أدر صِرفاً خمور الأندرينا

أدر صِرفاً خمور الأندرينا

على شعث الرجال الأندرينا

على شعث الرجال الأندرينا

Pass round, unmixed, the wines of al-Andarin

Pour the wine of Andren down the throats

among the disheveled men, the rarest of men.

Of the disheveled men of Andren

وروِّقْ أيها الساقي شراباً

وروِّقْ أيها الساقي شراباً

طهوراً لذةً للشاربينا

طهوراً لذةً للشاربينا

And strain a drink, O cupbearer,

And refine, O cupbearer, a drink

purifying, a delight to those who drink.

Pure, pleasurable for us drinkers

ولا تمزج فإن المزج شركٌ

ولا تمزج فإن المزج شركٌ

حرامٌ في طريق العارفينا

حرامٌ في طريق العارفينا

And do not mix it, for mixing is polytheism,

And do not mix, for mixing is an association

forbidden on the path of those who know God.

Forbidden on the path of the gnostics

فإنك أنت نور النور باد

فإنك أنت نور النور باد

وإن سمَّوك لي طه الأمينا

وإن سمَّوك لي طه الأمينا

For you are the light of Light, manifest,

For you are the Light of Lights in appearance

even if they call you, to me, Taha the Trustworthy.

And they named you for me the Trustworthy

ألا يا ابن المدامةِ كن رفيقي

ألا يا ابن المدامةِ كن رفيقي

على صرف زكت شرعاً ودينا

على صرف زكت شرعاً ودينا

Lo, O son of wine, be my companion

Come O son of the tavern, be my companion

over unmixed wine, pure in sacred law and faith.

On pouring the wine purified lawfully and religiously

وخذها من يد الساقي ودندن

وخذها من يد الساقي ودندن

لها واسلكْ بها الدرب اليمينا

لها واسلكْ بها الدرب اليمينا

And take her from the cupbearer's hand, and hum

And take it from the hand of the cupbearer and hum

to her, and with her tread the right-hand path.

To it and take with it the right path

وعربدْ بين أقوامٍ كرمٍ

وعربدْ بين أقوامٍ كرمٍ

متى قاموا يقوموا أجمعينا

متى قاموا يقوموا أجمعينا

And carouse among noble folk:

And express yourself among generous people

whenever they rise, they all rise together.

When they stand they all stand together

هي الروح التي الأموات تحيا

هي الروح التي الأموات تحيا

بها فتقوم جمعاً طائعينا

بها فتقوم جمعاً طائعينا

She is the spirit: the dead come alive

It is the spirit by which the dead live

through her, then rise together, obedient.

By it they stand up altogether obedient

معتقة ورثناها ففزنا

معتقة ورثناها ففزنا

بها من عهد آدم عن أبينا

بها من عهد آدم عن أبينا

Aged wine—we inherited her and triumphed

Liberated, we inherited it and won

through her, from Adam's time, from our father.

Through it from the era of Adam from our father

أبونا الغوث محيي الدين هذا

أبونا الغوث محيي الدين هذا

وجدناه بواقعة رأينا

وجدناه بواقعة رأينا

Our father is the Succor, this Muhyi al-Din;

Our father al-Gouth, reviver of the religion, this

we found him in a vision we beheld.

We found it in the state we saw

هي الحانات والكاسات تُملى

هي الحانات والكاسات تُملى

فنسقيها القلوب الآمنينا

فنسقيها القلوب الآمنينا

She is the taverns, and the cups are filled;

It is the taverns and cups they are filled

so we give her as drink to hearts at peace.

So we serve them to the safe hearts

ونكشف وجهها لرجال صدق

ونكشف وجهها لرجال صدق

محارمِها وليسوا أجنبينا

محارمِها وليسوا أجنبينا

And we unveil her face to men of truth,

And we uncover its face to the men of truthfulness

her lawful intimates, not strangers.

Not outsiders to its sanctities

عصابة وحدة كانوا بخُبْثٍ

عصابة وحدة كانوا بخُبْثٍ

فجاؤونا فصاروا طاهرينا

فجاؤونا فصاروا طاهرينا

A band of oneness, they had been impure;

A gang who were evil

then they came to us and became pure.

Came to us and became pure

يظل يسوقهم ساقي الحميَّا

يظل يسوقهم ساقي الحميَّا

إلى حان الطلا حيناً فحينا

إلى حان الطلا حيناً فحينا

The cupbearer of strong wine keeps leading them

The cupbearer of fever continues to lead them

to the wine-tavern, time after time.

To the tavern of high quality wine time after time

فيعطفهم عليه ويصطفيهم

فيعطفهم عليه ويصطفيهم

له ويحنُّ جانبُهم حنينا

له ويحنُّ جانبُهم حنينا

So he draws them to himself and chooses them

He sympathizes with them, chooses them

for himself, and their very being yearns with longing.

For himself and yearns for their company

هلموا يا رجال الغيب واسعوا

هلموا يا رجال الغيب واسعوا

وصلوا واركعوا بي ساجدينا

وصلوا واركعوا بي ساجدينا

Come, O men of the unseen, and hasten;

Come O men of the unseen, be generous

and pray, and bow through me, prostrating.

And pray and bow before me prostrating

وإياكم وغيب الغيب عنه

وإياكم وغيب الغيب عنه

فصوموا ثم كونوا مفطرينا

فصوموا ثم كونوا مفطرينا

And beware the unseen of the unseen apart from Him;

And beware being absent from it

so fast, then break your fast

So fast then be ones who break fast

بما يبدي لكم من كل شيء

بما يبدي لكم من كل شيء

فإنَّ الشيء يظهره لدينا

فإنَّ الشيء يظهره لدينا

with what He reveals to you from every thing,

With what shows you everything

for each thing reveals Him to us.

For the thing, it shows itself to us

وأما ذاته فعلت وجلَّت

وأما ذاته فعلت وجلَّت

فليس بها الحوادثُ عالمينا

فليس بها الحوادثُ عالمينا

As for His essence, it is exalted and sublime;

As for its essence, it is most high and revered

for created beings have no knowledge of it,

The events do not know us

وإن كانوا ملائكةً كراماً

وإن كانوا ملائكةً كراماً

وكانوا أنبياءً مرسلينا

وكانوا أنبياءً مرسلينا

even if they are noble angels,

Even if they are honorable angels

and prophets sent as messengers.

And were prophets sent

فإن جميعهم منها تجلَّى

فإن جميعهم منها تجلَّى

عليهم مثل فعل الفاعلينا

عليهم مثل فعل الفاعلينا

For what shone forth from it to all of them

All of them were manifested through it

was like the action of those who act,

Like the act of the doers

كما ظهرت بآدم وهو خلق

كما ظهرت بآدم وهو خلق

فأعمت عنه إبليس اللعينا

فأعمت عنه إبليس اللعينا

just as it appeared in Adam, who was a creature,

As it appeared through Adam while he was created

and blinded accursed Iblis to him.

And blinded Satan the accursed about it

وظن بأنه للذات يدري

وظن بأنه للذات يدري

لهذا كان أقوى العابدينا

لهذا كان أقوى العابدينا

And he thought he knew the Essence;

And thought he knew the essence

for this reason he was the strongest of worshippers.

So he was the strongest worshipper

وقد رام المحال وليس إلا

وقد رام المحال وليس إلا

مظاهر فعل أسماء يرينا

مظاهر فعل أسماء يرينا

Yet he sought the impossible; there is nothing but

And he sought the impossible, it is nothing but

manifestations of the Names' action that He shows us.

Appearances of the acts of names that show us

فقل سجدت لآدم مذ تجلى

فقل سجدت لآدم مذ تجلى

به ربي ملائكةٌ يقينا

به ربي ملائكةٌ يقينا

So say: the angels prostrated to Adam when

So say, the angels prostrated

my Lord manifested in him—assuredly.

When my Lord manifested through it to them certainly

وإبليس اللعين أبى سجوداً

وإبليس اللعين أبى سجوداً

لديه فلم يجد أحداً معينا

لديه فلم يجد أحداً معينا

And accursed Iblis refused prostration

And accursed Satan refused prostration

before him, and found no one to help.

To Him, so he did not find anyone helping

وكان بجهله عبداً كفوراً

وكان بجهله عبداً كفوراً

برب ظاهر في الجاهلينا

برب ظاهر في الجاهلينا

And through his ignorance he was an ungrateful servant

And in his ignorance he was an ungrateful

to a Lord manifest among the ignorant.

Servant to the Lord manifest among the ignorant

فوسوس في المظاهر رام صداً

فوسوس في المظاهر رام صداً

لها عن سر رب العالمينا

لها عن سر رب العالمينا

So he whispered within the manifestations, seeking to hinder

So he whispered about manifestations, intending to block

them from the secret of the Lord of all worlds.

Them from the secret of the Lord of the worlds

إلا ما ثم غير الله غيب

إلا ما ثم غير الله غيب

مظاهره بدت للعاشقينا

مظاهره بدت للعاشقينا

Except that there is no unseen there but God;

Except there is nothing but God, the unseen

His manifestations have appeared to the lovers.

Whose manifestations appeared to the lovers

فأنكر بعضهم والبعض يحظى

فأنكر بعضهم والبعض يحظى

به رغماً لأنف المنكرينا

به رغماً لأنف المنكرينا

So some deny, while others are blessed

So some of them denied and some were fortunate

with Him, bringing the deniers' noses low.

To witness it despite the deniers' noses