طَابَتْ أوقاتي

طَابَتْ أوقاتي

صرتُ كاساتي

صرتُ كاساتي

My moments have grown sweet.

My time became pleasant,

I became my cups.

My cups multiplied,

وَسرتْ نغماتي

وَسرتْ نغماتي

أطْرَبَتْ ذاتي

أطْرَبَتْ ذاتي

And my melodies flowed;

My tunes spread,

They enraptured my being.

My being became delighted,

وانجلى بدري

وانجلى بدري

في دُجَيُ الشعرِ

في دُجَيُ الشعرِ

And my full moon shone forth

And my full moon shone

In the darkness of the hair.

In the darkness of poetry,

وَوَفا بالوصلِ

وَوَفا بالوصلِ

وملا لي

وملا لي

And he kept faith through union,

And fulfilled the connection,

And filled for me,

And filled me

مِنْ صفا راحتي

مِنْ صفا راحتي

حمر لذاتي

حمر لذاتي

From the purity of my repose,

With the purity of my comfort,

The red wines of my delights.

Red for my pleasure,

فاعذروا السكرانْ

فاعذروا السكرانْ

باحَ بها والغزلانْ

باحَ بها والغزلانْ

So pardon the drunkard:

So excuse the drunk

He spoke openly of it and of the gazelles.

Who told about it and the gazelles

جاء الفقيهْ ينهاني

جاء الفقيهْ ينهاني

وهْوَ لا يدري

وهْوَ لا يدري

The jurist came to restrain me,

The jurist came to forbid me

Though he did not know.

And he does not know

رآني بالغزلان

رآني بالغزلان

هِمْتُ من سُكْرِي

هِمْتُ من سُكْرِي

He saw me with the gazelles;

He saw me with the gazelles

I was enraptured by my intoxication.

I was tempted by my drunkenness

حينْ رآى خمري

حينْ رآى خمري

وافتضى أمري

وافتضى أمري

When he saw my wine

When he saw my wine

And laid bare my affair [reading uncertain],

And judged my matter

عادْ قضالي

عادْ قضالي

بغزالي

بغزالي

He then ruled in my favor

He returned to eulogize me

Concerning my gazelle.

And mourn me

ورثا لي

ورثا لي

وفهم حالتي

وفهم حالتي

And took pity on me,

And understand my condition

And understood my state.

And immediately go back

ورجع في الحالِ

ورجع في الحالِ

صاحي يخدم الندمانْ

صاحي يخدم الندمانْ

And returned at once,

Awake serving the remorseful

Sober, serving the drinking companions.

Oh jurist, eulogize me

يا فقيه ارثي لي

يا فقيه ارثي لي

وَأدِرْ حكم الكاسْ

وَأدِرْ حكم الكاسْ

O jurist, take pity on me,

And know the rule of the cup

And administer the cup’s rule.

Come to terms and serve me

واصطحْ واسقيلي

واصطحْ واسقيلي

وأنفي الوسواسْ

وأنفي الوسواسْ

And take a morning draught [reading uncertain], and give me drink,

And dispel the doubts

And banish whispering doubts.

And delight my intimate

وأرحْ سَّرى

وأرحْ سَّرى

تغتنمْ أجري

تغتنمْ أجري

And soothe my innermost self;

Who seizes my reward

You will gain my reward.

What are my circles?

ما الدوالي

ما الدوالي

هُ دوالي وُعذّالي

هُ دوالي وُعذّالي

What are the vines?

They are my circles and my comorbidities

He is my vines and my reproacher.

They have filled my cups

قد ملا كاساتي

قد ملا كاساتي

بسلافاتي

بسلافاتي

He has filled my cups

With my drinks

With my choicest wines.

And I remained intoxicated

وبقيت نشوانْ

وبقيت نشوانْ

راح بنصرْ البرهانْ

راح بنصرْ البرهانْ

And I remained intoxicated;

The insight went away victorious

He departed with the triumph of proof.

With enlightening speech

بصائرٌ تلتاحْ

بصائرٌ تلتاحْ

بقولِ نوراني

بقولِ نوراني

Insights shine forth

That gives light

Through a luminous utterance.

This key was not given

لم يعطي ذا المفتاحْ

لم يعطي ذا المفتاحْ

لمنْ هُوَ براني

لمنْ هُوَ براني

He did not give this key

To the one who is innocent

To one who is an outsider.

So be keen on it

فاحرصْ عليه

فاحرصْ عليه

بكلِ جَهْدكْ

بكلِ جَهْدكْ

So guard it carefully

With all your effort

With all your effort.

And incline to it

وَمِلْ إِليه

وَمِلْ إِليه

تظفَرْ بسعدك

تظفَرْ بسعدك

And turn toward it;

You will gain your happiness

You will attain your felicity.

And do not be lazy

ولا تكن كسلانْ

ولا تكن كسلانْ

تَسْلمْ من الهجرانْ

تَسْلمْ من الهجرانْ

And do not be lazy;

To be safe from estrangement

You will be safe from estrangement.

Avoid evildoers

جَنِّبْ الأشرارْ

جَنِّبْ الأشرارْ

واصحب الأخيارْ

واصحب الأخيارْ

Shun the wicked,

And befriend the righteous

And keep company with the good.

They may benefit you in times of hardship

قد ينفعوك عِنْد الشدائدْ

قد ينفعوك عِنْد الشدائدْ

تسلمْ من العار كذا من النارْ

تسلمْ من العار كذا من النارْ

They may help you during hardships.

You will be safe from shame and from the Fire

You will be safe from disgrace, and likewise from the Fire.

And you will benefit from them benefits

وتستفيدْ منهم فوائدْ

وتستفيدْ منهم فوائدْ

تكتب في الأبرار وتدرك أسرارْ

تكتب في الأبرار وتدرك أسرارْ

And you will gain benefits from them.

That are written for the righteous and you will discover secrets

You will be inscribed among the righteous and perceive secrets,

If you oppose conventions

إِذا تخالف العوائدْ

إِذا تخالف العوائدْ

وتقصد الاصلاحْ

وتقصد الاصلاحْ

If you go against customary habits

And seek reform

And seek reform,

Until you become annihilated

حتى تصيرْ فاني

حتى تصيرْ فاني

مع خيرةِ الأرواحْ

مع خيرةِ الأرواحْ

Until you become self-effaced,

With the best of souls

With the choicest spirits,

Of the people of my mysticism

مِنْ أهلِ عرفانَي

مِنْ أهلِ عرفانَي

فافهمْ بقلبكْ

فافهمْ بقلبكْ

Among the people of my gnosis.

So understand with your heart

So understand with your heart

This indication

هذه الاشاره

هذه الاشاره

أطعْ لربك

أطعْ لربك

This sign.

Obey your Lord

Be obedient to your Lord;

You will be given good tidings

تُعْطَى البشاره

تُعْطَى البشاره

وتسبقُ الأقرانْ

وتسبقُ الأقرانْ

You will be given glad tidings,

And precede peers

And outstrip your peers,

And enter the garden

وتدخل البستانْ

وتدخل البستانْ

And enter the garden.