الأسرارْ الأسرارْ

الأسرارْ الأسرارْ

مثلَ الكنوز ما تنفتاحْ

مثلَ الكنوز ما تنفتاحْ

The secrets, the secrets—

The secrets, the secrets!

like treasures, will not open

Like treasures, they are not opened

إِلا كانْ

إِلا كانْ

لعاشِق يرمي السلاحْ

لعاشِق يرمي السلاحْ

unless there is

unless it be

a lover who lays down his arms.

for a lover who casts away his arms.

يا ساقي

يا ساقي

دِرْها في الخمر القديمْ

دِرْها في الخمر القديمْ

O cupbearer,

O cupbearer,

send round the ancient wine.

pass it round in the ancient wine.

يا باقي

يا باقي

تَحيي بها العظمْ الرميمْ

تَحيي بها العظمْ الرميمْ

O Everlasting One,

O Everlasting One,

with it You revive the crumbling bone.

with it you revive the crumbling bone.

عشاقي

عشاقي

يهنيكمُو الوقت المقيمْ

يهنيكمُو الوقت المقيمْ

My lovers,

My lovers,

may the abiding moment delight you.

may the abiding moment bring you joy.

ياخمَّارْ يا خمَّارْ

ياخمَّارْ يا خمَّارْ

دِرها على ظهر البطاحْ

دِرها على ظهر البطاحْ

O vintner, O vintner,

O wine-seller, O wine-seller,

send it round across the broad valley-floor.

pass it round over the surface of the plains.

يتنعم من لو في الدير

يتنعم من لو في الدير

اقتراحْ

اقتراحْ

Let whoever is in the monastery revel

He delights who has, in the monastery,

at will.

a wish.

راحْ الراحْ

راحْ الراحْ

نَشْربها نلقي الخلوصْ

نَشْربها نلقي الخلوصْ

The wine went round—

Wine, the wine!

we drink it and attain release

I drink it and find purity.

فالأقداح

فالأقداح

سر الزجاج مع الكؤوسْ

سر الزجاج مع الكؤوسْ

in the goblets.

And the goblets—

The secret of the glass and the cups:

the secret of glass, together with the cups—

كلّوا مصباح

كلّوا مصباح

في حقها بذل النفوسْ

في حقها بذل النفوسْ

all of it is a lamp.

all of it is a lamp.

For its sake, souls are spent.

For its sake, souls are offered up.

سرْ صارْ سرٌ صارْ

سرْ صارْ سرٌ صارْ

كالمنزل أهدي فواح

كالمنزل أهدي فواح

A secret has come to be, a secret has come to be—

A secret came to be, a secret came to be,

like a revelation, more guiding and redolent.

like the dwelling, bestowed and fragrant.

يستنشق

يستنشق

نسيمها عند الصباح

نسيمها عند الصباح

One inhales

One inhales

its breeze at dawn.

its breeze in the morning.

ذا الخمرا

ذا الخمرا

كل الأواني إِش ترفده

كل الأواني إِش ترفده

This wine—

This wine—

what could all the vessels ever hold of it?

of all the vessels, which can hold it,

إِلا كان من جاء بمهر شهادة الحلاج

إِلا كان من جاء بمهر شهادة الحلاج

لما شربها قصده

لما شربها قصده

unless one comes bearing, as bride-price, al-Hallaj’s martyrdom.

unless it be one who brings al-Hallaj's martyrdom as a dowry?

When he drank it, he made it his aim—

When he drank it, he was sought by

الشّحارْ الشّحارْ

الشّحارْ الشّحارْ

وصاحْ صياحْ وافتضاح

وصاحْ صياحْ وافتضاح

the loud proclaimer, the loud proclaimer—

the soot, the soot!

and cried out, in clamor and disclosure.

And he cried out—a cry, and the laying bare

العفة

العفة

يا أهل الضمائر الصحاح

يا أهل الضمائر الصحاح

Abstinence!

of chastity,

O people of sound consciences!

O people of sound consciences!

أحيوني

أحيوني

بشربها يا سادتي

بشربها يا سادتي

Bring me to life

Revive me

by drinking it, my masters;

through drinking it, O my masters,

واسقوني

واسقوني

مِنْ ذا الخميرِ جرعتي

مِنْ ذا الخميرِ جرعتي

and give me to drink

and give me to drink

my draught of this aged wine;

my draught of this fermented wine,

وافتوني

وافتوني

عن حالها وحالتي

عن حالها وحالتي

and entrance me,

and give me your ruling

away from its state and my own.

on its state and mine.

الأبرارْ الأبرارْ

الأبرارْ الأبرارْ

بها نالوا كل الفلاحْ

بها نالوا كل الفلاحْ

The righteous, the righteous—

The righteous, the righteous!

through it attained every felicity,

Through it they attained complete success.

والأفكارْ

والأفكارْ

بها تَهمْ وتستراح

بها تَهمْ وتستراح

and thoughts

And thoughts—

through it grow absorbed and find repose.

through it they wander in rapture and find rest.

دَوَّرْ الشطحْ

دَوَّرْ الشطحْ

بذا المدامةِ يا أخيّ

بذا المدامةِ يا أخيّ

Pass round the ecstatic cry

Set the ecstatic dance whirling

with this perpetual wine, my brother;

with this wine, O my dear brother.

همْ وافرحْ

همْ وافرحْ

إِن كنت ذا عقل وريّ

إِن كنت ذا عقل وريّ

bestir yourself and rejoice,

Wander in rapture and rejoice,

if you possess reason and discernment.

if you have reason and judgment.

ما أملحْ

ما أملحْ

ندمانها في حيّ ميْ

ندمانها في حيّ ميْ

How lovely

How charming

is its boon-companion in Mayy’s quarter!

is its drinking companion in Mayy's encampment!

فالأزهار فالأزهار

فالأزهار فالأزهار

تفده في ورد البطاحْ

تفده في ورد البطاحْ

And the flowers—the flowers—

And the blossoms, and the blossoms,

come to him among the roses of the valley-floor.

visit him among the roses of the plains.

إِملا لي الكؤوس نتفراجْ

إِملا لي الكؤوس نتفراجْ

ونَصرِمْ سلاحي

ونَصرِمْ سلاحي

Fill the cups for me, and let us delight;

Fill the cups for me—so I may find relief

let us cast aside my weapon.

and part with my arms—

من خمره شربها الحّلاجْ

من خمره شربها الحّلاجْ

وسيدي الرفاعي

وسيدي الرفاعي

From His wine al-Hallaj drank,

from his wine, which al-Hallaj drank,

and my master al-Rifa‘i.

and my master al-Rifa'i.