ومن بعده سرُّ الطهارة واضحٌ

ومن بعده سرُّ الطهارة واضحٌ

يسير على أهلِ التيقظ والذَّكا

يسير على أهلِ التيقظ والذَّكا

And after it, the secret of purification is clear,

After him the secret of purity is clear

easy for the people of wakefulness and intelligence.

To the people of wakefulness and intelligence

فكم طاهرٍ لم يتَّصِف بطهارةٍ

فكم طاهرٍ لم يتَّصِف بطهارةٍ

إذا جاور البحر اللدنيّ واحتمى

إذا جاور البحر اللدنيّ واحتمى

For many a pure person has not been endowed with purity,

So how many pure ones have not been characterized by purity

when he dwells beside the sea of divine knowledge and takes shelter.

When they dwelled by the eternal sea and took shelter

ولو غاص في البحر الأُجاج حياته

ولو غاص في البحر الأُجاج حياته

ولم يفن عن بحرِ الحقيقة ما زكا

ولم يفن عن بحرِ الحقيقة ما زكا

And even if he dived in the bitterly salty sea all his life,

And if they dived into the turbulent sea all their lives

and did not vanish from the sea of Reality, he would not become pure.

And did not divert from the sea of reality however much they purified

إذا استجمر الإنسانُ وتراً فقد مشى

إذا استجمر الإنسانُ وتراً فقد مشى

على السنةِ البيضاءِ لمن مضى

على السنةِ البيضاءِ لمن مضى

When a person cleanses himself with stones an odd number of times, he has walked

When a person holds back and walks

along the white Sunnah of those who went before.

On the white path of those who passed

فإن شفع استجمارَه عاد خاسراً

فإن شفع استجمارَه عاد خاسراً

وفارق من يهواه من باطنِ الرَّدى

وفارق من يهواه من باطنِ الرَّدى

For if he makes his stone-cleansing even-numbered, he returns a loser,

But if he combines his holding back with returning, he loses

and parts from the one he loves, from the depths of ruin.

And leaves whom he loves from the essence of depravity

وإن غَسَلَ الكفين وتراً ولم يزلْ

وإن غَسَلَ الكفين وتراً ولم يزلْ

بخيلاً بما يهوى على فطرةِ الأولى

بخيلاً بما يهوى على فطرةِ الأولى

And if he washes both hands an odd number of times, yet remains

And if he washes his hands, holding back as he used to

stingy with what he loves, in his original nature,

Stingy with what he loves in the nature of the first days

فلا غسلت كفّ خضيبٍ ومعصمٍ

فلا غسلت كفّ خضيبٍ ومعصمٍ

إذا لم يلح سيف التوكُّل ينتضى

إذا لم يلح سيف التوكُّل ينتضى

then no dyed palm or wrist has been washed,

So the washing of the hands of one with bloodstained and dirty hands does not count

if the sword of reliance on God does not gleam as it is unsheathed.

If the sword of reliance does not cling to him, sharpened

إذا ولد المولود قابضُ كفِّه

إذا ولد المولود قابضُ كفِّه

فذاكَ دليلُ البخلِ والجمعِ يافتى

فذاكَ دليلُ البخلِ والجمعِ يافتى

When a newborn is born with his hand clenched,

When a newborn grasps his fist

that is a sign of miserliness and hoarding, O young man.

That's evidence of stinginess and hoarding, O lad

ويبسطها عند المماتِ مُخبراً

ويبسطها عند المماتِ مُخبراً

بترك الذي حصلت في منزل الدّنا

بترك الذي حصلت في منزل الدّنا

And he opens it at death, announcing

And opens them up in death, informing

the abandonment of what it acquired in the abode of this lowly world.

Of leaving what he collected in the abode of life

إذا صح غسلُ الوجه صَحَّ حياؤه

إذا صح غسلُ الوجه صَحَّ حياؤه

وصحَ له رفعُ الستورِ متى يشا

وصحَ له رفعُ الستورِ متى يشا

When the washing of the face is sound, his modesty is sound,

If the washing of the face is sound, his shyness is sound

and he may rightly lift the veils whenever he wishes.

And it is valid for him to lift the veils whenever he wants

وإن لم يمسَّ الماءُ لمةَ رأسِه

وإن لم يمسَّ الماءُ لمةَ رأسِه

ولا وقعتْ كفاه في ساحةِ القفا

ولا وقعتْ كفاه في ساحةِ القفا

And if the water does not touch the locks of his head,

And if water does not touch the hair of his head

nor do his two hands fall upon the expanse of his nape,

Nor do his palms fall into the field of the back of his head

فما انفكَّ من رِقِّ العبوديةِ التي

فما انفكَّ من رِقِّ العبوديةِ التي

تنجزها الأغيارُ في منزلِ السّوى

تنجزها الأغيارُ في منزلِ السّوى

then he has not broken free of the bondage of servitude that

He is not rid of the meekness of servanthood

other beings bring about in the abode of otherness.

Which strangers fulfil in the abode of equality

وإنْ لم ير الكرسيّ في غسلِ رجله

وإنْ لم ير الكرسيّ في غسلِ رجله

تناقضَ معنى الطهرِ للحين وانتفى

تناقضَ معنى الطهرِ للحين وانتفى

And if he does not see the Footstool in the washing of his foot,

And if he does not see the footstool in washing his feet

the meaning of purity at once contradicts itself and vanishes.

It contradicts the meaning of purity for the moment and disappears

إذا مضمض الإنسان فاه ولم يكن

إذا مضمض الإنسان فاه ولم يكن

بريّا من الدعوى وفتيا بما ادّعى

بريّا من الدعوى وفتيا بما ادّعى

When a person rinses his mouth and is not

When a person rinses his mouth but is not

free of pretension and of issuing rulings on what he claims,

Innocent of pretense and openly declaring what he claimed

ومُستنشِقٍ ما شَمَّ ريحَ اتصالِه

ومُستنشِقٍ ما شَمَّ ريحَ اتصالِه

ومستنثرٍ أودى بكثرةِ الردى

ومستنثرٍ أودى بكثرةِ الردى

and many a one drawing water into his nose has not smelled the scent of his union,

Inhaling what he smelled of his connection

and many a one blowing water from his nose has perished through an abundance of ruin.

And snorting which led to much depravity

صماخاه ما ينفك يطهران صغاً

صماخاه ما ينفك يطهران صغاً

إلى أحسنِ الأقوالِ واكتف واقتفى

إلى أحسنِ الأقوالِ واكتف واقتفى

His two ear canals never cease to be purified by attentive listening

His nostrils do not cease to purify hearing

to the best of sayings; be content—and he followed.

To the best words, so be content and follow