أعُشّاقَ غيْرِ الواحدِ الأحَدِ الباقي

أعُشّاقَ غيْرِ الواحدِ الأحَدِ الباقي

جُنونُكُمُ واللهِ أعْيَ على الرّاقي

جُنونُكُمُ واللهِ أعْيَ على الرّاقي

O lovers of what is not the One, the Unique, the Everlasting,

O lovers of others besides the One, the Eternal

Your madness, by God, has baffled the healer.

Your madness, by God, baffles the wise

جُنِنْتُمْ بِما يَفْنَى وتبْقَى مَضاضةٌ

جُنِنْتُمْ بِما يَفْنَى وتبْقَى مَضاضةٌ

تُعَذِّبُ بعْدَ البَيْنِ مُهْجَةَ مُشْتاقِ

تُعَذِّبُ بعْدَ البَيْنِ مُهْجَةَ مُشْتاقِ

You have gone mad for what perishes, and bitter anguish remains,

You go mad for what perishes, leaving behind torment

tormenting a yearning heart after separation

That tortures the longing soul after separation

وتَرْبِطُ بالأجْسامِ نفْساً حياتُها

وتَرْبِطُ بالأجْسامِ نفْساً حياتُها

مُبايِعَةُ الأجْسامِ بالجَوْهَرِ الرّاقِي

مُبايِعَةُ الأجْسامِ بالجَوْهَرِ الرّاقِي

and binding to bodies a soul whose life lies

And binds the soul whose life is

in bartering bodies for the exalted essence.

Dedication of bodies to the pure spirit

فَلا هيَ فازَتْ بالّذي علِقَتْ بهِ

فَلا هيَ فازَتْ بالّذي علِقَتْ بهِ

ولا رأسُ مالٍ كانَ ينْفَعُها باقِي

ولا رأسُ مالٍ كانَ ينْفَعُها باقِي

So she has neither gained what she clung to,

So neither has it succeeded in obtaining whom it clung to

nor does any capital that once benefited her remain.

Nor did its capital remain to benefit it

فِراقٌ وقَبْرٌ وانْقِطاعٌ وظُلْمَةٌ

فِراقٌ وقَبْرٌ وانْقِطاعٌ وظُلْمَةٌ

قِني البُعْدَ من نَيْلِ السّعادَةِ يا واقِي

قِني البُعْدَ من نَيْلِ السّعادَةِ يا واقِي

Separation, a grave, severance, and darkness—

Separation, grave,断绝, darkness

Protect me from being far from attaining happiness, O Protector.

Deprived me, protecting one, of attaining happiness

كأنّي بِها منْ بعدِما كُشِفَ الغِطا

كأنّي بِها منْ بعدِما كُشِفَ الغِطا

صَريعَةُ أحْزانٍ لَذيعَةُ أشْواقِ

صَريعَةُ أحْزانٍ لَذيعَةُ أشْواقِ

It is as though I see her, after the veil has been lifted,

It seems to me after the veil was lifted

felled by sorrows, seared by longings.

A victim of intense sorrows, burning with passion

تُقلِّبُ كفّيْها بخَيْطٍ موصّلٍ

تُقلِّبُ كفّيْها بخَيْطٍ موصّلٍ

وَثيقَةُ قدٍّ دونَ سبْعَةِ أطْباقِ

وَثيقَةُ قدٍّ دونَ سبْعَةِ أطْباقِ

She wrings her hands, tethered by a cord,

Turning its palms tied with a connecting thread

bound fast with a leather thong beneath seven layers.

To sevenfold veils

فلا تُطْعِموها السُّمَّ في الشّهْدِ ضَلّةَ

فلا تُطْعِموها السُّمَّ في الشّهْدِ ضَلّةَ

فذلِكَ سُمٌ لا يُداوِيَ بتَرْياقِ

فذلِكَ سُمٌ لا يُداوِيَ بتَرْياقِ

So do not, in error, feed her poison in honey;

So do not feed it poison in honey, out of misguidance

for that is a poison no antidote can cure.

For that is a poison without antidote

بِما اكْتسَبَتْ تسْعَى الى مُستَقرِّها

بِما اكْتسَبَتْ تسْعَى الى مُستَقرِّها

فإمّا بوَفْرِ مُحْسِبٍ أو بإمْلاقِ

فإمّا بوَفْرِ مُحْسِبٍ أو بإمْلاقِ

With what she has earned, she journeys to her resting place,

According to what it earned, it hastens to its abode

either with sufficient abundance or in destitution.

Either in abundant reward or in perdition

وليْسَ لَها بعْدَ التّفرُّقِ حِيلَةٌ

وليْسَ لَها بعْدَ التّفرُّقِ حِيلَةٌ

سِوَى ندَمٍ يُذْري مَدامِعَ آماقِ

سِوَى ندَمٍ يُذْري مَدامِعَ آماقِ

And after separation she has no recourse,

After separation, it has no stratagem

save remorse that scatters tears from the corners of her eyes.

Except regret that makes the deep fountains of the eyes flow

ولوْ كانَ مَرْمَى الحُزْنِ مِنْها الى مَدَى

ولوْ كانَ مَرْمَى الحُزْنِ مِنْها الى مَدَى

لَهانَ الأسَى ما بيْنَ وخْدٍ وإعْناقِ

لَهانَ الأسَى ما بيْنَ وخْدٍ وإعْناقِ

And if her sorrow's reach had a limit,

If its grief extended to the horizon

grief would be light, between swift trotting and rapid striding.

Sorrow would melt between cheek and neck

فجِدّوا فإنّ الأمْرَ جِدٌّ وشَمِّروا

فجِدّوا فإنّ الأمْرَ جِدٌّ وشَمِّروا

بفَضْلِ ارْتِياضٍ أو بإصْلاحِ أخْلاقِ

بفَضْلِ ارْتِياضٍ أو بإصْلاحِ أخْلاقِ

So strive earnestly, for the matter is serious, and gird yourselves

So be serious, for the matter is grave, and roll up

by virtue of self-discipline or by reforming character.

Your sleeves with excellent effort or reforming morals

ولا تُطْلِقوا في الحِسِّ ثِنْيَ عِنانِها

ولا تُطْلِقوا في الحِسِّ ثِنْيَ عِنانِها

وشِيموا بِها للحَقِّ لمْحَةَ إشْراقِ

وشِيموا بِها للحَقِّ لمْحَةَ إشْراقِ

And do not give her free rein in the senses;

Do not let its passion off its reins

and watch through her for a glimpse of the Truth's radiance.

And inspire in it a flash of truth

ودُسّوا لَها المعْنَى رُوَيْداً وأيْقِظوا

ودُسّوا لَها المعْنَى رُوَيْداً وأيْقِظوا

بَصيرتَها منْ بعْدِ نوْمٍ وإغْراقِ

بَصيرتَها منْ بعْدِ نوْمٍ وإغْراقِ

And gently instill meaning in her, and awaken

Gently instill in it meaning, and awaken

her inward sight after sleep and deep immersion.

Its insight after sleep and drowning

ومَهْما أفاقَتْ فافْتَحوا لاعتِبارِها

ومَهْما أفاقَتْ فافْتَحوا لاعتِبارِها

مَصاريعَ أبْوابٍ وأقْفالَ أغْلاقِ

مَصاريعَ أبْوابٍ وأقْفالَ أغْلاقِ

And whenever she awakens, open for her reflection

However much it awakens, open to its consideration

the leaves of doors and the locks that seal them.

The gates and locks of closures

وعاقِبَةَ الفاني اشْرَحُوا وتلطّفوا

وعاقِبَةَ الفاني اشْرَحُوا وتلطّفوا

بأخْلاقِها المَرْضَى تلطُّفَ إشْفاقِ

بأخْلاقِها المَرْضَى تلطُّفَ إشْفاقِ

And explain the fate of the perishable, and deal gently

Explain the end of the transient, be gentle

with her ailing traits, with the gentleness of compassion.

With its sick morals, with the gentleness of compassion

فإنْ سَكِرَتْ واستشْرَفَتْ عندَ سُكْرِها

فإنْ سَكِرَتْ واستشْرَفَتْ عندَ سُكْرِها

لماهيّةِ السُّقْيا ومعْرِفَةِ السّاقي

لماهيّةِ السُّقْيا ومعْرِفَةِ السّاقي

Then, if she becomes intoxicated and in her intoxication aspires

If it gets drunk and loftily disregards

to the essence of the draught and knowledge of the cupbearer,

The reality of the Cup-bearer and knowledge of the Pourer

أطيلوا علَى روْضِ الجَمالِ خُطورَها

أطيلوا علَى روْضِ الجَمالِ خُطورَها

الى أنْ يقومَ الوَجْدُ فيها علَى ساقِ

الى أنْ يقومَ الوَجْدُ فيها علَى ساقِ

prolong her roaming through the garden of beauty,

Prolong its strolling in the garden of beauty

until ecstasy stands within her, firm on its feet.

Until ecstasy rises within it on its feet

وخَلّوا لَهيبَ الشّوْقِ يَطْوي بِها الفَلا

وخَلّوا لَهيبَ الشّوْقِ يَطْوي بِها الفَلا

الى الوجْدِ في مسْرَى رموزٍ وأذْواقِ

الى الوجْدِ في مسْرَى رموزٍ وأذْواقِ

And let the blaze of longing carry her across the desert wastes,

And let the flame of passion carry it on its folds

toward ecstasy, on a night-journey of symbols and tastes.

To ecstasy in the course of symbols and tastes

فَما هوَ إلا أنْ تحُطَّ رحالَها

فَما هوَ إلا أنْ تحُطَّ رحالَها

بمَثْوَى التّجلّي والشّهودِ بإطْلاقِ

بمَثْوَى التّجلّي والشّهودِ بإطْلاقِ

Then she has only to set down her saddlebags

Until it alights with its provisions

at the abode of manifestation and witnessing, without restriction;

At the abode of divine manifestations and witnessing in full

وتَفْنَى إذا ما شاهَدَتْ عنْ شُهودِها

وتَفْنَى إذا ما شاهَدَتْ عنْ شُهودِها

وقد فَنِيَ الفاني وقدْ بَقِيَ الباقي

وقد فَنِيَ الفاني وقدْ بَقِيَ الباقي

and when she beholds, she vanishes from awareness of her own beholding,

And it perishes when it witnesses through its witnessing

and the perishable has perished, and the Everlasting remains.

The transient has perished and the Eternal remains

هُنالِكَ تَلْقى العيْشَ تصْفو ظِلالُهُ

هُنالِكَ تَلْقى العيْشَ تصْفو ظِلالُهُ

وتنْعَمُ منْ عيْنِ الحَياةِ برَقْراقِ

وتنْعَمُ منْ عيْنِ الحَياةِ برَقْراقِ

There she finds life whose shades grow serene,

Thereupon it finds life purified of shadows

and delights in shimmering water from the spring of life.

And enjoys the fountain of life in sipping

وما قِسمُ الأرْزاقِ إلا عجيبةٌ

وما قِسمُ الأرْزاقِ إلا عجيبةٌ

فلا تَطرُدِ السُؤّالَ يا خيْرَ رَزّاقِ

فلا تَطرُدِ السُؤّالَ يا خيْرَ رَزّاقِ

And the apportionment of sustenance is nothing but a marvel;

Wondrous indeed is the allotment of sustenance

so do not turn the beggars away, O best of providers.

So do not dismiss request, O Best of Providers