قلب الكليم هائم لم يضع للائم

قلب الكليم هائم لم يضع للائم

ولم يزل طائر على الحبيب حائم

ولم يزل طائر على الحبيب حائم

The heart of the Kalīm wanders in love, yielding to no reproacher;

The wounded one's heart wanders in love; it has not yielded to a reproacher.

It has never ceased to fly, circling the beloved.

And it remains a bird, circling above the beloved.

يا من يرى زجري إنّ الهوى عذري

يا من يرى زجري إنّ الهوى عذري

ومذ بدا فجري صادق أنا صائم

ومذ بدا فجري صادق أنا صائم

O you who would rebuke me—passion is my excuse;

O you who see fit to rebuke me: love is my excuse.

Since my true dawn broke, I have kept the fast.

And since my true dawn has broken, I am fasting.

حبّي له دقّه قلبي غدا رقّه

حبّي له دقّه قلبي غدا رقّه

في الشام والرقه دوماً هو الحاكم

في الشام والرقه دوماً هو الحاكم

Love of him is its very beat; my heart has become his thrall.

My love has subtlety; my heart has become his slave.

In al-Sham and al-Raqqa, he is forever the ruler.

In al-Sham and al-Raqqa, he is always the ruler.

ما دعد ما أسما كلٌّ له أسما

ما دعد ما أسما كلٌّ له أسما

وحسنه الأسمى قد حيّر الفاهم

وحسنه الأسمى قد حيّر الفاهم

What are Daʿd and Asmāʾ? Each is but a name for him;

What is Da'd? What is Asma? All are names for him.

His most exalted beauty has bewildered the understanding.

And his supreme beauty has bewildered the discerning.

نحن بلبس الخلق من سر أمر الحقّ

نحن بلبس الخلق من سر أمر الحقّ

وما بدا بالفرق تخيّل الواهم

وما بدا بالفرق تخيّل الواهم

In creation’s garb, we are of the mystery of the Real’s command;

We, clothed in creation, come from the mystery of the Real's command.

Whatever appears as distinction is the deluded one’s imagining.

And what appears as separation is the deluded one's imagining.

وكلّما يظهر من كلّ ما مظهر

وكلّما يظهر من كلّ ما مظهر

شأنٌ بدا مضمر في رفعه جازم

شأنٌ بدا مضمر في رفعه جازم

And whatever appears through every manifestation—

And whatever appears from every manifestation

Is a hidden reality come forth, assured in its elevation:

Is an affair revealed yet hidden, decisive in its elevation.

الأوّل الآخر الباطن الظاهر

الأوّل الآخر الباطن الظاهر

القادر القاهر المالك الدائم

القادر القاهر المالك الدائم

The First, the Last, the Hidden, the Manifest;

The First, the Last, the Hidden, the Manifest,

The All-Powerful, the Subduer, the Sovereign, the Everlasting.

The Powerful, the Subduer, the Sovereign, the Everlasting.

صلاته تهمي على النبي الأمّي

صلاته تهمي على النبي الأمّي

مدينة العلم الفاتح الخاتم

مدينة العلم الفاتح الخاتم

May His blessing pour down upon the unlettered Prophet,

His blessings rain down upon the unlettered Prophet,

The City of Knowledge, the Opener and the Seal;

The city of knowledge, the Opener, the Seal,

والآل والصحب والقوم والحزب

والآل والصحب والقوم والحزب

من حازوا بالقرب عيش الصفا الناعم

من حازوا بالقرب عيش الصفا الناعم

And upon the Family, the Companions, the people and the band—

And upon the family, the companions, the community, and the fellowship,

Those who, through nearness, attained the gentle life of purity.

Who through nearness have attained the blissful life of purity.

يا ربّ يا كافي أدرك بإسعاف

يا ربّ يا كافي أدرك بإسعاف

للخلوتي اليافي الناثر الناظم

للخلوتي اليافي الناثر الناظم

O Lord, O All-Sufficient, come swiftly with aid

O Lord, O All-Sufficing One, come with aid

To al-Khalwatī al-Yāfī, composer of prose and verse.

For al-Khalwati al-Yafi, the writer of prose and verse.