تِهْ غَراماً فللغَرامِ رِجالُ

تِهْ غَراماً فللغَرامِ رِجالُ

وابْكِ ما شئتَ يومَ قومُكَ شالُوا

وابْكِ ما شئتَ يومَ قومُكَ شالُوا

Lose yourself in passion, for passion has its men.

Crave passionately, for passion has men

And weep as much as you wish the day your people depart.

Weep as much as you want when your people depart

وتمَلْمَلْ يومَ الوَداعِ كئيباً

وتمَلْمَلْ يومَ الوَداعِ كئيباً

رُبَّما عهدَهُمْ عَليكَ أطالُوا

رُبَّما عهدَهُمْ عَليكَ أطالُوا

And writhe sorrowfully on the day of farewell;

Mourn sadly on the day of farewell

Perhaps they have prolonged their absence from you.

Perhaps their covenant with you will be prolonged

وتجرَّدْ عن طَوْرِ كونِكَ فيهِمْ

وتجرَّدْ عن طَوْرِ كونِكَ فيهِمْ

إنَّما هذه البَرايا ظِلالُ

إنَّما هذه البَرايا ظِلالُ

And shed the limits of your being among them;

Disrobe from your current state among them

These created beings are nothing but shadows.

These abodes are but shadows

واحْكمِ الوُدَّ بالهُيامِ دَواماً

واحْكمِ الوُدَّ بالهُيامِ دَواماً

ما بأَمرِ الهُيامِ قيلٌ وقَالُ

ما بأَمرِ الهُيامِ قيلٌ وقَالُ

And make affection firm through passionate love, always;

Rule love with yearning always

There is no idle talk in matters of passionate love.

With the matter of yearning, there is no saying and talking

طهِّرِ القلبَ إنْ أَردْتَ هَواهُمْ

طهِّرِ القلبَ إنْ أَردْتَ هَواهُمْ

رُبَّ قولٍ ترُدُّهُ الأَفعَالُ

رُبَّ قولٍ ترُدُّهُ الأَفعَالُ

Purify the heart if you desire their love;

Purify your heart if you want their love

Many a claim is refuted by deeds.

Many a saying is repelled by deeds

لا تكنْ في الغَرامِ رَبَّ لِسانٍ

لا تكنْ في الغَرامِ رَبَّ لِسانٍ

دونَ قلبٍ فللهَوى أهْوَالُ

دونَ قلبٍ فللهَوى أهْوَالُ

Do not be all tongue in passion,

In passion, be not most of tongue

Without a heart, for love has its terrors.

Without heart, for love has calamities

كم أُناسٍ طَغى الغَرامُ عليهِمْ

كم أُناسٍ طَغى الغَرامُ عليهِمْ

ورَماهُمْ فزُحْزِحوا إذْ قالوا

ورَماهُمْ فزُحْزِحوا إذْ قالوا

How many people passion has overwhelmed,

How many people passion overwhelmed

And struck down, so they were cast aside when they spoke!

And cast them, so they stumbled when they spoke

اكْتِمِ السِّرَّ ما قدرتَ وحاذَرْ

اكْتِمِ السِّرَّ ما قدرتَ وحاذَرْ

إنْ تكنْ كلَّ حظِّكَ الأَقْوَالُ

إنْ تكنْ كلَّ حظِّكَ الأَقْوَالُ

Conceal the secret as long as you can, and beware

Conceal the secret as much as you can and beware

If words should be all your share.

If all your fortune is words

إنَّ في العاشِقينَ منَّا رِجالاً

إنَّ في العاشِقينَ منَّا رِجالاً

هُمْ رِجالٌ شَكْلاً ومعنًى جِبَالُ

هُمْ رِجالٌ شَكْلاً ومعنًى جِبَالُ

Indeed, among us lovers there are men:

Among us lovers there are men

They are men in form, and mountains in spirit.

Who are men in appearance and meaning are mountains

صارَعَتْهُمْ أَحوالُهُمْ فاسْتَقَرُّوا

صارَعَتْهُمْ أَحوالُهُمْ فاسْتَقَرُّوا

بثَباتٍ وزالتِ الأَحْوَالُ

بثَباتٍ وزالتِ الأَحْوَالُ

Their spiritual states wrestled with them, yet they stood firm

Their circumstances tried them, so they persevered

With steadfastness, and those states passed away.

With steadfastness while circumstances declined

حقِّقِ الذَّوقَ واتبَعِ الإثْرَ واخْلِصْ

حقِّقِ الذَّوقَ واتبَعِ الإثْرَ واخْلِصْ

وتمكَّنْ فللوَغى أَبْطَالُ

وتمكَّنْ فللوَغى أَبْطَالُ

Realize spiritual taste, follow the footsteps, and be sincere;

Realize the taste and follow the trace and be sincere

And stand firm, for the fray has its heroes.

And be enabled, for desire has heroes

عربَدَ القومُ عندَ نهلَةِ كأسٍ

عربَدَ القومُ عندَ نهلَةِ كأسٍ

واسْتُميلوا مع الشَّرابِ فمالُوا

واسْتُميلوا مع الشَّرابِ فمالُوا

The company grew rowdy at a single draught from a cup,

The people behaved wildly at the nip of a cup

And were swayed by the drink, and so they swayed.

And were enticed with the drink, so they inclined

وشرِبْنا الكُؤُسَ حتَّى تناهَتْ

وشرِبْنا الكُؤُسَ حتَّى تناهَتْ

وكأنَّ الشَّرابَ ماءٌ زُلالُ

وكأنَّ الشَّرابَ ماءٌ زُلالُ

And we drank the cups to the last,

We drank the cups until they were exhausted

And it was as though the drink were clear, sweet water.

As if the drink was clear water

هذه عِتْرَةُ الإِمامِ الرِّفاعِيِّ

هذه عِتْرَةُ الإِمامِ الرِّفاعِيِّ

وهو مولًى عن النَّبيِّ مِثَالُ

وهو مولًى عن النَّبيِّ مِثَالُ

This is the family of Imam al-Rifa‘i,

This is the family of Imam Rifa’i

And he is a master, an exemplar of the Prophet.

And he is the exemplar deputy of the Prophet

أَسَدُ القومِ فردُهُمْ مُقْتَداهُمْ

أَسَدُ القومِ فردُهُمْ مُقْتَداهُمْ

سابِقُ العارِفينَ أيَّانَ طالُوا

سابِقُ العارِفينَ أيَّانَ طالُوا

The people's lion, their peerless one, the one they follow,

The lion of the people, their unique guide

Foremost among the knowers, whenever they rise high.

The foremost of the gnostics, however long they lasted

ذو البَراهينِ شيخُهُمْ وفَتاهُمْ

ذو البَراهينِ شيخُهُمْ وفَتاهُمْ

مَنْ ببُرْهانِهِ يُحَلُّ العِقَالُ

مَنْ ببُرْهانِهِ يُحَلُّ العِقَالُ

Possessor of proofs, their elder and their young champion,

The possessor of proofs, their shaykh and young man

Through whose proof the tether is untied.

With whose proof the rational minds are solved

الإِمامُ السَّامي الجَنابِ المُفَدَّى

الإِمامُ السَّامي الجَنابِ المُفَدَّى

والَّذي حولَ بابِهِ الآمَالُ

والَّذي حولَ بابِهِ الآمَالُ

The Imam, lofty in dignity, for whom lives are offered,

The Sublime Imam of perfect sanctity

And he around whose door hopes gather.

Around whose door hopes revolved

علَّمَتْنا أحْوالُهُ سيرَةَ الصِّدْ

علَّمَتْنا أحْوالُهُ سيرَةَ الصِّدْ

قِ عِياناً ونِعْمَتِ الأَحْوَالُ

قِ عِياناً ونِعْمَتِ الأَحْوَالُ

His spiritual states taught us the way of

His circumstances taught us the conduct of truth

Truthfulness firsthand—how excellent those states!

Evidently, and the blessing of states

حَيْدَرِيُّ الأَسرارِ سَبَّارُ غايا

حَيْدَرِيُّ الأَسرارِ سَبَّارُ غايا

تِ المَعالي قَوَّالُها الفَعَّالُ

تِ المَعالي قَوَّالُها الفَعَّالُ

Haydari in secrets, probing the utmost

Haidari, the keeper of secrets, explainer of the

Heights of excellence, proclaiming them and enacting them.

Sublimities of meanings, doer of them

سيِّدُ الأَولِياءِ قُطْبُ رَحاهُمْ

سيِّدُ الأَولِياءِ قُطْبُ رَحاهُمْ

والَّذي سَحَّ من يَدَيهِ النَّوَالُ

والَّذي سَحَّ من يَدَيهِ النَّوَالُ

Master of the saints, the axis of their mill,

The master of saints, axis of their shelter

And he from whose hands bounty poured.

And who poured from his hand the attainment

كم أفاضَ الرَّحمنُ فيه شُؤناً

كم أفاضَ الرَّحمنُ فيه شُؤناً

ضُرِبَتْ في أَخْبارِها الأَمْثَالُ

ضُرِبَتْ في أَخْبارِها الأَمْثَالُ

How many manifestations the All-Merciful poured into him,

How much did the Merciful effuse in him of conditions

About whose accounts proverbs were coined!

In whose reports examples were struck

عرَّفَتْنا أَخلاقُهُ سيرَةَ الشَّا

عرَّفَتْنا أَخلاقُهُ سيرَةَ الشَّا

رِعِ ذَوْقاً يا نِعْمَ تلكَ الخِصَالُ

رِعِ ذَوْقاً يا نِعْمَ تلكَ الخِصَالُ

His character made known to us the way of the

His morals made known to us the conduct of the law

Lawgiver through spiritual taste—oh, how excellent those qualities!

In taste, O excellent are those attributes

إنَّ أهلَ القُلُوبِ في كلِّ فجٍّ

إنَّ أهلَ القُلُوبِ في كلِّ فجٍّ

هُمْ عَلَيْهِ حتَّى القِيامَ عِيَالُ

هُمْ عَلَيْهِ حتَّى القِيامَ عِيَالُ

Indeed, the people of the heart in every mountain pass

The people of hearts in every lowland

Are dependent on him until the Resurrection.

Are his dependents until the arising