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Cast off your illusion

وهمك أزل

1. Cast off your illusion
And settle quietly

١. وهْمَكْ أزِل
واسْكُن شُوَيْ

2. Thank whoever refines
Your confusion

٢. واشكرْ لِمَنْ يَصْقل
مِنْكَ الْمُرَيْ

3. Your elder shows you passages
Of proper conduct

٣. شَيْخَك يُريك قَطْعَا
كَيْفَ السلوك

4. So persist, perhaps collectively
You'll dispel doubts

٤. فاثْبُتْ عَسَى جَمْعاً
تَنْفِي الشُّكُوك

5. And say to whoever shepherds
The secret of kings

٥. وقُلْ لِمَنْ يَرْعَى
سِرَّ المُلوك

6. And decodes your symbol for you
Live easy, live easy

٦. ويْفُكْ لَك رَمْزَك
شَيَا فَشَيْ

7. You’ll remain unique in your time
Among the alive, alive

٧. تَبْقَى فَريدْ عَصْرَكْ
في الْحَيْ حَيْ

8. O you of potential
Tell me, let's see you

٨. يا صاحِبَ الإمكانْ
قُلْ لِي نَراك

9. In the presence of benevolence
None other there but you

٩. في حضْرَةِ الإحسانْ
لَس ثمَّ سواك

10. Conclude upon the universes
And the truth, that's it

١٠. نَتِه على الأكوان
والْحَقْ ذَاكْ

11. You alone are existence
We fold it, fold it

١١. أنتَ الوجودُ وحْدَك
نَطْوِيهِ طَيْ

12. And all are summed up in you
Under wraps

١٢. والْكُلُّ فِيكْ جُمْلهْ
تحْتَ الْغُطَيْ

13. Pass by me, o neglectful one
By God and the soul

١٣. مُرْ يا عَذُول عَنِّي
باللهِ ورُوحْ

14. And do not mistreat me
Let me express

١٤. ولاَ تُعَنِفْنِي
دَعْني نَبُوحْ

15. For the secret is clear to me
My essence revealed

١٥. فالسّر لِي مِنِّي
جانِي فُتُوح

16. While you with yourself
Mislead yourself

١٦. وأنْتَ مَعَ نَفْسِك
تُغْوِيك غَيْ

17. You won't heal from your wound
Except by crying

١٧. ما تَبْرَا مِن جَرْحِك
إِلاَّ بِكَيْ

18. Say to the wise one to give you
A drink from his

١٨. قُلْ للْحَكيم يَسْقِيك
مِن شِرْبِهْ

19. For he will definitely
Quench you with it

١٩. فإنهُ يُروِيك
حَتْماً بِهْ

20. If your life clears up
All's well, o brother

٢٠. فإن صَفَا عيْشُك
طِبْ يا أُخَيْ

21. And if you live listening
You'll remain alive

٢١. ومتْ تعشْ واسمعْ
كَيْ تَبْقَى حَيْ

22. If your state is straightened
O you of the beloved

٢٢. إِنْ استقامَ حالَكْ
يا ذَا الحبيبْ

23. Make it your capital
And beware it disappears

٢٣. اجْعَلُه رأس مالَك
واحْذَر يغِيب

24. Drag along your train
And rejoice and thrive

٢٤. وجَرِّرْ أذيَالك
وافْرَح وطِيب

25. And say to your illusion
It has covered me

٢٥. وقُلْ لِوَهْمِك
هِيَ غَطَّت عَلَيْ

26. You left me always
Empty-handed

٢٦. تَرَكْتَنِي دايِم
صِفْرَ الْيَدَيْ