1. طوران لي طور أنا

    والطور اِلآخرُ سيدي

    Two states are mine: one is myself,

    and the other state is my Master.

  2. وهما معاً لي تارة

    جمعٌ يكون لمفرد

    And at times both are mine together:

    a union belonging to a single being.

  3. جمع قديم عهده

    في مفرد متحد

    A union whose covenant is ancient,

    in a single, united being.

  4. والغير إما نفسه

    أو نفس مولى الأعبد

    And the other is either his own self

    or the Self of the bondsmen's Lord.

  5. شيءٌ خُصصتُ به ولا

    تلقاه إلا في يدي

    Something for which I was singled out; you will not

    find it except in my hand.

  6. قد قال هذا قبلنا

    قول الإمام المرشد

    This was said before us,

    in the words of the guiding imam:

  7. لي سكرتان وسكرة

    هي للمريد المقتدي

    “Two intoxications are mine, and another

    belongs to the disciple who follows.”

  8. فاسمع هديت ولا تكن

    فيما تقول بمعتدي

    So listen—may you be guided—and do not

    overstep in what you say.

  9. صدق الطريق نجاة من

    هو في المقام الأحمدي

    Sincerity on the path is the salvation of one

    who is in the station of Ahmad.

  10. هيهات ليس المنتهي

    في الله مثل المبتدي

    Far from it! One who has reached the end is not,

    in God, like the beginner,

  11. وإن استحال الإنتها

    في الجامع المتوحد

    though reaching an end is impossible

    in the All-Gathering, the One Alone.

  12. واصمت ولا تنطق فما ال

    هادي إليه المهتدي

    Be silent and do not speak, for the

    guide to Him is not the one being guided.

  13. واحذر خيالك أن يوس

    وس بالمقال لك الردي

    And beware lest your imagination

    whisper vile words to you,

  14. فيريك أنك صرت مث

    ل أمامك المتجرد

    making you think you have become

    like the detached one before you,

  15. بالفهم في أقواله

    وبظنك المتردد

    through understanding his sayings

    and through your wavering conjecture.

  16. هذي علوم الذوق كال

    محسوس بالحس الندي

    These are sciences of tasting, like the

    tangible perceived through the dew-fresh sense.

  17. لا بالتفهم والتوه

    هم من إليها يهتدي

    Not through understanding and conjecture

    does anyone find the way to them,

  18. بل بالصفاء وبالوفا

    وطهارة القلب الصدي

    but through purity and faithfulness

    and the cleansing of the rusted heart.

  19. مالنفس إلا كدرة

    في صفو روحك تغتدي

    The self is nothing but cloudiness

    that feeds within your spirit's clarity.

  20. فامسح بأمر الله كد

    رة روحك المتجسد

    So wipe away, by God's command, the cloudiness

    of your embodied spirit.