تُريدْ يا فُقَيرْ

تُريدْ يا فُقَيرْ

تعمر أسواق أعراسك

تعمر أسواق أعراسك

You wish, O poor seeker,

You want, O poor one,

to make the markets of your wedding feasts flourish.

To build markets for your weddings,

أنت عُبْيْد مسيَّر

أنت عُبْيْد مسيَّر

أنت عُبْيْد مسيَّر

أنت عُبْيْد مسيَّر

You are a lowly servant, under direction.

You are a driven slave,

You are a lowly servant, under direction.

You are a driven slave,

ميِلَك احكامْ

ميِلَك احكامْ

ميلك أحكامْ

ميلك أحكامْ

Your inclination is governed by decrees.

Your possessions rule,

Your inclination is governed by decrees.

Your possessions rule,

فِرَاسَكْ ارضى لا تتحير

فِرَاسَكْ ارضى لا تتحير

حَتىْ تِطيبْ أنفاسْك

حَتىْ تِطيبْ أنفاسْك

Be content in your mind; do not be bewildered,

Your insight is pleased, do not waver,

until your breaths grow sweet.

Until your breath is sweetened,

ما يذوقْ مِنْ خَمْرَتْنا

ما يذوقْ مِنْ خَمْرَتْنا

غِيرْ من تطيِب أنفاسو

غِيرْ من تطيِب أنفاسو

None tastes of our wine

None will taste from our wine,

except one whose breaths grow sweet.

Except those whose breath is sweetened,

سلطانْ في حَضْرِتْنا

سلطانْ في حَضْرِتْنا

ساقي مدورْ كاسو

ساقي مدورْ كاسو

A sultan is in our gathering,

A sultan in our presence,

a cupbearer passing his cup around.

The cupbearer circulates his cup,

انظر بعينْ كمالك

انظر بعينْ كمالك

في سرِّ هذا الحضرَه

في سرِّ هذا الحضرَه

Look with the eye of your perfection

Look with your eye of perfection,

into the secret of this gathering,

At the secret of this presence,

وانفقْ عليها مالك

وانفقْ عليها مالك

ولا تزغ بنظره

ولا تزغ بنظره

and spend your wealth upon it,

And spend your money on it,

and do not let your gaze stray.

And do not divert your gaze,

تحظى بنوَرْ جمالكْ

تحظى بنوَرْ جمالكْ

وتنالْ فيها البُشرى

وتنالْ فيها البُشرى

You will be blessed with the light of your beauty,

You will enjoy the light of your perfection,

and attain glad tidings within it.

And you will attain good news in it,

انظرْ بنظرتِنا

انظرْ بنظرتِنا

في سِرّ الكمال وناسوا

في سِرّ الكمال وناسوا

Look with our gaze

Look with our gaze,

into the secret of perfection and its people.

At the secret of perfection and forget others,

سلطانْ في حَضرِتْنا

سلطانْ في حَضرِتْنا

ساقي مدورْ كاسو

ساقي مدورْ كاسو

A sultan is in our gathering,

A sultan in our presence,

a cupbearer passing his cup around.

The cupbearer circulates his cup,

سلطانْ هذا الحَضْره

سلطانْ هذا الحَضْره

ساقي وَنِعْمَ الساقي

ساقي وَنِعْمَ الساقي

The sultan of this gathering

A sultan this presence,

is a cupbearer—and what a fine cupbearer!

The cupbearer, and what a good cupbearer,

يُسقينا الرِّجالْ بالنظرهْ

يُسقينا الرِّجالْ بالنظرهْ

من خمرِ القديمِ الباقي

من خمرِ القديمِ الباقي

The men give us drink with a glance,

Who gives men to drink with a glance,

from the wine of the Eternal, the Everlasting.

From the enduring vintage wine,

يا سَعْدِنا وابُشْري

يا سَعْدِنا وابُشْري

بوجوْد هذا الساقي

بوجوْد هذا الساقي

O our good fortune, and O glad tidings,

Oh our joy and good tidings,

at the presence of this cupbearer!

With the existence of this cupbearer,

أعْوَرِضِنا مَطَرَتْنا

أعْوَرِضِنا مَطَرَتْنا

واحنا في ظل أعراسو

واحنا في ظل أعراسو

Our rain clouds have rained upon us,

Our downpour missed us,

and we are in the shade of his wedding feasts.

While we are in the shade of his weddings,

سلطان في حضرتنا

سلطان في حضرتنا

ساقِي مدور كاسو

ساقِي مدور كاسو

A sultan is in our gathering,

A sultan in our presence,

a cupbearer passing his cup around.

The cupbearer circulates his cup,

إِذا تلالا بدركْ

إِذا تلالا بدركْ

انسبْ الثَنَا لِشْمَكْ

انسبْ الثَنَا لِشْمَكْ

When your full moon gleams,

When your full moon rises,

ascribe the praise to your sun [reading uncertain],

Attribute the praise to your sun,

واعْرفْ مراتبْ قدرك

واعْرفْ مراتبْ قدرك

إِياكْ واحذرْ نَفْسَكْ

إِياكْ واحذرْ نَفْسَكْ

and know the degrees of your station.

And know the degrees of your worth,

Take heed, and beware of yourself.

Beware of yourself,

فوضْ للهْ أمْرَكْ

فوضْ للهْ أمْرَكْ

في معناك وحِسَك

في معناك وحِسَك

Entrust your affair to God,

Entrust your matter to God,

in your inward being and your senses.

In your meaning and your sense,

حاذِي أبوابْ حَضْرِتْنا

حاذِي أبوابْ حَضْرِتْنا

كلِّ بابْ خوذْ قياسو

كلِّ بابْ خوذْ قياسو

Stand facing the gates of our gathering;

Be a threshold of our presence,

at each gate, take its measure.

Measure each threshold in its measure,

سلطان في حضرتنا

سلطان في حضرتنا

سافي مدور كاسو

سافي مدور كاسو

A sultan is in our gathering,

A sultan in our presence,

a cupbearer passing his cup around.

The cupbearer circulates his cup,

هِمِّتَكْ اجعلها فِالله

هِمِّتَكْ اجعلها فِالله

تضحى الأمورْ فراجهْ

تضحى الأمورْ فراجهْ

Set your aspiration on God;

Make your resolve for God,

affairs will open into relief.

Matters will become easy,

والزمْ تقوى اللهْ

والزمْ تقوى اللهْ

بِها انجا من نجا

بِها انجا من نجا

And hold fast to reverence for God;

And adhere to God's piety,

through it, those who were saved found deliverance.

Through it the delivered were delivered,

ومن يتقِ اللهْ

ومن يتقِ اللهْ

يجعلْ لهْ مَخْرَجا

يجعلْ لهْ مَخْرَجا

And whoever reveres God,

And whoever has piety of God,

He will make a way out for him.

He will make for him a way out,

هي أجفى حضرِتنا

هي أجفى حضرِتنا

وكذا يظهرْ ناسو

وكذا يظهرْ ناسو

It is the harshest part of our gathering [wording unclear],

It is the most barren of our presence,

and thus its people are revealed.

And so its people appear,

سلطان في حضرتْنا

سلطان في حضرتْنا

ساقي مدورْ كاسو

ساقي مدورْ كاسو

A sultan is in our gathering,

A sultan in our presence,

a cupbearer passing his cup around.

The cupbearer circulates his cup,

طريقنا مُرْصَدَه

طريقنا مُرْصَدَه

وسِيرْنا نوراني

وسِيرْنا نوراني

Our path is guarded,

Our path is patrolled,

and our journey is luminous.

And our conduct is luminous,

وِرْوَاحنا مرشده

وِرْوَاحنا مرشده

وأرشدْ هِا ربّاني

وأرشدْ هِا ربّاني

And our spirits are guided,

And our spirits are guided,

and a godly one has guided them.

And guided by the Lord,

وحُولْنا مِحْمدْ

وحُولْنا مِحْمدْ

ومددنا ربّاني

ومددنا ربّاني

And Muhammad is our strength,

And our state is praiseworthy,

and our succor is divine.

And our support is from the Lord,

من لَدَخَلْ زُمْرِتْنا

من لَدَخَلْ زُمْرِتْنا

لايِنْ يَسْرِي براسو

لايِنْ يَسْرِي براسو

Whoever has entered our company

Whoever enters our flock,

journeys gently on his own [reading uncertain].

Will freely wander in it,

سلطان في حضرتنا

سلطان في حضرتنا

ساقي مدور كاسو

ساقي مدور كاسو

A sultan is in our gathering,

A sultan in our presence,

a cupbearer passing his cup around.

The cupbearer circulates his cup,

العبدْ عبدْ مَولاه

العبدْ عبدْ مَولاه

وَلوْ غَوى واعْتَدى

وَلوْ غَوى واعْتَدى

The servant is the servant of his Master,

The servant is his Master's servant,

even if he strays and transgresses.

Even if he strays and transgresses,

ما زالْ يرجعْ لله

ما زالْ يرجعْ لله

إِذا أرشدْ واهتدى

إِذا أرشدْ واهتدى

He keeps returning to God

He still returns to God,

when he is guided and finds the way.

When guided and rightly-guided,

يعود ما هُو لمجراه

يعود ما هُو لمجراه

وينال كلْ افاده

وينال كلْ افاده

His water returns to its course [reading uncertain],

He returns to his proper course,

and he gains every benefit.

And attains every benefit,

ويكونْ من سِرْبتنا

ويكونْ من سِرْبتنا

إِذا ضوَّا نبراسو

إِذا ضوَّا نبراسو

And he becomes one of our company

And will be of our flock,

when his lamp shines.

When he lights his lamp,

سلطان في حضرتنا

سلطان في حضرتنا

ساقي مدور كاسو

ساقي مدور كاسو

A sultan is in our gathering,

A sultan in our presence,

a cupbearer passing his cup around.

The cupbearer circulates his cup,

سِيدِي طبيبْ مأدبْ

سِيدِي طبيبْ مأدبْ

بَنيهْ اتْباعُه بالسِّرِ والحِكُمَه

بَنيهْ اتْباعُه بالسِّرِ والحِكُمَه

My master is a physician who teaches

My master, gentle healer,

his sons, his followers, through mystery and wisdom.

Whose followers are secretly wise,

حالْ رقِيقْ مِهَدَبْ

حالْ رقِيقْ مِهَدَبْ

بِكمل ذوقْ بِنَسْما

بِكمل ذوقْ بِنَسْما

A delicate, refined state,

Of gentle, refined state,

with the fullness of tasting, in a breeze.

With perfect taste and scent,

ولي اغْتَبْ أو كدَّبْ

ولي اغْتَبْ أو كدَّبْ

هَداكْ مطموسْ اعمى

هَداكْ مطموسْ اعمى

And whoever backbites or denies,

And if one is unrefined or lying,

that one is blotted out, blind.

Your guidance has blinded the blind,

انكر ضيا نَقْرِتنا

انكر ضيا نَقْرِتنا

واشكر ظلامْ انحاسو

واشكر ظلامْ انحاسو

He denies the gleam of our silver

Deny the light of our drink,

and praises the darkness of his copper.

And thank the darkness of their lamps,

سلطان في حضرتنا

سلطان في حضرتنا

ساقي مدور كاسو

ساقي مدور كاسو

A sultan is in our gathering,

A sultan in our presence,

a cupbearer passing his cup around.

The cupbearer circulates his cup.