1. Be polite at the monastery's door, take off your shoes there,
Greet the monks, unload your burden,

2. Honor the priest if you want, by taking a step,
And glorify the deacon if you want to ascend.

3. Below you are the voices of monks, so listen
To their melodies, but beware lest they take away your sanity.

4. Moons, suns, dawns have appeared in it,
Revolving around the crucifixes, so beware you don't get worn out.

5. Beware of listening to them wisely,
And beware of gathering them to you.

6. If you have fulfilled this condition sincerely,
Without breaking pacts or words,

7. They will call you father and name you a monk,
Reveal their secrets to you and approve of the deed.

8. And they will give you the church key and the one
In which the image of Jesus was shaped.

9. Yes, everything you said to me I have heard,
And I do not seek in that affection or inclination.

10. When I came to the monastery, I became a master
And in the morning, I became, from vanity, dragging my tail.

11. I asked about the wine seller, where is his place?
And do I have a way to reach him or not?

12. The priest said to me, what do you want from him?
I said, I want wine from him hopefully.

13. He said, by Christ's head and Mary's
And my religion, even if you offer a pearl for it instead.

14. I said, I will add musk to the pearl. He said no,
Even if that musk fills up a bushel.

15. I said to him, I will give you slippers and my Quran
And I will give you a cane that I used to clear the way.

16. And here is my secret, and Arak wood,
And the lamp of my chambers, that kept me company at night.

17. He said, my drink is too noble for what you described,
And our wine is more precious than what you mentioned to us.

18. I said to him, stop glorifying its description,
For your wine is more expensive, and our rags are higher.

19. Because in it we saw our elders,
And in it we took from our sheikhs worries.

20. And in it we have a secret that brought us together,
And in it we have a secret beyond secrets that was revealed.

21. And in it we have excuses: we erred and exaggerated,
And our ears with wearing it left chastity.

22. So when we wore it and fell in love with it,
We left homelands, money and family for it.

23. He said, give me that robe,
For my soul has proven its honesty and justice to it.

24. I said to him, if you want to wear my robe,
Purify yourself for it with pure ablution and make its people halal.

25. And replace all those clothes for it,
And tear the girdle for it and abandon shape.

26. He said: Yes, I am passionate about loving it,
I will make it a connection between me and you.

27. Give it to me, I have confessed its secret to you,
Give it to me in its jugs, it became clear.

28. I said to him, this smell is not my goal,
Nor do I seek to attain this smell of yours.

29. But it is an ancient smell, its era has passed,
It has not been described since, nor known before.

30. Confess that God has no god but Him,
And that the Messenger of God is the best of messengers.

31. Peace be upon him as long as the shining morning appears,
And as long as the remembrance of God is recited among creation.