حدِّثني عن لِبسِ ذا الخِرقَه

حدِّثني عن لِبسِ ذا الخِرقَه

وعَن مَعَاني الشّاِشيَّه

وعَن مَعَاني الشّاِشيَّه

Tell me about wearing this patched cloak,

Tell me about the clothes of the dervish

and about the meanings of the cap.

And the meanings of the headscarf

يا فقَرا يا كلُ من رُبيِّ

يا فقَرا يا كلُ من رُبيِّ

وفي خلوه وفي زاوِيّه

وفي خلوه وفي زاوِيّه

O faqirs, O all who were nurtured,

O poor one, o orphan raised

both in retreat and in a lodge.

In seclusion, in the corner

يا أستاذْ انا نريدْ نرجعْ

يا أستاذْ انا نريدْ نرجعْ

منكم وندخل للحمى

منكم وندخل للحمى

O master, I want to become

O teacher, we want to go back

one of you, and enter the sanctuary,

To follow you into trance

كي نسعدْ بالمذاهبْ الأربعْ

كي نسعدْ بالمذاهبْ الأربعْ

وبالمقام الأكرما

وبالمقام الأكرما

so I may find happiness in the four schools,

To rejoice in the four creeds

and in the noblest station.

And the most generous spiritual station

شوقي زادْ ومقلتي تَدمَعْ

شوقي زادْ ومقلتي تَدمَعْ

دمعاً مشوبْ بالالما

دمعاً مشوبْ بالالما

My longing has grown, and my eye sheds

Shawqi's longing makes my tears flow

tears mingled with pain.

Tears mixed with pain

اسقني ما يطفي هذا الحرقه

اسقني ما يطفي هذا الحرقه

من الخمره الصفيَّا

من الخمره الصفيَّا

Give me to drink what quenches this burning,

Give me wine to quench this burning thirst

from the pure wine,

From the purest vine

كي نبري من لوعة الحبْ

كي نبري من لوعة الحبْ

ونعيش عيشه رضيَّا

ونعيش عيشه رضيَّا

so I may recover from love's anguish

To relieve the torment of love

and live a contented life.

And live a content life

أش قال لي ذا الشيخ يا مشتاق

أش قال لي ذا الشيخ يا مشتاق

اسمع كلامي وافهموا

اسمع كلامي وافهموا

What did this sheikh say to me? O longing one,

The old sheikh said: Listen my longing one

listen to my words and understand them.

Hear my words and understand them

ما يسرّي قلبك م الأشواق

ما يسرّي قلبك م الأشواق

إِلا حديثا تكتمو

إِلا حديثا تكتمو

Nothing relieves your heart of its longings

What gladdens your heart with longing

except a tale you keep concealed.

Is a secret you must keep

كونْ مثلي هِمْ في الملِيح واعشاق

كونْ مثلي هِمْ في الملِيح واعشاق

وانظر لحسنوا واخدموا

وانظر لحسنوا واخدموا

Be like me: lose yourself in the beautiful one, and love passionately;

Be like me, desire the beautiful and love them

and gaze upon his beauty and serve him.

Look at their beauty and serve them

افهمني وِمَنْ فهم يرقى

افهمني وِمَنْ فهم يرقى

في وجلِ حضره عليَّا

في وجلِ حضره عليَّا

Understand me, and whoever understands ascends

Understand me, whoever understands ascends

in awe of an exalted presence.

To the glorious divine presence

وأيْ حضره تدنيك م القربِ

وأيْ حضره تدنيك م القربِ

وترى المعاني الشاشيَّه

وترى المعاني الشاشيَّه

And what a presence draws you toward nearness!

And which presence brings you closer through nearness

And you behold the meanings of the cap.

And you see the meanings of the headscarf

إِن تسألْ عن سِر باسي

إِن تسألْ عن سِر باسي

والشاشيه يا ذا المريدْ

والشاشيه يا ذا المريدْ

If you ask about the secret of my attire [uncertain reading],

If you ask about the secret of my rags

and the cap, O disciple,

And the headscarf, o disciple

قمْ اجعل يَدّكَ على راسي

قمْ اجعل يَدّكَ على راسي

يَبدو لَكْ السّرْ المفيدْ

يَبدو لَكْ السّرْ المفيدْ

rise, put your hand upon my head;

Stand up, put your hand on my head

the beneficial secret will appear to you.

The useful secret appears to you

اتأمل في كسْى أمياسي

اتأمل في كسْى أمياسي

لأن الدنيا تْبيد

لأن الدنيا تْبيد

Reflect on the clothing of my amyās [unclear term],

Contemplate my humble clothes

for the world perishes.

For the world will pass away

يُغْنَى رمزي في الطريقه

يُغْنَى رمزي في الطريقه

عن القميص والشاشِيَّه

عن القميص والشاشِيَّه

My allusion on the path suffices

Rumi's symbolism in the spiritual path

in place of the shirt and the cap.

Makes redundant shirt and headscarf

ذا الهجرُ يا ثمرة قلبي

ذا الهجرُ يا ثمرة قلبي

لم يبقِ مني بقيَّه

لم يبقِ مني بقيَّه

This estrangement, O fruit of my heart,

This separation, o fruit of my heart

has left not a remnant of me.

Didn't leave anything of me