1. غب عن ملام الناطل بشربٍ صافي الناطل

    وحلّ جيد العاطل بعقد درّ الأسما

    Escape the fool's reproach by drinking the wine-cup's pure draught.

    And adorn the unadorned one's neck with a necklace of the Names' pearls.

  2. يا حبّذا عقد اللآل

    في نحر ربّات الحجال

    How lovely the necklace of pearls,

    Upon the bosoms of the ladies of curtained chambers!

  3. يا حبّذا الأسحار إذ ترفع الأستار

    وتلمع الأنوار عند تجلّي الأسما

    How lovely the predawn hours, when the veils are lifted,

    And the lights gleam as the Names are unveiled,

  4. في مظهر باهي الجمال

    باطنه زاهي الجلال

    In a form resplendent in beauty,

    Its inward being radiant in majesty.

  5. شمسٌ بدت في ظلّ تنتج حسن الشكل

    تمحو رسوم الكلّ عند شهود الأسما

    A sun appeared in a shadow, bringing forth beauty of form,

    Effacing the traces of all things when the Names are witnessed.

  6. منه احتس بنت الدوالي

    فإنّها نعم الدوالي

    From it, sip the daughter of the vines,

    For she is an excellent remedy for me.

  7. واشهد مريد الحان بنغمة الألحان

    لوحدة المثاني وامح هناك الرسما

    And bear witness, O seeker of the tavern, through the strains of melodies,

    To the oneness of dualities, and erase the traces there.

  8. واسمع بتوحيد الكمال

    حقّا تعالى من مثال

    And hear, through perfection's oneness,

    A Reality exalted beyond any likeness.

  9. واخلع عذار النسك عند ظباء المسك

    لعلّ أن في السلك بهم تجوز النظما

    And cast off the bridle of ascetic piety before the musk-scented gazelles,

    Perhaps, through them, you may pass into the ordered string.

  10. يا حبّذا عقد اللآلي

    في سلك غادات غوالي

    How lovely the necklace of pearls,

    In a string of precious maidens!

  11. صلّى الإله وسلّم على رسول سلم

    له المعالي سلّم بقاب قرب أسما

    May God bless and grant peace to a messenger of peace,

    The lofty ranks his ladder to a span of most exalted nearness,

  12. وآله أهل الكمال

    وصحبه أولي المعالي

    And his household, the people of perfection,

    And his companions, possessors of lofty virtues,

  13. ما ذو الغرام الوافي عمر المحبّ اليافي

    يرجو من الألطاف فضلاً ينال الختما

    As long as the man of faithful passion—Umar, the lover, al-Yafi—

    Hopes for a favor from tender mercies, that he may reach his end

  14. بحسن حالٍ في المآل

    عند انتها ختم الآجال

    In a good state at the ultimate outcome,

    When the appointed lifetimes reach their final close.