ألْقِ عَصَاكْ أمُسافِرْ

بِبَابِ شَيْخِ الْحَقَائِقْ

Cast your staff, O traveler

At the door of the Master of Truths

تُقْبَلْ مِنْكَ الإرَادَه

إِنْ كُنْتَ بالظَّفَر فايق

Your will shall be accepted

If you are awake and aware

حُلُّ النِّطاق الممنْطَق

واخْلَع نِعالَك واقْبِل

Loosen the knotted belt

And take off your shoes and come

بنعْت عاشق مَشُوق

إِلى الحبيبْ عَبسَى يُقْبِل

With the zeal of an ardent lover

To the Beloved who turns to accept

وحُطَّ رَأسكْ وحَقَّق

إِنَّ لوجود ثمَّ يَنزِل

Bow your head and realize

That existence then descends

وفي السُّجُود هِي الضَّمائِرْ

تَسْرِي كَسَيْرِ السَّوابِق

And in prostration lie the secrets

Flowing like the early comers

كما هذا نور السعادة

يظهر على عاشق

As this light of felicity

Appears on the lover

مَنْ جَا لِديِر الأحِبَّهْ

يَطْلُب فُنُونَ الخلاعَهَ

Who comes to the monastery of love

Seeking the arts of detachment

يُسْقَى بِكاسِ المحبَّه

سِرَّ المكانْ والجماعه

Given the cup of affection

The secret of place and company

حَتَّى يَصِير حالُوا نِسْبَهْ

لأهْلِ تلْكَ الْبِضَاعَهْ

Until his state becomes affiliated

With the people of that trade

أُلْقُطْ نَثِيرَ الجواهر

يُقالُ عَنْكَ فايِق

Pick up scattered jewels

You are said to be awake

لَس هُ حديثُ السياده

شَيْ يُجَد بالشَّواهِق

It is not a talk of mastery

Found in high places

أُطلبِ لِشَيْخَك كُويِّس

يَسْقِيك خميره رقِيقَه

Ask your master for a good wine

That gives you a subtle intoxication

وكُنْ في شُربكْ كُويِّس

تَصِل بِهَا للحقيقهْ

And be good in your drinking

To arrive at the truth

تَبِتْ مِثْل العُرِيسْ

إِذَا يَبِت مَعْ رَفِيقهْ

Sleep like a bridegroom

When he sleeps with his beloved

تَحْضُرْ في صَدْرِ المحاضر

مَع كُلِّ مَبْرُورْ مُوافِق

Attend with every compatible passerby

In the chest of the attended

وإِنْ طَلَبْتَ الإِعَادَه

أُدْنُوا لِهَذَا ورافِق

And if you seek repetition

Come close to this and keep company