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Cast your staff, O traveler

ألق عصاك أمسافر

1. Cast your staff, O traveler
At the door of the Master of Truths

١. ألْقِ عَصَاكْ أمُسافِرْ
بِبَابِ شَيْخِ الْحَقَائِقْ

2. Your will shall be accepted
If you are awake and aware

٢. تُقْبَلْ مِنْكَ الإرَادَه
إِنْ كُنْتَ بالظَّفَر فايق

3. Loosen the knotted belt
And take off your shoes and come

٣. حُلُّ النِّطاق الممنْطَق
واخْلَع نِعالَك واقْبِل

4. With the zeal of an ardent lover
To the Beloved who turns to accept

٤. بنعْت عاشق مَشُوق
إِلى الحبيبْ عَبسَى يُقْبِل

5. Bow your head and realize
That existence then descends

٥. وحُطَّ رَأسكْ وحَقَّق
إِنَّ لوجود ثمَّ يَنزِل

6. And in prostration lie the secrets
Flowing like the early comers

٦. وفي السُّجُود هِي الضَّمائِرْ
تَسْرِي كَسَيْرِ السَّوابِق

7. As this light of felicity
Appears on the lover

٧. كما هذا نور السعادة
يظهر على عاشق

8. Who comes to the monastery of love
Seeking the arts of detachment

٨. مَنْ جَا لِديِر الأحِبَّهْ
يَطْلُب فُنُونَ الخلاعَهَ

9. Given the cup of affection
The secret of place and company

٩. يُسْقَى بِكاسِ المحبَّه
سِرَّ المكانْ والجماعه

10. Until his state becomes affiliated
With the people of that trade

١٠. حَتَّى يَصِير حالُوا نِسْبَهْ
لأهْلِ تلْكَ الْبِضَاعَهْ

11. Pick up scattered jewels
You are said to be awake

١١. أُلْقُطْ نَثِيرَ الجواهر
يُقالُ عَنْكَ فايِق

12. It is not a talk of mastery
Found in high places

١٢. لَس هُ حديثُ السياده
شَيْ يُجَد بالشَّواهِق

13. Ask your master for a good wine
That gives you a subtle intoxication

١٣. أُطلبِ لِشَيْخَك كُويِّس
يَسْقِيك خميره رقِيقَه

14. And be good in your drinking
To arrive at the truth

١٤. وكُنْ في شُربكْ كُويِّس
تَصِل بِهَا للحقيقهْ

15. Sleep like a bridegroom
When he sleeps with his beloved

١٥. تَبِتْ مِثْل العُرِيسْ
إِذَا يَبِت مَعْ رَفِيقهْ

16. Attend with every compatible passerby
In the chest of the attended

١٦. تَحْضُرْ في صَدْرِ المحاضر
مَع كُلِّ مَبْرُورْ مُوافِق

17. And if you seek repetition
Come close to this and keep company

١٧. وإِنْ طَلَبْتَ الإِعَادَه
أُدْنُوا لِهَذَا ورافِق