إن كنتَ ذا اتصال أبصَرتَ في العلا
النورَ متلالي وقد تمثلّا
If you have a connection, you have seen in the sublime
The radiant light manifesting.
حالَ المحب ناطق
بحال أمرهِ
The state of the lover speaks
Of the state of his affair.
من ميّزَ الدقائق
بعين فكرهِ
He who discerns subtleties
With the eye of his mind
لاحت لهُ الحقائق
من دير سره
Realities are revealed to him
From the monastery of his secret.
وكان ذا جمال من نورهِ انجلا
لذلك الجمال والنور والحلا
He has a beauty of light from His light manifest.
For that beauty, light and splendor
أتدّعي هوانا
وتُظهر الخلاف
Do you claim lowliness
And show disagreement
وتبتغي رضانا
ما منك ذا إنتصاف
And seek our pleasure
There is no justice in you.
فخلِّ من سوانا
تُسقى الرضا أو تشاف
So leave our intimacy
To be quenched or healed.
يا طالبَ الوصال من سيّدٍ علا
إنّ الوصال غالي وما غلا حلا
O seeker of union with the Exalted Master
Union is precious and nothing precious comes cheap.
عُشّاقُنا فنونٌ
كلٌّ لهُ مقام
Our lovers are diverse
Each has his state.
هذا به جنونٌ
وذا به هُيام
This one is possessed by madness
That one by passion.
وسِرُّنا مصونٌ
قد أعجزَ الأنام
And our secret is protected
It has confounded people.
فدَع منَ المحالِ واخضَع تذللا
لذلك الجمال والنور والحلا
So leave the impossible and submit humbly
For that beauty, light and splendor.
اجعل وصفكَ ذُلّا
وكُن عبداً مُقيم
Make your description lowliness
And be a devoted servant.
ما في الوجودِ إلّا
إلهُنا العظيم
There is nothing in existence
Except our Supreme God.
للطورِ قد تجلّى
وكلّمَ الكَليم
He revealed Himself to the Mount
And spoke to the Kalim.
قد لاح في السؤال مذ لاح وانجلا
في حضرة الكمال نورٌ تهلّلا
In supplication, light manifest since it manifest.
In the presence of Perfection, light gladdened.
هواهُ في الضمير
والقَلبِ لا يزول
His love in the conscience
And heart does not fade.
المصطفى البشير
ألسيد الرسول
Al-Mustafa the Herald
The Master of Messengers
بصفح عن الفقير
يصغى لما يقول
He forgives the destitute
And listens to what he says.
يا منزلَ الآمال حييتَ منزِلا
فما أنا بذلٍ عنهُ وإن سلا
O destination of hopes, you have pitched camp
As for me, I do not refrain from Him even if forgotten.
