هوى عين العيون — Abd Al Ghani Al Nabulsi — Saqi

Love for the Eye of all eyes
drives one onward to death;
and the guarded Face has
manifestations in hidden depths.
He appeared; then, apart from myself, I witnessed
the manifold varieties of the arts.
And my tangled longings surged.
May it water the valley and greet
its hills—the rain—with water to the full.
How often there circled around me,
through him, the cup of heady wine!
And through him I became prepared;
I folded the universe completely away,
from kāf to nūn.
And may God, my Lord, send blessings
upon the Caller who answers the call,
upon the beloved of my heart,
upon Taha—and my love
for him, in attaining my nearness.
And upon his Family, then his Companions—
through them the fortresses were conquered:
leaders of every community,
possessors of exalted rank.
To them, ʿAbd al-Ghani
gives greeting with a salutation
from God Most High,
as long as evening endures
and affairs keep turning.