يا بدرُ بادر إلى المنادي

كَفيتَ فاشكر ضُرّ الأعادي

O full moon, hasten to the caller

You have suffered enough, so give thanks for the harm of enemies

قد جاءك النور فاقتبسه

ولا تُعرِّج على السوادِ

The light has come to you so take it

And do not deviate into the darkness

فمن أتاه النُّضارُ يوماً

يزهد في الخط بالمدادِ

For he who is given radiance one day

Will despise writing with ink

فقم بوصف الإله وانظر

إليه فرداً على انفرادِ

So describe God and look

At Him alone in isolation

وحصن السَّمع إذ تنادي

وخلص القول إذ تنادى

And guard your hearing when calling

And purify your words when invoking

والبس لمولاك ثوبَ فقرٍ

كي تحظى بالواهب الجوادِ

And wear for your Master a dress of poverty

So you may gain favor with the Bountiful Giver

وقل إذا جئته فقيراً

يا سّيداً ودّه اعتمادي

And say when you come to Him poor

O Master, make me reliant on Your affection

اسق شرابَ الوصال صباً

ما زال يشكو صدى البعاد

Quench me with the drink of union in the morning

Still complaining of the echo of distance

تاه زماناً بغير قوتٍ

إذ لم يشاهد سوى العباد

Lost for a time without sustenance

When he saw none but servants

فكن له القوتَ ما استمرت

أيّامه الغرُّ باقتصادِ

So be his sustenance as long as

His days of estrangement last with moderation

حتى يموت العذول صبراً

وتنطفي جمرة البعادِ

Until the unmarried die of patience

And the embers of distance are extinguished

ويعجب الناس من شخيصٍ

يكون بعد الضلال هادي

And people are amazed by a worthless man

Who becomes a guide after misguidance

من كان ميتاً فصار حياً

فقد تعالى عن النفاد

Who was dead and became alive

Has transcended mortality

ما خلع النعل غير موسى

بشرطها عند بطن وادِ

None took off his sandals but Moses

At his condition by the valley’s edge

من خلعتَ نعله تناهت

رتبة أقواله السَّداد

He whose sandals you took off

His words attained supreme rectitude

فإن تكن هاشميّ ورثٍ

فاسلك بها منهج السَّداد

So if you are a Hashimi heir

Then follow the path of rectitude

والبس نعاليك إن من لم

يلبس نعاليه في وهادِ

And wear your sandals, for he who

Did not wear his in the valley

فهل يساوي المحيط حالاً

من لم ير العينَ في الرمادِ

Can the ocean now equal

One who did not see the eye in the ashes?

فميز الحال إذ تراه

في مركب القدس في الغوادي

So distinguish the state when you see

Him in the ship of holiness in the valleys

ورتب العلم إذ يناجي

سرك بالسرِّ في الهوادي

And arrange knowledge when He confides

His secret to you in the valleys

وارقبه في وهم كل سرٍّ

في ساتر إن أتى وبادي

And watch over Him in the fancy of every mystery

In a screen if He comes unveiled

ولا تشتِّت ولا تفرِّق

عبديه من حاضر وبادي

Do not scatter and divide

His servants, both present and absent

فإن وهبتَ الرجوع فرِّق

بين الحواضر والبوادي

For if you are granted return, part

The present from the absent

واحذر بأنْ تركب المهارى

إذ تقرن العير بالجواد

And beware of riding thoroughbreds

When pairing the camel with the steed

لا يحجبنك الشخوصُ واصبر

على مَهماته الشدادِ

Let no individuals veil you, and be patient

With His severe tribulations

وانظر إلى واهبِ المعاني

وقارنِ العينَ بالفؤاد

And look to the Giver of meanings

And pair the eye with the heart

وأسند الأمر في التلقي

له تكن صاحبَ استناد

And refer the matter in receiving

To Him, be one who depends on Him

و لايغرّنك قولُ عبدي

فالحقُّ في الجمعِ لا ينادي

And let not the word of My servant deceive you

For the truth in gathering does not call out

وإنّ هذا المقام أخفى

من عدم المثلِ للجوادِ

And this station is more hidden

Than the absence of an equal to the Generous

فكنه علماً وكنه حالاً

مع رائح إن أتى و غادي

Know Him as knowledge and know Him as a state

With spices if He comes and goes

وكنه نعتاً و لا تكنه

ذاتاً فعين المحال بادي

And know Him as attributes but do not know Him

As an essence, for the eye of the absurd is evident

ولا تكن ذا هوى وحب

فيه فقلب المحب صادي

And be not one of desire and love

For the lover's heart is prone to pain

من بات ذا لوعةٍ محباً

شكا له حرقةَ الجواد

Who spends the night burning with yearning

Will complain to Him of the agony of passion

وانظر بعينِ الفراق أيضاً

فيه ترى حكمةَ العِناد

And look with the eye of separation as well

At Him, you will see the wisdom of obstinacy

وحكمةُ الحزمِ والتواني

وحكمة السِّلم والجِلاد

And the wisdom of resolve and delay

And the wisdom of peace and war

فحكمةُ الصدِّ لا يراها

سوى حكيم لها وسادي

For only the wise director perceives

The wisdom of rejection

وانظر إلى ضاربٍ بعود

صفاة يبس فانساب وادي

And look upon one striking pieces of wood

Of ebony that flowed as a valley

واعجبْ له واتخذه حالاً

تجده كالنارِ في الزناد

And marvel at Him and take Him as a state

You will find Him like fire in the tinder

فالماءُ للروحِ قوتُ علم

والجسم للنار كالمزاد

For water is the sustenance of the soul

And the body is to fire as the wick

فإن مضى الماء لم تجده

بدارِ دنياك في المعاد

If the water is gone, you will not find it

In the abode of your world at the return

وإن خَبت ناره عشاءً

فسوّ من مات في المهاد

And if His fire wanes at night

Make peace with one who died in bed

أوضحتُ سرّاً إن كنتُ حرّاً

كنتُ به واري الزناد

I have clarified a secret if I were free

I would conceal it in the tinder

من علم الحقَّ علمَ ذَوقٍ

لم يُقرن الغيّ بالرشاد

Whoever knows the truth, knows the taste

Did not pair heresy with guidance

فمن أتاه الحبيبُ كشفاً

لم يدر ما لذة الرقاد

So when the Beloved discloses Himself to him

He knows not the bliss of slumber

مثل رسول الإله إذ لم

يسكن له النومُ في فؤاد

Like the Messenger of God, when

Sleep did not reside in his heart

لو بلغَ الزرعُ منتهاه

اشتغل القومُ بالحصاد

If the crops reached their end

The people would be busy with the harvest

أو نازلَ الحصنَ قومُ حربٍ

لبادر الناسُ للجِهادِ

Or if an army of war descended upon the fortress

The people would rush to holy war

ناشدتك الله يا خليلي

هل فُرش الخزِّ كالقتاد

I adjure you by God, O my friend

Is the fur bedding spread out like the quilt?

لا والذي أمرنا إليه

ما عنده الخير كالفساد

No, by Him who commanded us to Him

The good with Him is not like evil