وهْمَكْ أزِل

وهْمَكْ أزِل

واسْكُن شُوَيْ

واسْكُن شُوَيْ

Dispel your illusion,

Cast off your illusion

and be still awhile.

And settle quietly

واشكرْ لِمَنْ يَصْقل

واشكرْ لِمَنْ يَصْقل

مِنْكَ الْمُرَيْ

مِنْكَ الْمُرَيْ

And thank the one who polishes

Thank whoever refines

the mirror within you.

Your confusion

شَيْخَك يُريك قَطْعَا

شَيْخَك يُريك قَطْعَا

كَيْفَ السلوك

كَيْفَ السلوك

Your spiritual master surely shows you

Your elder shows you passages

how to walk the path.

Of proper conduct

فاثْبُتْ عَسَى جَمْعاً

فاثْبُتْ عَسَى جَمْعاً

تَنْفِي الشُّكُوك

تَنْفِي الشُّكُوك

So stand firm; perhaps through union

So persist, perhaps collectively

you will dispel doubts.

You'll dispel doubts

وقُلْ لِمَنْ يَرْعَى

وقُلْ لِمَنْ يَرْعَى

سِرَّ المُلوك

سِرَّ المُلوك

And speak to the one who guards

And say to whoever shepherds

the secret of kings,

The secret of kings

ويْفُكْ لَك رَمْزَك

ويْفُكْ لَك رَمْزَك

شَيَا فَشَيْ

شَيَا فَشَيْ

and unravels your enigma for you

And decodes your symbol for you

little by little.

Live easy, live easy

تَبْقَى فَريدْ عَصْرَكْ

تَبْقَى فَريدْ عَصْرَكْ

في الْحَيْ حَيْ

في الْحَيْ حَيْ

You will be peerless in your age,

You’ll remain unique in your time

alive in the Living One.

Among the alive, alive

يا صاحِبَ الإمكانْ

يا صاحِبَ الإمكانْ

قُلْ لِي نَراك

قُلْ لِي نَراك

O master of possibility,

O you of potential

speak to me, that I may see you

Tell me, let's see you

في حضْرَةِ الإحسانْ

في حضْرَةِ الإحسانْ

لَس ثمَّ سواك

لَس ثمَّ سواك

in the presence of excellence;

In the presence of benevolence

none is there but you.

None other there but you

نَتِه على الأكوان

نَتِه على الأكوان

والْحَقْ ذَاكْ

والْحَقْ ذَاكْ

You are above the worlds,

Conclude upon the universes

and that is the truth:

And the truth, that's it

أنتَ الوجودُ وحْدَك

أنتَ الوجودُ وحْدَك

نَطْوِيهِ طَيْ

نَطْوِيهِ طَيْ

you alone are existence;

You alone are existence

I fold it up completely.

We fold it, fold it

والْكُلُّ فِيكْ جُمْلهْ

والْكُلُّ فِيكْ جُمْلهْ

تحْتَ الْغُطَيْ

تحْتَ الْغُطَيْ

And all is in you, entirely,

And all are summed up in you

beneath the veil.

Under wraps

مُرْ يا عَذُول عَنِّي

مُرْ يا عَذُول عَنِّي

باللهِ ورُوحْ

باللهِ ورُوحْ

Pass me by, O reproacher,

Pass by me, o neglectful one

for God's sake, and go.

By God and the soul

ولاَ تُعَنِفْنِي

ولاَ تُعَنِفْنِي

دَعْني نَبُوحْ

دَعْني نَبُوحْ

And do not rebuke me;

And do not mistreat me

let me speak openly.

Let me express

فالسّر لِي مِنِّي

فالسّر لِي مِنِّي

جانِي فُتُوح

جانِي فُتُوح

For the secret is mine, from me;

For the secret is clear to me

spiritual openings have come to me.

My essence revealed

وأنْتَ مَعَ نَفْسِك

وأنْتَ مَعَ نَفْسِك

تُغْوِيك غَيْ

تُغْوِيك غَيْ

And you are with your own self,

While you with yourself

which leads you into error.

Mislead yourself

ما تَبْرَا مِن جَرْحِك

ما تَبْرَا مِن جَرْحِك

إِلاَّ بِكَيْ

إِلاَّ بِكَيْ

You cannot heal from your wound

You won't heal from your wound

except through cautery.

Except by crying

قُلْ للْحَكيم يَسْقِيك

قُلْ للْحَكيم يَسْقِيك

مِن شِرْبِهْ

مِن شِرْبِهْ

Ask the sage to give you drink

Say to the wise one to give you

from his draught;

A drink from his

فإنهُ يُروِيك

فإنهُ يُروِيك

حَتْماً بِهْ

حَتْماً بِهْ

for he will quench your thirst

For he will definitely

surely with it.

Quench you with it

فإن صَفَا عيْشُك

فإن صَفَا عيْشُك

طِبْ يا أُخَيْ

طِبْ يا أُخَيْ

Then, if your life grows serene,

If your life clears up

be well, O little brother.

All's well, o brother

ومتْ تعشْ واسمعْ

ومتْ تعشْ واسمعْ

كَيْ تَبْقَى حَيْ

كَيْ تَبْقَى حَيْ

And die to live, and listen,

And if you live listening

so that you may remain alive.

You'll remain alive

إِنْ استقامَ حالَكْ

إِنْ استقامَ حالَكْ

يا ذَا الحبيبْ

يا ذَا الحبيبْ

If your state becomes sound,

If your state is straightened

O you, beloved one,

O you of the beloved

اجْعَلُه رأس مالَك

اجْعَلُه رأس مالَك

واحْذَر يغِيب

واحْذَر يغِيب

make it your capital,

Make it your capital

and beware lest it vanish.

And beware it disappears

وجَرِّرْ أذيَالك

وجَرِّرْ أذيَالك

وافْرَح وطِيب

وافْرَح وطِيب

And trail your hems,

Drag along your train

and rejoice and be glad.

And rejoice and thrive

وقُلْ لِوَهْمِك

وقُلْ لِوَهْمِك

هِيَ غَطَّت عَلَيْ

هِيَ غَطَّت عَلَيْ

And say to your illusion:

And say to your illusion

She has veiled me;

It has covered me

تَرَكْتَنِي دايِم

تَرَكْتَنِي دايِم

صِفْرَ الْيَدَيْ

صِفْرَ الْيَدَيْ

you have left me always

You left me always

empty-handed.

Empty-handed