مَوْلاَيَ لاَزِلْتَ فِي أَمَانِ

مَوْلاَيَ لاَزِلْتَ فِي أَمَانِ

سِتُّ تَقَضَّتْ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ

سِتُّ تَقَضَّتْ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ

My lord, may you ever remain in safety.

My Master, you remain in my safekeeping

Six have elapsed in the course of time.

Six have passed of time

كَأَنَّهَا الْعِقْدُ رَابَ مِنْهُ

كَأَنَّهَا الْعِقْدُ رَابَ مِنْهُ

سُقُوطُ سِتٍّ مِنَ الْجُمَانِ

سُقُوطُ سِتٍّ مِنَ الْجُمَانِ

As though it were a necklace, troubled by

As though a string of pearls slipped from it

the falling of six of its pearls.

The falling of six pearls from a necklace

مُنْتَهَبُ الدهرِ كُلَّ وَقْتٍ

مُنْتَهَبُ الدهرِ كُلَّ وَقْتٍ

قِطَافُهُ عَذْبَةُ الْمَجانِي

قِطَافُهُ عَذْبَةُ الْمَجانِي

Time's spoils at every moment

Plundered is time, at every moment

are its harvests, sweet to reap.

Its plucking is the sweetest of fruits

وَيَقْتَضِي حَقَّهُ غِلاَبا

وَيَقْتَضِي حَقَّهُ غِلاَبا

بِلاَ تَوارٍ وَلاَ تَوَانِي

بِلاَ تَوارٍ وَلاَ تَوَانِي

And it exacts its due by force,

And it demands its right insistently

without concealment or delay.

Without retreat or hesitation

فَافْطِنْ لَهُ إِنَّهُ غَيُورٌ

فَافْطِنْ لَهُ إِنَّهُ غَيُورٌ

وَارْمِ إِلَيْهِ بِكُلِّ فَانِي

وَارْمِ إِلَيْهِ بِكُلِّ فَانِي

So be alert to it: it is jealous,

So be attentive to it, it is jealous

and cast to it all that perishes.

And throw yourself to it, everything perishable

وَاسمُ عَن الَكوْن تَبْقَ مِنْهُ

وَاسمُ عَن الَكوْن تَبْقَ مِنْهُ

وَمِنْ أَذَى الْكَوْنِ فِي أمَانِ

وَمِنْ أَذَى الْكَوْنِ فِي أمَانِ

And rise above the world; you shall remain

And name aside from creation you remain

safe from it and from the world's harm.

And from the harm of creation, in safety

بِلاَ اشْتِيَاقٍ وَلاَ فِرَاقٍ

بِلاَ اشْتِيَاقٍ وَلاَ فِرَاقٍ

وَلاَ زَمَانٍ وَلاَ مَكَانِ

وَلاَ زَمَانٍ وَلاَ مَكَانِ

Without longing or separation,

Without longing or separation

and without time or place.

Neither time nor place

فَأَيُّ دَيْرٍ بِغَيْرِ غَيْر

فَأَيُّ دَيْرٍ بِغَيْرِ غَيْر

وَأَيْنُّ خَمْرٍ بِلاَ دِنَانِ

وَأَيْنُّ خَمْرٍ بِلاَ دِنَانِ

So what monastery is without otherness?

So which monastery without the Other

And where is wine without wine jars?

And where is wine without cups

وَأَيْنَ مَنْ يَكْشِفُ الْخَبَايَا

وَأَيْنَ مَنْ يَكْشِفُ الْخَبَايَا

وَأَيْن مَنْ يَفْهَمُ الْمَعَانِي

وَأَيْن مَنْ يَفْهَمُ الْمَعَانِي

And where is one who unveils the hidden things?

And where is one who reveals secrets

And where is one who understands the meanings,

And where is one who understands meanings

فَيُبْصِرُ الْوِتْرَ دُونَ شَفْعٍ

فَيُبْصِرُ الْوِتْرَ دُونَ شَفْعٍ

وَيُبْصِرُ الْفَرْدَ دُونَ ثَانِي

وَيُبْصِرُ الْفَرْدَ دُونَ ثَانِي

so he sees the odd without the even,

Who sees the single string without the double

and sees the single one without a second?

And sees the individual without a second