ياO ذاyou الذيwho نادانيcalled me
يا ذا الذي ناداني
وقتat the time of السحيرthe hour just before dawn أشجانيstirred my longing
وقت السحير أشجاني
O you who called to me
O you who called me
at the hour just before dawn, stirring my longing.
At the time of dawn excited me
نداهhis call (or his bounty) ليto me أسقانيgave me to drink
نداه لي أسقاني
منfrom قرقفاهhis wine الهانيbeguiled me
من قرقفاه الهاني
His call to me gave me a draught
His call quenched me
of his wine, which beguiled me.
From his delightful jug
سكرتI became drunk بهon it فأفنانيand so it effaced me
سكرت به فأفناني
عنلaway from (apparently عن) كلّevery ضدّopposite ثانيother
عنل كلّ ضدّ ثاني
I grew drunk on it, and it effaced me,
I got drunk with it so it made me oblivious
away from every opposing other,
To every other opposite
منfrom قاصيone far away أوor دانيone near
من قاصي أو داني
فيin العالمthe world الجسمانيthe corporeal
في العالم الجسماني
whether distant or near,
Whether far or near
in the corporeal world.
In the physical world
أنستI enjoyed intimacy أنسintimacy الأنسthe intimacy
أنست أنس الأنس
فيin مهرجانthe festival of القدسholiness
في مهرجان القدس
I enjoyed the intimacy of intimacy
I forgot the intimacy of intimacy
at the festival of holiness.
In the festival of holiness
وأفنيتand I effaced هيكلthe frame of نفسيmy self
وأفنيت هيكل نفسي
وقالبيand my bodily form وحسيand my sense-perception
وقالبي وحسي
And I effaced the frame of my self,
And I lost the temple of my soul
and my bodily form and my senses.
And my mold and senses
وزالand vanished وهمthe illusion of اللبسconfusion
وزال وهم اللبس
وحندساتand the darknesses of الحدسconjecture
وحندسات الحدس
And the illusion of confusion vanished,
And the confusion and guesses vanished
and the darknesses of conjecture,
With the shining heavenly light
بالبارقthrough the lightning-flash النورانيthe luminous
بالبارق النوراني
والواردand the spiritual influx الربانيthe divine
والوارد الرباني
through the luminous lightning-flash
And the divine gift
and the divine influx.
This is the station of granting
هذاthis مقامthe station of الوهبbestowal
هذا مقام الوهب
لاnot يرتقيone ascends بالكسبthrough earning
لا يرتقي بالكسب
This is the station of bestowal;
Not reached through effort
it is not reached through one's own striving.
And this is not my drinking
وليسand is not هذاthis شربيmy draught
وليس هذا شربي
لكنbut انيindeed I ابنيI report (apparently أنبي)
لكن اني ابني
And this is not my draught;
But I am telling
but indeed I report
About the state of the near ones yes
عنabout حالthe state of أهلthe people of القربnearness نعمyes
عن حال أهل القرب نعم
وانand if شاربيmy drinker (unclear in context) كمثلهمlike them
وان شاربي كمثلهم
on the state of those who are near—yes.
And my drinking is like theirs
And if my drinker, like them,
He gave me so He is great in status
أعطانيhas given me فهوthen he عظيمgreat الشانstanding
أعطاني فهو عظيم الشان
فياso, O سكاىdrunkards (apparently سكارى) الغفلةheedlessness وياand O أسارىcaptives
فيا سكاى الغفلة ويا أسارى
has given to me, then he is great in rank.
So O cup of heedlessness and O prisoners
So, O drunkards of heedlessness, and O captives
Of respite I warn you of a trait
المهلةdelay أنبيكمI tell you عنabout خصلةa quality
المهلة أنبيكم عن خصلة
فيهاin it الفضائلthe virtues جملةall together
فيها الفضائل جملة
of delay, I tell you of a quality
In it all virtues combined
in which all virtues are gathered.
I was honored more than any faith it is
أكرمhow noble! بهاit (literally: with it) منas a ملةcreed هيit is
أكرم بها من ملة هي
دينthe religion of خاتمthe Seal of رسلهHis messengers المصطفىthe Chosen One
دين خاتم رسله المصطفى
How noble a creed it is! It is
The religion of the seal of prophets
the religion of the Seal of His messengers, the Chosen One,
The Adnanite his religion erased religions
العدنانthe Adnani (apparently العدناني) دينهhis religion محاeffaced الأديانthe religions
العدنان دينه محا الأديان
the Adnani—his religion effaced the other religions.
Partial English translation: 28 of 29 Arabic lines translated.