هَذا المُصَلَّى وَهَذِهِ الكُثُبُ

هَذا المُصَلَّى وَهَذِهِ الكُثُبُ

بِمِثْلِ هَذَا يَهُزُّكَ الطَّرَبُ

بِمِثْلِ هَذَا يَهُزُّكَ الطَّرَبُ

This is the prayer ground, and these are the dunes.

This mosque and these dunes

At the like of this, rapture stirs you.

With the like of this, ecstasy shakes you

فَالْحَيُّ قَدْ شُرِعَتْ مَضَرِبُهُ

فَالْحَيُّ قَدْ شُرِعَتْ مَضَرِبُهُ

وَحُسْنُهُ عَنْهُ زَالتِ الحُجُبُ

وَحُسْنُهُ عَنْهُ زَالتِ الحُجُبُ

For the encampment's tents have been thrown open,

So the living one, his dwelling was made

And the veils have fallen away from its beauty.

And his beauty, the veils moved away from him

وَكُلُّ صَبٍّ صَبَا لِسَاكِنِهِ

وَكُلُّ صَبٍّ صَبَا لِسَاكِنِهِ

يَسْجُدُ شَوْقاً لَهُ وَيَقْترِبُ

يَسْجُدُ شَوْقاً لَهُ وَيَقْترِبُ

And every lovesick soul who longs for its dweller

And every youth who grew up in its abode

Prostrates himself before him in longing and draws near.

Bows down longing for it and moves nearer

أَنِخْ مَطَايَاكَ عِنْدَ رَبْعِهُمُوُ

أَنِخْ مَطَايَاكَ عِنْدَ رَبْعِهُمُوُ

كَيْ لاَ تَطَاكَ الرِّحَالُ والنُجُبُ

كَيْ لاَ تَطَاكَ الرِّحَالُ والنُجُبُ

Make your mounts kneel beside their dwelling,

Unload your burdens at their dwellings

Lest the saddles and thoroughbred camels trample you.

Lest the saddlebags and luggage burden you

وَاسْعِ عَلى الجَفنِ خَاضِعاً فَعَسى

وَاسْعِ عَلى الجَفنِ خَاضِعاً فَعَسى

يَشْفَعُ فِيكَ الخُضُوعُ وَالأَدَبُ

يَشْفَعُ فِيكَ الخُضُوعُ وَالأَدَبُ

And make your way upon your eyelid, humbly; perhaps

And spread humbly on the eyelid, hopefully

Humility and courtesy will intercede for you.

Meekness and propriety will intercede for you

وَارْجِ قِرَاهُمْ إِذَا نَزَلْتَ بِهِمْ

وَارْجِ قِرَاهُمْ إِذَا نَزَلْتَ بِهِمْ

فَأَنْتَ ضَيْفٌ لَهُمْ وَهُمْ عُرُبُ

فَأَنْتَ ضَيْفٌ لَهُمْ وَهُمْ عُرُبُ

And hope for their hospitality when you lodge with them,

Ask to visit their homes when you descend among them

For you are their guest, and they are Arabs.

For you are their guest and they are bedouins

وَاسْجُدْ لَهُمْ وَاْقَتَرِبْ فَعَاشِقُهُمْ

وَاسْجُدْ لَهُمْ وَاْقَتَرِبْ فَعَاشِقُهُمْ

يَسْجُدُ شَوْقاً لهُمْ وَيَقْتَرِبُ

يَسْجُدُ شَوْقاً لهُمْ وَيَقْتَرِبُ

And prostrate yourself before them and draw near, for their lover

And bow to them and draw near, for their lovers

Prostrates himself before them in longing and draws near.

Bow down longing for them and move nearer

عِنْدِي لَكُمْ يَا أُهَيْلَ كَاظِمَةٍ

عِنْدِي لَكُمْ يَا أُهَيْلَ كَاظِمَةٍ

أَسْرَارُ وجْدٍ حَديثُهَا عَجَبُ

أَسْرَارُ وجْدٍ حَديثُهَا عَجَبُ

I have for you, O dear folk of Kazimah,

For you O people of the silent Kadhimah

Secrets of ecstasy, whose telling is a marvel.

I have secrets of passion, its narration is wondrous

أَرَى بِكُم خَاطِري يُلاحِظُنيِ

أَرَى بِكُم خَاطِري يُلاحِظُنيِ

مِنْ أَيْنَ هَذَا الإِخَاءُ وَالنَّسَبُ

مِنْ أَيْنَ هَذَا الإِخَاءُ وَالنَّسَبُ

Through you, I see my mind gazing at me.

I see my thoughts observing me

Whence this brotherhood and kinship?

Whence this brotherhood and lineage?

وَإنْ تَشَوَّقْتَكُمْ بَعَثْتُ لَكُمْ

وَإنْ تَشَوَّقْتَكُمْ بَعَثْتُ لَكُمْ

كُتْبَ غَرَامِي وَمِنْكُمُ الكُتُبُ

كُتْبَ غَرَامِي وَمِنْكُمُ الكُتُبُ

And if I yearn for you, I send you

And if you longed for them, I sent to you

Letters of my passion—and from you come the letters.

My books of passion and from you the books

وَأَشْرَبُ الرَّاح حِينَ أَشْرَبُهَا

وَأَشْرَبُ الرَّاح حِينَ أَشْرَبُهَا

صِرْفاً وَأَصْحُو بِهَا فَمَا السَّبَبُ

صِرْفاً وَأَصْحُو بِهَا فَمَا السَّبَبُ

And when I drink the wine, I drink it

And I drink the wine when I drink it

Undiluted, and I grow sober through it—what is the reason?

Pure and awake with it, so what is the cause?

خَمْرَتُهَا مِنْ دَمي وَعَاصِرُهَا

خَمْرَتُهَا مِنْ دَمي وَعَاصِرُهَا

ذَاتي وَمِن أَدْمُعِي لَهَا الحَبَبُ

ذَاتي وَمِن أَدْمُعِي لَهَا الحَبَبُ

Its wine is from my blood, and the one who presses it

Its wine is of my blood, and its presser

Is my own self, and from my tears come its bubbles.

Is my essence, and its raisins are of my tears

إنْ كُنْتُ أَصْحُو بِشُرْبِهَا فَلَقَدْ

إنْ كُنْتُ أَصْحُو بِشُرْبِهَا فَلَقَدْ

عَرْبَدَ قَوْمُ بِهَا وَمَا شَرِبُوا

عَرْبَدَ قَوْمُ بِهَا وَمَا شَرِبُوا

If I grow sober by drinking it, then indeed

If I awake by drinking it, the people indeed

Some have caroused on it without drinking.

Became drunk with it though they did not drink

هِيَ النَّعِيمُ المُقِيمُ في خَلَدِي

هِيَ النَّعِيمُ المُقِيمُ في خَلَدِي

وَإِنْ غَدَتْ في الكُؤوُسِ تَلْتَهِبُ

وَإِنْ غَدَتْ في الكُؤوُسِ تَلْتَهِبُ

It is the abiding bliss within my heart,

It is the lasting bliss in my eternity

Even though it has come to blaze within the cups.

And if it burns in cups, it flames

فَغَنِّ لي إِنْ سَقَيْتَ يَا أَمَلي

فَغَنِّ لي إِنْ سَقَيْتَ يَا أَمَلي

بِاسْمِ التَّي بي عَليَّ تَحْتَجِبُ

بِاسْمِ التَّي بي عَليَّ تَحْتَجِبُ

So sing to me, if you pour, O my hope,

So sing to me if you quenched my hopes

In the name of her who veils herself from me with my own self.

In the name of her who hides from me