أنا الفاني بهم عشقاً

أنا الفاني بهم عشقاً

فكفوا عذَّلي كفوا

فكفوا عذَّلي كفوا

I am effaced in them through passionate love.

I am the one perishing in love for them

So cease, my reproachers—cease!

So stop blaming me, stop!

أنا الراضي بهم حتما

أنا الراضي بهم حتما

وان يصلوا وان يجفوا

وان يصلوا وان يجفوا

I am content with them, assuredly,

I am the one content with them absolutely

Whether they grant union or turn away.

Whether they unite or they shun

قلوب لم بهم تصفو

قلوب لم بهم تصفو

بغيرهم فلم تصفوا

بغيرهم فلم تصفوا

Hearts that have not grown pure through them

Hearts not purified by them

Have not grown pure through anyone else.

Were not purified by others

إذا لم يغفروا ذنبي

إذا لم يغفروا ذنبي

وزلاتي فمن يعفو

وزلاتي فمن يعفو

If they do not forgive my sin

If they do not forgive my sin

And my lapses, then who will pardon?

And my lapses, then who will pardon?

فشأن الرب أن يعفو

فشأن الرب أن يعفو

وشأن العبد أن يهفو

وشأن العبد أن يهفو

For it is the Lord's way to pardon,

For it is the way of the Lord to pardon

And the servant's way to stumble.

And the way of the servant to implore

رجال اللَه بي زموا

رجال اللَه بي زموا

ويا أبدال بي حفوا

ويا أبدال بي حفوا

Men of God, take me by the reins,

The men of God have determined me

And O Abdals, surround me.

And O you substitutes (saints), watch over me!

حميا القلب قد راقت

حميا القلب قد راقت

فسفوا منها سفوا

فسفوا منها سفوا

The heart's wine has grown clear;

The zeal of my heart has shed blood

So quaff of it—quaff!

So stanch it, stanch it!

جمال لاح وامضه

جمال لاح وامضه

به لفوّا له التفو

به لفوّا له التفو

A beauty whose gleam has shone forth—

A brilliance whosebeam has shone forth

In it they were enfolded; around it they gathered.

They have wrapped themselves in its wrap

جمال فوق ما وهموا

جمال فوق ما وهموا

وحسن فوق ما وصفوا

وحسن فوق ما وصفوا

A beauty beyond what they imagined,

A brilliance beyond what they imagined

And a loveliness beyond what they described.

And beauty beyond what they described

جميع العاشقين له

جميع العاشقين له

بومض سناه قد شغفوا

بومض سناه قد شغفوا

All its lovers

All the lovers are enraptured by

Have been enthralled by a flash of its radiance.

The flashing of its radiance

فلو سئلوا بمعنى ما

فلو سئلوا بمعنى ما

حقيقته فما عرفوا

حقيقته فما عرفوا

So, if they were asked its meaning—what

So if asked about the meaning of what

Its true nature is—they would not know.

Its reality is, they have not known

به العلماء قد حارت

به العلماء قد حارت

وعن تعبيره وقفوا

وعن تعبيره وقفوا

Scholars have been bewildered by it,

By it the learned are perplexed

And have stopped short of expressing it,

And confounded in expressing it

وان شطحوا وان نطقوا

وان شطحوا وان نطقوا

وان اجتمعوا وان اختلفوا

وان اجتمعوا وان اختلفوا

Even if they utter ecstatic sayings, even if they speak,

Whether they speak ecstatically or rationally

Even if they agree, even if they differ.

And whether they agree or disagree

فهو من فوق ما يبدو

فهو من فوق ما يبدو

وهو من فوق ما يخفو

وهو من فوق ما يخفو

For it is beyond all that appears,

It is beyond what appears

And it is beyond all that is hidden.

And it is beyond what is hidden

حقيقة علمه عجز

حقيقة علمه عجز

بحال العجز اعترفوا

بحال العجز اعترفوا

True knowledge of it is incapacity;

The reality of its knowledge has frustrated

Admit to a state of incapacity.

With the state of frustration they admitted