1. يا صاحٍ إنَّ القلوبَ

    أضحتْ بسرِّ الغيوبِ

    O friend, indeed the hearts

    are now, through the secret of unseen things,

  2. في نعيم

    ما عندي إلاّ الذي

    in bliss.

    I have only what

  3. قد قاله التَّرمذي

    للعالم الجِهبذِي

    al-Tirmidhi has said

    to the discerning scholar:

  4. إني إذا ما أتوب

    إليه لا من ذنوبٍ

    Indeed, whenever I repent

    to him, not from sins,

  5. لا أقيم

    لم يدر ما قالها

    I do not remain.

    None understood what he said

  6. إلا الذي نالها

    فلا تقل ما لها

    except the one who attained it.

    So do not say, 'What is the matter with it?'

  7. فيها لسرِّ الحبيبِ

    معنى بديعٍ عجيبٍ

    Within it, the Beloved's secret has

    a wondrous, marvelous meaning,

  8. مستقيم

    بالله يا ظلتي

    sound.

    By God, O my shade,

  9. إنْ كنتِ لي قبلتي

    فأنت من جملتي

    if you are my direction of prayer,

    then you are part of me.

  10. فاعمل عليه تصيبُ

    فأنت فيه المصيبُ

    So act upon it: you will hit the mark;

    for in it you are the one who hits the mark,

  11. في العموم

    إنّ الصيودَ ترى

    in general.

    Indeed, the quarry is seen

  12. في جوفِ هذا الفرا

    ما فيه مِن افترا

    in the belly of this wild ass.

    There is no fabrication in it,

  13. فإنه ما يخيب

    عند اللبيبِ الأريبِ

    for it does not fail

    in the eyes of the wise and discerning,

  14. القويم

    لو أنَّ بدراً بدا

    the upright.

    Were a full moon to appear,

  15. لم يتركني سُدا

    وجاءني ابتدا

    it would not leave me neglected,

    and would come to me at the outset

  16. بكل معنى غريبِ

    فيه غذاءُ الأديبِ

    with every strange meaning,

    in which is nourishment for the man of letters

  17. والنديم

    إنَّ القلوبَ التي

    and the boon companion.

    Indeed, the hearts that

  18. عن الهدى دلّت

    ما هي من ملتي

    have pointed away from guidance

    are not of my faith.

  19. تروحُ عند الغروبِ

    لما دعاه القريب

    They depart at sunset,

    when the Near One called him

  20. بالقيم

    لله نورٌ بدا

    through the guardian.

    A light of God has appeared

  21. في المرتدي والردا

    به الوليُّ اهتدى

    in the wearer and the cloak.

    Through it the saint found guidance.

  22. شبابه كالمشيبِ

    إذا دعاه الحبيبُ

    His youth is like gray-haired age

    when he is called by the Beloved,

  23. القديم

    فما له من شبيه

    the Eternal One.

    So there is none like him

  24. عند العليم النبيه

    قد حِرت فيّ وفيه

    in the eyes of the knowledgeable and perceptive.

    I have been bewildered about myself and about him.

  25. أراه عند الكثيب

    من غير شك مريب

    I see him beside the dune,

    without any disquieting doubt,

  26. كالحميم

    like an intimate friend.