في تجلّي الشان لم أزل نشوان

في تجلّي الشان لم أزل نشوان

وهو أنشاني ليس لي من شان

وهو أنشاني ليس لي من شان

In the manifestation of majesty, I have ever been intoxicated.

In manifesting glory, I have always been joyful

He brought me into being; I have no standing of my own.

And He made me joyful, I have no glory of my own

حيثما النُّدمان ما بهم نَدمان

حيثما النُّدمان ما بهم نَدمان

فيه نادمني ساقي الأدنان

فيه نادمني ساقي الأدنان

Wherever the drinking companions are, none among them is remorseful.

Wherever there is bliss, there is no remorse

Therein, the cupbearer of the wine jars drank with me.

Therein He reproached me, the pourer of sweet wine

والمنا بالهنا قد دنا عندنا

والمنا بالهنا قد دنا عندنا

وهو بالمنن لم يزل منّان

وهو بالمنن لم يزل منّان

He feasted with us in bliss; he drew close to us.

And gifts are brought near us now

And with his favors, he has ever been bountiful.

He has always been generous with gifts

ما بنا من عنا أنّنا في هنا

ما بنا من عنا أنّنا في هنا

من جمال كن ليس في الإمكان

من جمال كن ليس في الإمكان

No hardship afflicts us, for we are in bliss.

We have no troubles here

From the beauty of 'Be!' that lies beyond possibility.

With the beauty of being, nothing is impossible

في صدى الألحان سكر كأس الحان

في صدى الألحان سكر كأس الحان

مذ شجا شجني بحت بالأشجان

مذ شجا شجني بحت بالأشجان

In the echo of melodies lies the intoxication of the tavern's cup.

In the echo of melodies, the intoxication of the cup of melodies

Since it stirred my sorrow, I have spoken openly of my sorrows.

Since He inspired my passion, I have cried with ecstasies

والشجي الولهان بالشجا سكران

والشجي الولهان بالشجا سكران

بالغناء غني عن وصال غوان

بالغناء غني عن وصال غوان

And the sorrowful, love-distraught one is drunk with grief.

And the passionate and intoxicated with passion cry out

Through song, he has no need of union with fair women.

I am rich with singing, without the union of beauties

في الغناء الغِنَى والغناء القِنَى

في الغناء الغِنَى والغناء القِنَى

والوجود فني إذ بقي الوجدان

والوجود فني إذ بقي الوجدان

In song lies wealth, and song is treasure.

In singing there is abundance, and singing is the treasure

And existence vanished as inner awareness remained.

And existence is artful, for emotions remain

إنّنا في الإنا والإنا كوننا

إنّنا في الإنا والإنا كوننا

ذاك لم يكن في شهود عيان

ذاك لم يكن في شهود عيان

Indeed, we are in the vessel, and the vessel is our being.

We are in delight, and delight we became

That was not present in direct witnessing.

That was not witnessed before

روضة الأذكار تنفح الأوراد

روضة الأذكار تنفح الأوراد

بالشذا المعلن نفحة الريحان

بالشذا المعلن نفحة الريحان

The garden of remembrance breathes out its litanies.

The garden of remembrance diffuses the roses

With a manifest fragrance—a breath of sweet basil.

With the gentle, fragrant breeze

نغمة الأوتار تبدو في الإنشاد

نغمة الأوتار تبدو في الإنشاد

بالصدى الحسن في جمال حسان

بالصدى الحسن في جمال حسان

The melody of the strings emerges in chanting.

The melody of the strings appears in chanting

With a lovely echo, in the beauty of fair ones.

With a beautiful echo in the beauty of Hassan*

بالثنا والسنا أنسنا كأسنا

بالثنا والسنا أنسنا كأسنا

بالمقام السني مبدع الألحان

بالمقام السني مبدع الألحان

With praise and radiance, our cup is our solace.

With intimacy and cheerfulness, we delighted in our cup

Through the exalted mode that creates melodies.

In the brilliant composition, the creator of melodies

لحننا منحنا ربحنا شطحنا

لحننا منحنا ربحنا شطحنا

فيه عيش هني والصفا قد حان

فيه عيش هني والصفا قد حان

Our melody is our gift; our gain is our ecstatic utterance.

Our tune gave us, we gained, we reveled

Therein is a pleasant life, and serenity is now at hand.

In it there is pleasant life, and clarity has come

مورد التوحيد شربنا المعلوم

مورد التوحيد شربنا المعلوم

يبدي في العلنِ سرنا المكتوم

يبدي في العلنِ سرنا المكتوم

The wellspring of oneness, our familiar draught,

We drank the known at the source of oneness

Reveals openly our concealed secret.

Revealing our hidden secret in the open

بلبل التغريد يحدو بالمنظوم

بلبل التغريد يحدو بالمنظوم

وهو ذو لسنِ مفصح ملسان

وهو ذو لسنِ مفصح ملسان

The nightingale of song chants in verse.

The nightingale of melody sings rhythmically

And he is eloquent, clear-speaking and fluent-tongued.

With an eloquent and smooth tongue

وردنا دندنا وانثنى بالغنى

وردنا دندنا وانثنى بالغنى

مخجل الفننِ قدّه الفتّان

مخجل الفننِ قدّه الفتّان

We arrived, we hummed, and he swayed to song.

We approached and swayed with the melody

His bewitching stature puts the bough to shame.

Shy before the arts, the seducer

أحسنا إذ حنا وانحنى نحونا

أحسنا إذ حنا وانحنى نحونا

قامة الغصنِ جنّة الرضوان

قامة الغصنِ جنّة الرضوان

We did well when he was tender and bent toward us.

We were excellent when we bent, and it bent towards us

The bough's stature is a paradise of divine pleasure.

Like the bending branch, the Garden of Contentment