1. يا أمّ هاني هل إليك سبيل

    فديت أمّ هاني

    O Umm Hani, is there a way to you?

    May I be a ransom for Umm Hani.

  2. ومن نهاني لا إليه أميل

    لا عاش من نهاني

    And I do not incline toward whoever forbids me.

    May whoever forbids me not live.

  3. ان الهوى من ذاقه لذليل

    قد لذّ لي هواني

    Indeed, whoever tastes love is surely humbled.

    My humiliation has become sweet to me.

  4. تهتكي لي فيه ألف دليل

    ولي به معاني

    My abandon gives me a thousand proofs of it.

    And it holds meanings for me.

  5. فقصروا يا أهل العتاب

    فليس لي عن ذا ذهاب

    So desist, O reproachers.

    For there is no turning away from this for me.

  6. تسهل مقاساد العذاب

    لداموا ردّة العذاب

    Enduring torment becomes easy [reading uncertain].

    [Wording unclear: they would have persisted; the return of torment.]

  7. أقسم بربي لست عنه أحيل

    وان أبي التداني

    I swear by my Lord: I will not turn away from him,

    even if he refuses to draw near.

  8. وغيره لا أرتضيه بديل

    يحرم عليّ ثاني

    And I accept no other as a substitute.

    A second is forbidden to me.

  9. سهل عناي وطاب لي كلفي

    في عشقتي سعاد

    My suffering grew easy, and my passion sweet to me,

    in my love for Su'ad.

  10. وصار لي مما به شغفي

    فوادي ألف وادي

    And through what enthralls me, I have come to this:

    my heart is a thousand valleys.

  11. يا حبذا في حبه تلفى

    دائي به دوائي

    How lovely is my perishing in his love!

    Through him, my ailment is my cure.

  12. وللّه ان هذا لفيه قليل

    لو كان لك عيان

    And by God, this is indeed little for him,

    if you had direct vision.

  13. مسكين من لا له عيان

    ولا له في الحبّ شان

    Wretched is whoever has no direct vision,

    and no standing in love.

  14. قد كان ما قد كان كان

    فلا تسلني يا فلان

    What has been has been—has been.

    So do not ask me, O so-and-so.

  15. اجهد لنفسك خلّ قال وقيل

    واترك التماني

    Strive for yourself; leave 'he said' and 'it was said' behind.

    And abandon wishful thinking.

  16. ذا علم ذوقي لا يسع تأويل

    عناه من يعاني

    This is knowledge through tasting; it admits no interpretation.

    It is meant by whoever experiences it.

  17. علم اليقين يحتاج عين اليقين

    حق اليقين ثمره

    The knowledge of certainty requires the eye of certainty;

    the truth of certainty is its fruit.

  18. ويذهب التلوين بالتمكين

    ويستضيك قمره

    And fluctuation vanishes through steadfastness,

    and its moon seeks light from you [reading uncertain].

  19. ويضمحلّ السين من يس

    يا هواتها ذكره

    And the letter sīn vanishes from Yā-Sīn.

    [Wording unclear: O lovers of it; his remembrance.]

  20. فلا تصل ذا الحال بالتحصيل

    حتى تصير فاني

    So you will not reach this state through study

    until you become annihilated.

  21. فناك به عين الحياة

    ابذل مناك في مناه

    Your annihilation in him is the very essence of life.

    Sacrifice your wishes for his wishes.

  22. فقد حمى حامي حماه

    أن لا يصل من رأي سواه

    For the guardian has guarded his sanctuary,

    so that none who sees anyone but him may reach it.

  23. يكن دليلك فيه خير دليل

    المصطفى اليماني

    Let your guide in this be the best guide:

    al-Mustafa al-Yamani.

  24. هو صاحب التمكين والتنزيل

    والقرب والمثاني

    He is the possessor of steadfastness and revelation,

    and of nearness and the oft-repeated verses.