1. إن شربي شرب الجِمال الهيمِ

    من كؤوس الجمال ذات القديمِ

    Indeed, my drinking is the drinking of thirst-maddened camels,

    From cups of beauty—the Essence of the Eternal One.

  2. عدم ظاهر بنور وجود

    في ظلام على الصراط القويم

    Nothingness made manifest by the light of existence,

    In darkness, upon the straight path.

  3. فارفقوا في ملامتي يا رفاقي

    والطفوا بِالمَلامَتِيِّ العديم

    So be gentle in blaming me, O my companions,

    And be kind to the Malamati who is nothing.

  4. علِمَ الله بي ولم أك شيئاً

    فأنا الآن طبق علم العليم

    God knew me, and I was not a thing;

    So now I am in accord with the All-Knowing's knowledge.

  5. يتجلى بي تارة فيريني

    وجهه الحق في أجل نعيم

    At times He manifests Himself through me, then shows me

    His true face in the most exalted bliss.

  6. وله الإستتار بي تارة عن

    نظري في كثائف التجسيم

    And at times He conceals Himself through me from

    My sight, amid the dense forms of embodiment.

  7. فأرى نفسيَ التي هي منه

    حدثت قد حكت هبوب النسيم

    So I see that my self, which from Him

    Came into being, has resembled the blowing of the breeze,

  8. بين جمع وبين فرق شهود

    واعتقاد حالٍ كعقد نظيم

    Between union and separation in witnessing

    And belief, adorned like a well-strung necklace.

  9. هذه حالتي وهذا مقامي

    كل حين بحسن أمر مقيم

    This is my state, and this is my station,

    At every moment, through the beauty of an abiding command.

  10. فانكروني أو فاتركوني وشاني

    لا تخوضوا بي في عطاء الكريم

    So reject me, or leave me to my own affairs;

    Do not debate about me concerning the Generous One's bounty.

  11. أو بداعي الإلهام فاعتقدوني

    لتنالوا ما نال كل حكيم

    Or, prompted by inspiration, believe in me,

    So that you may attain what every sage has attained.