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The garden is blessed with clarity

حبذا وارد صفا

1. The garden is blessed with clarity
And its shade spreads tranquility

١. حبذا وارد صفا
وجنًى ظله ضفا

2. With hints from one who knows
Appearances come with subtlety

٢. واشارات عارف
ظاهرات مع الخفا

3. And its meanings are a bride
Adorned with letters as jewelry

٣. ومعان عروسها
تلبس الحلى أحرفا

4. The sheikh's hearing has become
With its beauty well adorned

٤. مسمع الشيخ قد غدا
بحُلاها مشنفا

5. I adorned in a manuscript
Thus it took the form of a scripture

٥. حليت في صحيفة
فتمثلت مصحفا

6. And I adorned its meadow
It came to know and recognize

٦. وتحليتُ روضها
عرفها قد تعرّفا

7. Wearing the genius of its words
A cloak embroidered and lined

٧. لبست من بديعها
بردزهر مفوفا

8. In the house of its light, its light
Beware it gets snatched away

٨. وبدارنور نورها
فحذار ان يخطفا

9. Every happy meaning upon
A letter's branch cheers

٩. كل شادى معنى على
غصن حرف ليهتفا

10. What a gift, may its bestower
Be rewarded with the finest gifts

١٠. يا لها تحفة جزى ال
له خيرا من اتحفا

11. I stopped, humbled by its softness
At a most exalted, blessed stop

١١. أوقفت عبد رقها
موقفا جل موفقا

12. It gave me good news that
I am worthy to know it

١٢. بشرتني بأنني
صالح ان اعرّفا

13. The command came from the Turner
None could turn away from it

١٣. جاء امر مصرّف
لم أحد عنه مصرفا

14. The honor of religion, most honorable
The eloquent whose words

١٤. شرف الدين اشرفا

15. Became channels
And the knowledgeable fulfiller

١٥. الفصيح الذى له ال
قول أضحى مصرفا

16. Complete in truth and loyalty
He is the knower who

١٦. والعليم المحقق ال
كامل الصدق والوفا

17. Was most noble among people
He said to me, "Speak," so I spoke

١٧. وهو العارف الذي
كان فى الناس أشرفا

18. As I could find no turning away
That he who forged the verses

١٨. قال لى قل فقلت اذ
لم أجد عنه مصرفا

19. To the utmost subtlety and concealment
That you may come to know a youth

١٩. ان من صاغه الغرا
م الى غاية الخفا

20. For whom, besides his love, there is no existence
With him, the house is visited

٢٠. ان تناهى الى فتى
لسوى حبّه نفى

21. And circumambulated
To him, all returns

٢١. فبه البيت زائر
وبه قد تطوّفا

22. With him, life is pure
And if, along with love, there is nothing

٢٢. وله الكل راجع
وله العيش قد صفا

23. Then it is purity
He, in every state

٢٣. واذا لم يكن مع ال
حب شي فهو الصفا

24. Is truthful and loyal
And if some of it remains

٢٤. وهو في كل حالة
صاحب الصدق والوفا

25. It is an affected residue
What remains of its ruling

٢٥. ومتى يبق بعضه
كان صبّا مكلفا

26. Has arranged and disposed
With it is nearness and intention

٢٦. يا لها من بقية
حكمها قد تصرّفا

27. To it belong union and separation
It is the humiliation and discontent

٢٧. عندها القرب والنوى
ولها الوصل والجفا

28. To it belong might and healing
And if the lover, in love

٢٨. وهي الذل والضنا
ولها العز والشفا

29. Is tried, then is healed
And if he is lowly, he is mighty

٢٩. واذا ما المحب في ال
حب نال الضنى اشتفى

30. Or betraying, then loyal
And if his state with it

٣٠. وإذا ذل عز أو
خان صبراً فقد وفى

31. Becomes difficult and denying
Then with love, the rule of what

٣١. واذا ما جرت له
حالها زنها جفا

32. Was poured into love, he loaned
Indeed, the Lord of Beauty

٣٢. فالى الحب حكم ما ال
صبّ في الحب اسلفا

33. Ah, when He grants or pardons

٣٣. ان رب الجمال اه
ل اذا جاد او عفا