1. ذي شموس الوصل نارت

    في أفق فلك السعاده

    These suns of union have shone

    on the horizon of the sphere of bliss.

  2. بهيا كلها استدارت

    بالولاية والسياده

    Radiantly, all of them revolved

    with sainthood and sovereignty.

  3. ومواد النيل زادت

    فوق عادات الزياده

    And the influxes of attainment have increased

    beyond the customary bounds of increase.

  4. وليالي الوصل عادت

    وأسعدت قلبي سعاده

    And the nights of union have returned

    and gladdened my heart with happiness.

  5. ساقي الكاسات أدهق

    من رحيق صهب مروق

    The cupbearer filled the cups to the brim

    with clarified, tawny nectar.

  6. قلت ارفق ما ترفق

    عند ما في الراس دارت

    I said, 'Be gentle!'—he was not gentle.

    When it swirled within my head,

  7. ما بقي رسم وعاده

    والبصيرة قد تراءت

    no trace or habit remained.

    And inner sight beheld

  8. عالم الغيب كالشهاده

    أين عشاقها أين

    the unseen world as the visible world.

    Where are its lovers—where?

  9. الهوى ماله نهايه

    وعلى مرّ الجديدين

    Love has no end.

    And through the passing of night and day,

  10. لم تنالوا فيه غايه

    قد سلم من لوعة البين

    you have reached no end in it.

    He has escaped the anguish of parting—

  11. من سقى كاس العنايه

    فهنا الركبان ناخت

    whoever was given the cup of providence.

    Here, then, the riders' camels knelt,

  12. وثنوا عزم الإراده

    شمس قمر المكاسب

    and reined in the resolve of their will.

    The moon of earned attainments was outshone

  13. حين بدت شمس المواهب

    كم ذهب من ربّ ذاهب

    when the sun of gifts appeared.

    How many a departing master has vanished!

  14. كم حكيم حكمته جارت

    وهلاكه في اجتهاده

    How many a sage's wisdom has gone astray,

    and his ruin lay in his striving.

  15. ولبيب فكرته حارت

    ووقف رايد مراده

    And an astute man's thought was bewildered,

    and the seeker of his goal came to a halt.

  16. ليس قصدي ترك الأعمال

    لا ولا نقض العزائم

    I do not mean abandoning deeds,

    no, nor undoing firm resolves.

  17. إنما قصدي الأفعال

    حسن نية كلّ عازم

    My aim in deeds is only

    the good intention of everyone resolved to act,

  18. مع توكله في الأحوال

    والرجا في ذي المكارم

    with his trust in every circumstance,

    and hope in the Possessor of noble gifts,

  19. وله نفس أنابت

    وعلى اللَه اعتماده

    and his soul's return in repentance,

    and his reliance on God.

  20. كن بربك لا بنفسك

    واحذر استحلاك أنسك

    Be sustained by your Lord, not by yourself,

    and beware of savoring your intimacy;

  21. واطرح جنك وانسك

    من لأجل اللَه كانت

    and cast aside your jinn and your fellow humans.

    Whoever directed, for God's sake,

  22. نيته وصفا وداده

    واستقامته استقامت

    his intention, with his affection pure,

    and remained steadfast in uprightness,

  23. كان من أفضل عباده

    was among the best of His servants.