1. هذه نفحة عنبرْ

    عن شذاها لا يُعَبَّرْ

    This is a waft of ambergris;

    its fragrance cannot be expressed.

  2. يا مريض النفس عنك ال

    عارف النحرير أخبر

    O you sick of soul, about you the

    consummate knower has spoken:

  3. إن ترم داءك يبرى

    فاشرب الماء المدبَّر

    If you wish your illness to be healed,

    then drink the prepared water,

  4. لتقيء الكون والكو

    ن وكسر البعد يجبر

    so you may vomit out the universe, and the uni-

    verse and the fracture of separation may be mended.

  5. قام في الصدر خطيب

    وله قلبك منبر

    A preacher has risen in the breast,

    and your heart is his pulpit.

  6. فاستمع وانصت ولا تل

    غو فتيلاً كن مُصَبَّر

    So listen and keep silent, and do not prat-

    tle even a thread's worth; be fortified with patience.

  7. وبه لا بك فاذكر

    ولذكر الله أكبر

    And through Him, not through yourself, remember;

    and surely remembrance of God is greater.