ساقي الكؤوس ازدلف
وبالسلاف حيّا
The cupbearer drew near
With welcome he hailed me
مثل العروس انعطف
وبالسلام حيّا
Like a bride he bent
With peace he hailed me
لاحت شموس التحف
من حسنه فيّا
The suns of gifts shone forth
From his beauty, O wondrous sight
وبالنفوس ائتلف
لمّا دنا إليّا
And the souls were united
When he drew near to me
صبابتي في هواه
ممّا سواه جُنّه
My happiness in his love
Apart from all else, delighted me
رضوان وصلي لقاه
بوّأني الجنّه
His good pleasure found me
And granted me Paradise
نعمتي من رضاه
في غرف المنّه
My bliss from his approval
In the chambers of bounty
لكن قلبي كواه
جحيم جواه كيّا
Yet my heart was aflame
With the fires of passion for him
تحمّلت من شذاه
لي نسمة الأسحار
I endured from his allure
The morning breeze for me
كأنّني من حماه
في روضة الأزهار
As though I, from his protection
Was in a garden of flowers
كم نفحةٍ من رباه
في حضرة الأذكار
How much fragrance from his tending
In the presence of remembrance
لمّا انجلت من سناه
ذات البها ريّا
When his brilliance shone forth from his idol
The coverings were unveiled
مليحة الغيب لاحت
تكشف الأستار
Revealing a beautiful face
That shames the full moon
عن حسن وجه بديع
يخجل الأقمار
The veils were lifted from us
In the dark of the dawn
أزاحت الحجب عنّا
في دجا الأسحار
God, how she revealed herself
Exaltedly upon me
لله ما قد تجلّت
في العلا عليّا
We were veiled from the eyes
In her unveiling of the essence
غبنا عن العين منّا
في تجلّي العين
Witnessing the Real's truth
Not through a sense of where
شهود حقّ تعالى
لا بكيف الأين
Our unity of existence
Vanished the veil of duality
توحيدنا للوجود
ماح حجاب الرين
So O seeker of flowers
From our roses gather ye
فيا مريد الورود
من وردنا هيّا
