ألا يا صاح يا صاح

لا تجزع ولا تضجر

Listen, O friend, O friend!

Do not despair or fret.

وسلم للمقادير

كي تحمد و تؤجر

And submit to the decrees of fate,

So that you may be praised and rewarded.

وكن راض بما

قدر المولى ودبر

And be content with what

The Lord has decreed and arranged.

ولا تسخط قضا اللَه

رب العرش الأكبر

And do not resent God's decree,

Lord of the greatest Throne.

وكن صابر وشاكر

تكن فائز وظافر

And be patient and grateful;

You will be successful and triumphant,

ومن أهل السرائر

رجال اللَه من كل ذي قلب منور

And among the people of inner mysteries:

Men of God, each possessing an illumined heart,

مصفى من جميع الدنس طيب مطهر

وذه دنيا دنيه

Purged of all defilement, pure and cleansed.

And this is a lowly world:

حوادثها كثيرة

وعيشتها حقيره

Its calamities are many,

And its life is paltry,

ومدتها قصيرة

ولا يحرص عليها

And its span is short.

And none is eager for it

سوى أعمى البصيرة

عديم العقل لو كان

Except one blind in inner sight,

Bereft of reason—if he were

يعقل كان أفكر

يفكر في فناها

To use his reason, he would reflect more deeply:

He would reflect on its passing away,

وفي كثرة عناها

وفي قلة غناها

And on its abundant hardship,

And on its scant benefit.

فطوبى ثم طوبى لمن منها تحذر

وطلقها وفي طاعة الرحمن شمر

So blessed, then blessed again, is whoever is wary of it,

And divorces it, and strives in obedience to the All-Merciful.

ألا يا عين جودي

بدمع منك سائل

Ah, O eye, be generous

With tears streaming from you,

على ذاك الحبيب ال

ذي قد كان نازل

For that beloved—

Who once dwelt

معانا في المرابع

وأمسى سفر راحل

With us in the dwelling places,

And now is on a journey, departing.

وأمسى القلب والبال

من بعده مكدر

And now the heart and mind

Are clouded since his departure.

ولكن حسبي اللَه

وكل الأمر للَه

And yet God is enough for me,

And the whole matter belongs to God,

ولا يبقى سوى اللَه

على بشار جادت سحائب رحمة البر

And nothing remains but God.

May clouds of the Beneficent One's mercy rain upon Bashshar,

وحياهم بروح الرضا بي وبشر

بها ساداتنا

And may He greet them with the comfort of contentment with me and good cheer.

There are our masters,

والشيوخ العرفونا

وأهلونا وأحباب

And the gnostic shaykhs,

And our family and loved ones—

هم بقلبي نازلونا

ومن هم في سرائر

They dwell in my heart,

And those who in the secret depths

فؤادي قاطنونا

بساحة تربها

Of my heart abide,

In a courtyard whose soil

من ذكي المسك أعطر

مازل خير ساده

Is more fragrant than strong-scented musk.

They remain the finest of masters,

لكل الناس قاده

محبتهم سعاده

Leaders for all people,

Love for them is happiness.