تستر السر بإفشائه

تستر السر بإفشائه

كالموج منسوب إلى مائه

كالموج منسوب إلى مائه

The secret has veiled itself through its disclosure,

Concealing a secret by revealing it

like a wave attributed to its water.

Is like a wave attributed to its water

ليس كلام القوم رمزاً ولا

ليس كلام القوم رمزاً ولا

إشارة منهم بإيمائه

إشارة منهم بإيمائه

The folk's speech is neither a cipher nor

Not everything people say is a symbol or

an allusion from them conveyed through its hints.

A gesture made with a wave

وهو صريح عندهم ظاهر

وهو صريح عندهم ظاهر

من ألف الخط إلى يائه

من ألف الخط إلى يائه

And it is explicit and clear to them,

It is explicit to them, apparent

from the script's alif to its yāʾ,

From the first letter to the last

طبق اصطلاحات لهم كل من

طبق اصطلاحات لهم كل من

يعرفها فاز بأنبائه

يعرفها فاز بأنبائه

in keeping with their conventions; everyone who

Apply their terminology, whoever

knows them gains its tidings.

Knows it gains from its tidings

كالنحو والصرف اصطلاح لهم

كالنحو والصرف اصطلاح لهم

يدري به حذاق أبنائه

يدري به حذاق أبنائه

Like syntax and morphology, they have a terminology

Like grammar and morphology, their terminology

which the adept among its sons understand.

Known only to the adept of its people

فخالطوا القوم ولا تنكروا

فخالطوا القوم ولا تنكروا

تدروا دواء الشخص من دائه

تدروا دواء الشخص من دائه

So mingle with the folk, and do not reject them;

So mingle with them and do not deny

you will tell a person's remedy from his ailment.

To know the cure of a person from his illness

وعاشروهم تعرفوهم ولا

وعاشروهم تعرفوهم ولا

تبغوا يفز ميت بإحيائه

تبغوا يفز ميت بإحيائه

And keep company with them: you will know them; and do not

And socialize with them to know them and do not

transgress; a dead man will triumph through his revival.

Seek that a dead person comes to life

فإن أهل الله نور ولن

فإن أهل الله نور ولن

يرى امرؤٌ نوراً بظلمائه

يرى امرؤٌ نوراً بظلمائه

For God's people are light, and never

For the people of God are light and will not

will a man see light through his darkness.

A person see light with his darkness

وسلموا الأمر إلى أهله

وسلموا الأمر إلى أهله

من يبتلي يدري ببلوائه

من يبتلي يدري ببلوائه

And entrust the matter to those qualified for it;

And leave the matter to its people

whoever is tried knows his affliction.

Who is tested knows his afflictions

وهم أناس شغلهم ربهم

وهم أناس شغلهم ربهم

عقولهم سكرى بصهبائه

عقولهم سكرى بصهبائه

And they are people whom their Lord engrosses;

They are people whose Lord has preoccupied them

their minds are drunk with His tawny wine.

Their minds intoxicated by His splendors

من يعرف الله فذاك الذي

من يعرف الله فذاك الذي

يعرفهم قاموا بأسمائه

يعرفهم قاموا بأسمائه

Whoever knows God—that is the one who

Whoever knows God, that is who

knows them; they subsist through His names.

Knows them, established by His names

ومن يعاشر عاشقاً يدره

ومن يعاشر عاشقاً يدره

في كتمه السر وإبدائه

في كتمه السر وإبدائه

And whoever keeps company with a lover will know him

And whoever associates with a lover knows him

in his concealing the secret and revealing it.

In his concealment of the secret and its expression

لا يعرف الأشواق إلا الذي

لا يعرف الأشواق إلا الذي

كابدها في ضمن أحشائه

كابدها في ضمن أحشائه

None knows the longings except the one who

None knows longings except one who

has endured them within his inward parts.

Suffered them in his core

وكل قوم عندهم ذو هدى

وكل قوم عندهم ذو هدى

وذو ضلال حكم إجرائه

وذو ضلال حكم إجرائه

And every community has one rightly guided

And every people has one guided

and one astray, by the decree of His dispensation.

And one misguided, the rule of his consequence

زين لهم هذا وشين لهم

زين لهم هذا وشين لهم

هذا فخذ كلَّاً بأجزائه

هذا فخذ كلَّاً بأجزائه

This is made fair to them, and made foul to them

This one adorned for them and that one ugly for them

is that; so take each with its parts.

So take each by its parts