Sol 6.1

  1. قم نحو حماه وانصرفِ

    عن بابٍ سواه ولا تقفِ

    Rise toward His sanctuary, and turn away

    from any door but His, and do not stop.

  2. وادخل روض الأذكار ومن

    أزهارِ الحضرة فاقتطف

    Enter the garden of remembrances, and from

    the flowers of the Presence pluck.

  3. واسمع فوق الأغصان لما

    تبدي الورقاءُ من اللهف

    Listen, above the branches, to what

    the gray dove reveals of yearning.

  4. وهزارُ الحال يجاوبُها

    والغصن تثنّى بالهيف

    The nightingale of the spiritual state answers her,

    and the branch swayed with slender grace.

  5. وغدا يختال بوحدة تو

    حيد المحبوب المنعطف

    And it began to sway proudly in the unity of affirming

    the oneness of the Beloved who turns in kindness.

  6. وإذا ما دار الكأس فكن

    في حانك أوّلَ مغترف

    When the cup goes round, be

    the first to draw a draught in your tavern.

  7. واشرب واطرب لا تخش إذاً

    من تبذيرٍ أو من سرَف

    Drink and rejoice; then have no fear

    of squandering or excess.

  8. واشطح واشرح ما تشهدُه

    في مجلاه وانعت وصف

    Utter ecstatic sayings, and explain what you witness

    in His self-revelation; portray and describe.

  9. وإذا عربدت فلا حرجٌ

    فالسكر يريحُ من الكلف

    If you carouse, there is no blame,

    for intoxication brings relief from burdens.

  10. وإذا ما عدّت لصحوك قم

    بالأمر وبالذنب اعترف

    When you return to sobriety, attend

    to the command, and confess your sin.

  11. فالصفح من المولى يُرجى

    لكن للعبد المعترف

    For pardon is hoped for from the Lord,

    but only for the servant who confesses.

  12. واستحضر بطش القادر ما

    أحياك ومن بلواه خف

    Keep the Almighty's might in mind as long as

    He keeps you alive, and fear His trial,

  13. حتّى تفنى في حضرته

    كفناء اللام مع الألف

    until you are effaced in His presence,

    as lām is effaced when joined with alif.

  14. وقل اللهمّ العفو لمن

    أمسى بالذنب على جُرُف

    And say: "O God, pardon one

    who, through sin, has come to stand upon a brink."

  15. مولاي بسرّ الجمع وجم

    عِ السرّ بسرٍّ منكشف

    My Lord, by the mystery of union and the gathering

    of the mystery through a mystery unveiled,

  16. بظهورٍ لاح لنا بادٍ

    ولشدّته قد كان خفي

    by a manifestation that shone forth plainly to us,

    yet, through its intensity, had been hidden.

  17. فظهرت وأنت الباطن في ال

    ملإ الأعلى لم تنكشف

    You appeared, though You are the Hidden; in the

    Highest Assembly You were not unveiled.

  18. وظهورك لا يخفى وبذا

    حيّرتَ عقولَ ذوي الشغف

    Your manifestation is not hidden; by this

    You bewildered the minds of those consumed with love.

  19. يا من وسعَتنا رحمتُهُ

    مذ كنّا في طور النُّطَف

    O You whose mercy has encompassed us

    since we were in the stage of seed-drops,

  20. لا تخلو أبحرُها أبداً

    من مغترفٍ أو مرتشف

    its oceans are never without

    one drawing a draught or taking a sip.

  21. لا تخرجني من مركز دا

    ئرة التوحيد إلى الطرف

    Do not take me from the center of the

    circle of divine unity to its rim.

  22. وأذقني لذّة توحيد ال

    أفعال وكن بي خير حفي

    Let me taste the sweetness of affirming the unity of

    acts, and be most gracious to me,

  23. وكذلك توحيد الأسما

    وصفات الذات المتّصف

    and likewise the oneness of the Names

    and the attributes borne by the Essence.

  24. بحقيقتك العظمى وبما

    في كنز عماها من تحف

    By Your supreme Reality, and by what

    treasures lie in the treasury of its cloud of mystery,

  25. واصرف عنّي أسواء سوا

    ك بكشف الحجب مع السجف

    turn away from me the evils of all but

    You, by lifting the veils and curtains.

  26. فالعبد ضعيفٌ بُنيتُه

    لسهام قضائك كالهدف

    For the servant is frail in his frame,

    like a target for the arrows of Your decree.

  27. والحكمة ظاهرةٌ أبداً

    فيما قدّرت لكلّ صفي

    Wisdom is always manifest

    in what You have decreed for every chosen friend.

  28. والأعمى من لا يبصرها

    في مؤتلفٍ أو مختلف

    The blind one is he who does not see it

    in what is harmonious or discordant.

  29. فبسرّ الذات وذات السر

    ر وما أنزلتَ من الصحف

    So by the mystery of the Essence, and the essence

    of the mystery, and the scriptures You sent down,

  30. وبجملة رسلك مَن بُعثوا

    لنظام الأمر المنحرف

    and by all Your messengers, who were sent

    to set wayward affairs in order,

  31. وببدر سماء رسالتهم

    طه ذي الرفعة والشرف

    and by the full moon in the heaven of their mission,

    Ṭā Hā, possessed of loftiness and honor,

  32. من زيّنتَ الأكوانَ به

    تزيين الدرّة للصدف

    through whom You adorned the worlds

    as the pearl adorns its shell,

  33. وبآل كمالٍ من أضحوا

    سفناً لنجاة المقترف

    and by the Family of perfection, who became

    ships for the sinner's salvation,

  34. وبأنجم أصحاب نسخت

    أنوارهمُ آيَ السَّدف

    and by the star-like Companions, who blotted out

    with their lights the signs of darkness,

  35. وبتابعِهم في الخير ومَن

    هُم خير الأمّة والسلف

    and by whoever follows them in goodness, and those

    who are the best of the community and its forebears,

  36. وبقطب الدائرة العظمى

    لبدورِ دجىً لم تنكسف

    and by the Pole of the greatest circle

    of full moons in darkness, never eclipsed,

  37. وبفرد الوقت ووقت الفر

    د بأفرادٍ لم تنعطف

    and by the Unique One of the age, and the age of the

    Unique One—by peerless ones who have not turned aside,

  38. وبكلّ وليٍّ مستترٍ

    بجلال جمالك مكتنف

    and by every hidden saint,

    enfolded in the majesty of Your beauty,

  39. وبكلّ كئيبٍ ذي ولهٍ

    بك صبٍّ متبولٍ دَنِف

    and by every grieving one, possessed of yearning,

    a passionate lover of You, love-stricken and ailing,

  40. وبأشعث أغبر ذي ثوبٍ

    خلِقٍ لا يرغب في الترف

    and by one disheveled and dust-covered, wearing a garment

    worn-out, with no desire for luxury,

  41. وبجامع أسرار التحقي

    ق بجامع قربك معتكف

    and by the gatherer of the secrets of realization,

    abiding in retreat in the mosque of Your nearness,

  42. يتهجّد ليلاً ذا سهرٍ

    ويصوم نهاراً وهو وفي

    who prays by night, keeping vigil,

    and fasts by day, ever faithful,

  43. وبصالح أهل الأرض ومن

    هو فيهم كالروض الأُنُف

    and by the righteous of the earth, and one

    who is among them like a pristine meadow,

  44. وبمن طهّرت طبائعَهم

    من وصمة طبع ذي جنَف

    and by those whose natures You purified

    of the stain of a nature prone to crookedness,

  45. حتّى لحقوا بملائكةٍ

    من قرب الروح المزدلف

    until they caught up with the angels,

    through the nearness of the Spirit drawing close—

  46. إلّا استعطفت على عبدٍ

    يدعوك بمدمعه الذَّرِف

    that You show compassion to a servant

    who calls to You with his streaming tears.

  47. فهو العاصي في طاعته

    وبركن التوبة لم يَطُف

    For he is disobedient even in his obedience,

    and has not circled the pillar of repentance.

  48. لكن ما زال له قلبٌ

    عن بابك ليس بمنصرف

    But he still has a heart

    that will not turn away from Your door.

  49. فاستر بالحلم قبائحَه

    وأبحه غداً أعلى الغُرَف

    So veil his ugly deeds with forbearance,

    and grant him tomorrow the loftiest chambers.

  50. وأدم سحب الصلوات على

    نورٍ بكمالك متَّصف

    Keep clouds of blessings ever pouring upon

    a Light endowed with Your perfection,

  51. سرِّ الإيجاد وغيثِ الجو

    د وغوثِ الصبّ الملتهف

    the secret of creation, the rain of

    generosity, and the succor of the anguished lover,

  52. والآلِ وكلِّ الصحب ومَن

    بعهود شهودٍ قام يفي

    and upon the Family, all the Companions, and whoever

    has undertaken to fulfill the covenants of witnessing,

  53. ما هبّ صبا الأسحار وما

    قد مال الغصن مع الهيف

    as long as the predawn east wind blows, and

    the branch inclines with slender grace,

  54. أو ما عمرُ اليافيُّ شدا

    قم نحو حماه وانصرف

    or as long as ʿUmar al-Yāfī sings:

    "Rise toward His sanctuary, and turn away."