قريب
And I heard the address from my own being,
And I heard the address from my essence,
From a place nearby.
From a near place.
ياO حباتيmy seeds (probably 'my life') وأتتand she came (probably 'and you') فيin ذابيmy [unclear; probably 'being']
يا حباتي وأتت في ذابي
حاضرٌpresent لاnot تغيبyou are absent
حاضرٌ لا تغيب
O my [life], and [you] are within my [being],
O my beloved, you are within my essence,
Present, never absent.
Ever present, never absent.
Sol 6.1