1. مَولاي صلْ دائم

    على خير البشرْ

    My Lord, send blessings always

    Upon the best of humankind,

  2. المصطفى المطهرْ

    مَنْ وَجْههُ القمرْ

    The Chosen One, the purified,

    Whose face is the moon.

  3. ادنو وقف جواري

    نَصفْ لكَ الخَبرْ

    Draw near and stand beside me;

    I will tell you the tale.

  4. سبعٌ هُمُ الدراري

    الشمسُ والقمرْ

    Seven are the shining stars:

    The sun and the moon,

  5. ونجمٌ ثمَّ ساري

    مع نجوم أخرْ

    And a star journeying there

    With other stars.

  6. والسرُ في المنازلْ

    والقلبُ صار مكانْ

    And the secret lies in the mansions,

    And the heart has become a dwelling.

  7. ما تنطق الأوَانِي

    إِلا بما سَكانْ

    The vessels do not speak

    Except of what dwells within.

  8. قم افتقد جهاتَك

    تنَلْ ما تُريدْ

    Rise and examine your surroundings;

    You will attain what you desire.

  9. وانظرْ سِرّ ذاتَك

    ولا تَرى بعيدْ

    And contemplate the secret of your being;

    And do not look far away.

  10. ترى الحبيبْ داني

    يا صاجْ لا مكانْ

    You will see the beloved close at hand,

    O friend—there is no place.

  11. ما تنطِقْ الأواني

    إِلا بما سَكانْ

    The vessels do not speak

    Except of what dwells within.

  12. حبِي معي في دَارِي

    قريبْ ما هُ بعيدْ

    My beloved is with me in my home,

    Near—he is not far away.

  13. استعلى في مداري

    وَقالِي ما تريدْ

    He rose high within my orbit

    And said to me, “What do you desire?”

  14. قلتُ الرضا يا باري

    عسى نموتْ شهيدْ

    I said, “Contentment, O my Maker;

    May I die a martyr.”

  15. قالي سبقْ ضماني

    من قبلِ ذا الزمانْ

    He told me, “My pledge dates back

    To before this time.”

  16. ما تنطقْ الأواني

    إِلا بما سَكانْ

    The vessels do not speak

    Except of what dwells within.

  17. ذي الحضره ما هِ تفتحَ

    لكلِ مَنْ نِقَرْ

    This Presence does not open

    To everyone who knocks,

  18. إِلا من جا عارِف

    بالأصلِ والخبرْ

    Only to one who comes knowing

    The origin and the account.

  19. وعينُ قَلْبي شاخصْ

    لشمسِ ذا النهَرْ

    And my heart’s eye is fixed

    Upon the sun of this day.

  20. ثم تكونْ فاني

    في الحضرهْ يا فلانْ

    Then you will be annihilated

    In the Presence, O so-and-so.

  21. لا تنطقْ الأواني

    إِلا بما سَكان

    The vessels do not speak

    Except of what dwells within.