ساقي الكؤوس ازدلف — Omar Alyafi — Saqi

ساقي الكؤوس ازدلف
وبالسلاف حيّا
The bearer of cups drew near,
And offered pure wine in greeting.
مثل العروس انعطف
وبالسلام حيّا
Like a bride, he swayed,
And offered peace in greeting.
لاحت شموس التحف
من حسنه فيّا
The suns of precious gifts gleamed
From his beauty within me.
وبالنفوس ائتلف
لمّا دنا إليّا
And he found harmony with souls
When he drew near to me.
صبابتي في هواه
ممّا سواه جُنّه
My ardent longing in his love
Is a shield against all but him.
رضوان وصلي لقاه
بوّأني الجنّه
Meeting him, my union's Ridwan,
Lodged me in Paradise.
نعمتي من رضاه
في غرف المنّه
My bliss comes from his favor,
In the chambers of grace.
لكن قلبي كواه
جحيم جواه كيّا
Yet my heart was seared,
Scorched by the hellfire of its longing.
تحمّلت من شذاه
لي نسمة الأسحار
Some of his fragrance was borne
To me by the predawn breeze.
كأنّني من حماه
في روضة الأزهار
As though, under his protection,
I were in a garden of flowers.
كم نفحةٍ من رباه
في حضرة الأذكار
Many a fragrant breath from his hills
In the gathering of remembrance!
لمّا انجلت من سناه
ذات البها ريّا
When from his radiance there emerged
She of splendor, lush and full.
مليحة الغيب لاحت
تكشف الأستار
The beauty of the unseen appeared,
Drawing back the curtains
عن حسن وجه بديع
يخجل الأقمار
From the beauty of a wondrous face
That puts the moons to shame.
أزاحت الحجب عنّا
في دجا الأسحار
She lifted the veils from us
In the darkness before dawn.
لله ما قد تجلّت
في العلا عليّا
God be praised—how she revealed herself
On high, exalted!
غبنا عن العين منّا
في تجلّي العين
We lost sight of our own selves
In the manifestation of the Essence:
شهود حقّ تعالى
لا بكيف الأين
Witnessing the Truth—exalted is He—
Not through any mode of place.
توحيدنا للوجود
ماح حجاب الرين
Our affirmation of the oneness of being
Effaces the veil of rust.
فيا مريد الورود
من وردنا هيّا
So, you who seek the watering place,
Come, partake of our draught!