لو تجلى عن ناظريك الغبارُ

لرأيت الكؤس كيف تدارُ

If the dust were to clear from your eyes,

You would see how the cup turns.

ولبانت نار لديك كما با

نت لموسى من جانب الطور نار

And a fire would appear to you as it appeared

To Moses from the side of Mount Tur, a fire.

ولزالت رسوم ذاتك فيمن

لم يزل وأنمحت به الآثار

And the features of your essence would vanish in those

In whom no trace remains.

وتبدت فريدة الحسن تُجلَى

زائلات عن وجهها الأستار

Unique in beauty you would reveal yourself,

With the veils removed from your face.

ورأيت الهدى وأرشدك الدف

فُ وصوت الغناء والمزمار

And you would see guidance, and the tambourine

And the flute would guide you.

لكن القلب منك في غفلات

وعلى وجهك الكثيف خمار

But your heart is heedless of you

And your face is covered with a thick veil.

ويقيناً أن التكاثر ألها

ك وعزت بوهمك الأغيار

Surely indulgence has seduced you

And illusions have deceived the ignorant.

ورمتك الذنوب في ظلمات

من شكوكٍ بها العقول تحار

Sins have cast you into darknesses

About which minds are confused.

فاجتهد واقصد الحقيقة واطلب

ولتكن فيك همة واصطبار

So strive, seek the truth, and endure,

And let there be in you resolve and patience.

وتذلل بباب ديرك واخضع

فعسى أن يريدك الخمار

Humble yourself at the gate of your monastery and submit,

Perhaps the wine-pourer will come to you.

إنما أنت عند نفسك وهم

ظهرت منك هذه الأطوار

You are with yourself - just an illusion -

From which these aspects have appeared.

والذي أنت فيه محض غرور

وهو في مذهب الحقيقة عار

What you are in is sheer delusion,

And in the path of truth it is shameful.

عدم في الوجود يبدو ويخفى

ما له في الحقيقتين قرار

Non-being appears and disappears in existence,

Having no permanence in either reality.