لو تجلى عن ناظريك الغبارُ

لو تجلى عن ناظريك الغبارُ

لرأيت الكؤس كيف تدارُ

لرأيت الكؤس كيف تدارُ

If the dust were cleared from your eyes,

If the dust were to clear from your eyes,

you would see how the cups are passed around.

You would see how the cup turns.

ولبانت نار لديك كما با

ولبانت نار لديك كما با

نت لموسى من جانب الطور نار

نت لموسى من جانب الطور نار

And a fire would appear before you, just as

And a fire would appear to you as it appeared

a fire appeared to Moses from the side of Mount Sinai.

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

ولزالت رسوم ذاتك فيمن

ولزالت رسوم ذاتك فيمن

لم يزل وأنمحت به الآثار

لم يزل وأنمحت به الآثار

And the outlines of your self would vanish in the One

And the features of your essence would vanish in those

who has always been, and through Him all traces would be effaced.

In whom no trace remains.

وتبدت فريدة الحسن تُجلَى

وتبدت فريدة الحسن تُجلَى

زائلات عن وجهها الأستار

زائلات عن وجهها الأستار

And the peerless beauty would appear, unveiled,

Unique in beauty you would reveal yourself,

with the veils falling away from her face.

With the veils removed from your face.

ورأيت الهدى وأرشدك الدف

ورأيت الهدى وأرشدك الدف

فُ وصوت الغناء والمزمار

فُ وصوت الغناء والمزمار

And you would see guidance, and be guided by the frame drum,

And you would see guidance, and the tambourine

and the sound of singing and the reed pipe.

And the flute would guide you.

لكن القلب منك في غفلات

لكن القلب منك في غفلات

وعلى وجهك الكثيف خمار

وعلى وجهك الكثيف خمار

But your heart is in heedlessness,

But your heart is heedless of you

and a veil lies over your coarse face.

And your face is covered with a thick veil.

ويقيناً أن التكاثر ألها

ويقيناً أن التكاثر ألها

ك وعزت بوهمك الأغيار

ك وعزت بوهمك الأغيار

And surely rivalry for more has distracted

Surely indulgence has seduced you

you, and other beings have grown mighty through your illusion.

And illusions have deceived the ignorant.

ورمتك الذنوب في ظلمات

ورمتك الذنوب في ظلمات

من شكوكٍ بها العقول تحار

من شكوكٍ بها العقول تحار

And sins have cast you into darkness

Sins have cast you into darknesses

of doubts in which minds are bewildered.

About which minds are confused.

فاجتهد واقصد الحقيقة واطلب

فاجتهد واقصد الحقيقة واطلب

ولتكن فيك همة واصطبار

ولتكن فيك همة واصطبار

So strive, aim for the truth, and seek it;

So strive, seek the truth, and endure,

and let there be resolve and patient endurance in you.

And let there be in you resolve and patience.

وتذلل بباب ديرك واخضع

وتذلل بباب ديرك واخضع

فعسى أن يريدك الخمار

فعسى أن يريدك الخمار

And humble yourself at your monastery's door and submit;

Humble yourself at the gate of your monastery and submit,

so perhaps the vintner will desire you.

Perhaps the wine-pourer will come to you.

إنما أنت عند نفسك وهم

إنما أنت عند نفسك وهم

ظهرت منك هذه الأطوار

ظهرت منك هذه الأطوار

You, as you conceive yourself, are nothing but an illusion;

You are with yourself - just an illusion -

these states have arisen from you.

From which these aspects have appeared.

والذي أنت فيه محض غرور

والذي أنت فيه محض غرور

وهو في مذهب الحقيقة عار

وهو في مذهب الحقيقة عار

And what you dwell in is sheer delusion,

What you are in is sheer delusion,

and in the doctrine of truth it is a disgrace:

And in the path of truth it is shameful.

عدم في الوجود يبدو ويخفى

عدم في الوجود يبدو ويخفى

ما له في الحقيقتين قرار

ما له في الحقيقتين قرار

a nothingness that appears and disappears within existence,

Non-being appears and disappears in existence,

with no permanence in either of the two realities.

Having no permanence in either reality.