هِبَّarise ياO قلبheart لاجتِناto gather لذّاتِكْyour delights
هِبَّ يا قلب لاجتِنا لذّاتِكْ
واقتطفهاand pluck them منfrom زهرthe blossoms of روضةthe garden of ذاتِكْyour being
واقتطفها من زهر روضة ذاتِكْ
Arise, O heart, to gather your delights,
My heart rises, let us enjoy your pleasures
And pluck them from the blossoms of your being's garden.
And pluck them from the flowers of your being
راحwent forth داعيthe herald of الفلاحsalvation يدعوcalling إلىto الراthe wine (continued)
راح داعي الفلاح يدعو إلى الرا
حcompletes 'wine' فلاحthen shone الصباحthe morning منfrom كاساتكyour cups
ح فلاح الصباح من كاساتك
The herald of salvation went forth, calling to wine,
The voice of prosperity calls to comfort
Then morning shone from your cups.
The comfort of morning from your cups
فالسباقso race السباقrace حيّhasten علىto الساthe cupbearer (continued)
فالسباق السباق حيّ على السا
قيcompletes 'cupbearer' بشمسwith the sun of النهارday فيin راحاتكyour palms
قي بشمس النهار في راحاتك
So race, race! Hasten to the cupbearer,
So awake, awake to the light with the sun
With the sun of day in your palms.
In the rests of your day
هيit is نارthe fire of الكليمMoses, whom God addressed فامحso efface خليلO friend of الthe
هي نار الكليم فامح خليل ال
ذاتEssence فيin نورهاits light حجابthe veil of صفاتكyour attributes
ذات في نورها حجاب صفاتك
It is Moses' fire; so efface, O friend of the
It is the fire of speech, so erase the friend
Essence, the veil of your attributes in its light.
Of the self in its light, the veil of your attributes
واقتبسand take fire جذوةan ember of التجلّيself-revelation بسيناat Sinai (continued)
واقتبس جذوة التجلّي بسينا
ءcompletes 'Sinai' سناًa radiance لاحthat shone منfrom جميعall جهاتكyour directions
ء سناً لاح من جميع جهاتك
And take an ember of self-revelation at Sinai—
And kindle from the sparkle of revelation
A radiance that shone from every side of you.
Years that shine from all your aspects
واصطبحand drink a morning draught فيduring الغبوقthe evening draught صبحthe dawn of هداهاits guidance
واصطبح في الغبوق صبح هداها
وهوwhile it يعدوraces بالنورwith light فيthrough ظلماتكyour darknesses
وهو يعدو بالنور في ظلماتك
And at dusk, drink the dawn of its guidance as morning wine,
And become in the darkness, dawn guided
While it races with light through your darkness.
Rushing with light in your shadows
خمرةٌwine فيin الكؤوسthe cups خيرthe finest of سقاةٍcupbearers
خمرةٌ في الكؤوس خير سقاةٍ
مزجوهاthey blended it باليُمنwith blessing فيin حاناتكyour taverns
مزجوها باليُمن في حاناتك
Wine in the cups—the finest cupbearers
A wine in cups, better than pourers
Have blended it with blessing in your taverns.
Who mixed it with fortune in your taverns
وهيand it is عينٌan eye فيwithin حاجبٍa screen منof زجاجglass
وهي عينٌ في حاجبٍ من زجاج
كحجابlike the veil of المصباحthe lamp فيin مشكاتكyour niche
كحجاب المصباح في مشكاتك
And it is an eye behind a screen of glass,
It is an eye in an eyebrow of glass
Like the lamp's veil within your niche.
Like the lantern's veil in your lamps
ماnot روىquenched his thirst الخضرal-Khidr مورداًa watering-place منof حياةٍlife
ما روى الخضر مورداً من حياةٍ
غيرexcept وِردٍa draught منfrom ماءٍthe water of عينthe spring of حياتكyour life
غير وِردٍ من ماءٍ عين حياتك
Al-Khidr quenched his thirst at no spring of life
The greenery has not quenched a source of life
Except with a draught from the water of your life's spring.
Except roses from the water, the spring of your life
ليسis not شهدthe honey of الشهودwitnessing أوor راحةthe solace of الراthe wine (continued)
ليس شهد الشهود أو راحة الرا
حcompletes 'wine' وحَسْناand the beauty of البهاsplendor سوىanything but حسناتكyour graces
ح وحَسْنا البها سوى حسناتك
Neither the honey of witnessing nor the solace of wine
The honey of witnesses is not comfort
Nor splendor's beauty is anything but your graces.
And beauty of splendor only your virtues
فاستمعso listen منكfrom yourself وحدةًoneness فيin المثانيthe repeated verses
فاستمع منك وحدةً في المثاني
بتواليthrough the succession of الآلاءblessings فيin آلاتكyour instruments
بتوالي الآلاء في آلاتك
So hear from yourself oneness in the repeated verses,
So listen within yourself to the favors
As blessings follow one another in your instruments.
In succession in your instruments
واحْدُand drive onward with song فيin أرضthe land of نجدNajd عشّاقthe lovers of سلمىSalma
واحْدُ في أرض نجد عشّاق سلمى
واجعلand make المطرباتthe songstresses بعضَsome of حداتكyour caravan-chanters
واجعل المطربات بعضَ حداتك
And sing Salma's lovers onward in the land of Najd,
Be one in the land of Najd, lovers of Salma
And make the songstresses some of your caravan-chanters.
And make the singers some of your limits