أَلاَ فَالذِي تَسْمُو إِلَيْهِ وَتَرْتَقِي

أَلاَ فَالذِي تَسْمُو إِلَيْهِ وَتَرْتَقِي

أَلاَ بَخْتِيَارٌ اِسْمُ ذَاكَ الْمُمَزَّقِ

أَلاَ بَخْتِيَارٌ اِسْمُ ذَاكَ الْمُمَزَّقِ

Behold, then, the one toward whom you aspire and ascend—

Behold, that to which you aspire and ascend,

behold, Bakhtiyār is the name of that torn-apart one.

Bears the name 'Bakhtiyar', that divided word.

فَنِصْفَاهُ بَخْتٌ ثٌمَّ يَارٌ وَعَكْسُ ذَا

فَنِصْفَاهُ بَخْتٌ ثٌمَّ يَارٌ وَعَكْسُ ذَا

لِمَنْ رَامَهُ رَأْيٌ بِهِ الْمَرْءُ يَتَّقِي

لِمَنْ رَامَهُ رَأْيٌ بِهِ الْمَرْءُ يَتَّقِي

Its two halves are bakht, “fortune,” then yār, “beloved”; and the latter reversed,

Its two halves are 'Bakht' (fortune), then 'Yar' (companion), and its reverse,

for whoever seeks it, is raʾy, “judgment,” by which one guards oneself.

For whoever seeks it, is the sound judgment by which a man shields himself.

وَبِخْتُكَ يُدْنِي مِنْكَ كُلَّ مُمَنَّعٍ

وَبِخْتُكَ يُدْنِي مِنْكَ كُلَّ مُمَنَّعٍ

وَرَأْيُكَ يَنْفِي عَنْكَ ذُلَّ التَّعَشُّقِ

وَرَأْيُكَ يَنْفِي عَنْكَ ذُلَّ التَّعَشُّقِ

And your fortune brings every unapproachable one near you,

Your fortune draws near to you every inaccessible thing,

and your judgment banishes from you the humiliation of infatuation.

While your reason banishes from you the humiliation of infatuation.

فَلاَ تَتَعَشَّقْ غَيْرَ سَعْيٍ لِرَاحَةٍ

فَلاَ تَتَعَشَّقْ غَيْرَ سَعْيٍ لِرَاحَةٍ

تَدُومُ وَوَصْلٍ مَا لَهُ مِنْ تَفَرُّقِ

تَدُومُ وَوَصْلٍ مَا لَهُ مِنْ تَفَرُّقِ

So fall in love with nothing but striving for rest

So be passionately drawn to nothing but the striving for a repose

that endures, and a union that knows no parting.

That endures, and a union that knows no separation.