نَسِيمْ حَاجِرْ يَا نَسِيمْ حَاجِرْ

نَسِيمْ حَاجِرْ يَا نَسِيمْ حَاجِرْهَلْ مِنْ خَبَرْ تُشْفَى بِهِ الخَوَاطِرْ

Nasīm ḥājir yā nasīm ḥājir, Hal min khabar tushfā bihi al-khawāṭir

O breeze of Hajir, O breeze of Hajir, is there any news to heal our minds

عَنْ جِيرَةِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي تُجَاوِرْفَالشَّوْقُ قَدْ أَرْبَى عَلَى السَّرَائِرْ

ʿan jīrati al-ḥayyi al-ladhī tujāwir, Fa-ash-shawqu qad arbā ʿalā as-sarāʾir

Of the neighbours of the encampment beside whom you dwell? For longing has overwhelmed our inmost hearts.

وَافَيْتَ رَبْعِي يَا نَسِيمَ الأَسْحَارْمِنْ بَعْدِمَا نَامَتْ عُيُونُ الأَغْيَارْ

Wāfayta rabʿī yā nasīma al-ʾasḥār, Min baʿdimā nāmat ʿuyūnu al-ʾaghyār

You came to my dwelling, O breeze of the early dawn, after the eyes of the strangers had gone to sleep.

عَسَى مَعَكْ لِي يَا نَسِيمْ أَخْبَارْعَنِ الحَبِيبِ النَّازِحِ المُهَاجِرْ

ʿasā maʿak lī yā nasīm akhbār, ʿani al-ḥabībi an-nāziḥi al-muhājir

Perhaps you bring me news, O breeze, of the beloved who has gone far away.

حُبُّ الأَحِبَّهْ فِي الفُؤَادْ خَيَّمْلَا بَلْ جَرَى مِنِّي مَجَارِيَ الدَّمْ

Ḥubbu al-ʾaḥibbah fī al-fuʾād khayyam, Lā bal jarā minnī majāriya ad-dam

Love of the beloveds has pitched its tent in my heart; indeed, it runs through me as my blood runs.

وَكُلَّمَا بَرْقُ الحِمَى تَبَسَّمْفَاضَتْ دُمُوعُ العَيْنْ فِي المَحَاجِرْ

Wakullamā barqu al-ḥimā tabassam, Fāḍat dumūʿu al-ʿayn fī al-maḥājir

And whenever the lightning of the sanctuary smiles, tears overflow from the sockets of my eyes.

مَضَى زَمَانِي فِي الجَفَا وَدَهْرِيوَمَدْمَعِي قَدْ خَانَنِي وَصَبْرِي

Maḍā zamānī fī al-jafā wadahrī, Wamadmaʿī qad khānanī waṣabrī

My time and my life have passed in estrangement, and my tears and my patience have betrayed me.

وَضَاقَ بِالفُرْقَهْ فَسِيحُ صَدْرِيمَا حِيلَتِي كَمْ شَا أَكُونْ صَابِرْ

Waḍāqa bi-al-furqah fasīḥu ṣadrī, Mā ḥīlatī kam shā akūn ṣābir

My wide breast has grown narrow with parting; what can I do? How long must I be patient?

عَسَى عَسَى يَا سَاكِنِينْ نَعْمَانْأَنْ يَنْثَنِي حَالُ الصَّفَا الَّذِي كَانْ

ʿasā ʿasā yā sākinīn naʿmān, An yanthanī ḥālu aṣ-ṣafā al-ladhī kan

Perhaps, perhaps, O dwellers of Na'man, the state of purity that once was will return,

وَيَنْكَشِفْ حَالُ الأَسَى وَالأَشْجَانْبِوَصْلِ لَيْلَى بَهْجَةِ المَسَامِرْ

Wayankashif ḥālu al-ʾasā wa-al-ʾashjān, Biwaṣli laylā bahjati al-masāmir

And the state of grief and sorrow be lifted by union with Layla, the delight of night conversations.

أَنَا الَّذِي فِي حُبِّهَا مُتَيَّمْمَحْزُونْ مَشْجُونُ الفُؤَادْ مُغْرَمْ

Anā al-ladhī fī ḥubbihā mutayyam, Maḥzūn mashjūnu al-fuʾād mughram

I am the one enthralled in love of her, sorrowful, grieving of heart, enamoured.

فَهَلْ تَرَاهَا يَا نَدِيمْ تَعْلَمْبِمَا بِقَلْبِي مِنْ هَوىً مُخَامِرْ

Fahal tarāhā yā nadīm taʿlam, Bimā biqalbī min hawan mukhāmir

Do you think, O companion, that she knows the passion that fills my heart?

يَا سَاكِنِينَ السَّفْحِ مِنْ فُؤَادِيوَادِي النَّقَا يَا خَيْرَ كُلِّ وَادِي

Yā sākinīna as-safḥi min fuʾādī, Wādī an-naqā yā khayra kulli wādī

O dwellers of the hillside of my heart, the valley of al-Naqa, O best of every valley,

حَيْثُ المُنَادَى يَسْمَعُ المُنَادِييَا أَهْلَ البَصَائِرْ حَدِّقُوا البَصَائِرْ

Ḥaythu al-munādā yasmaʿu al-munādī, Yā ahla al-baṣāʾir ḥaddiqū al-baṣāʾir

Where the one called hears the one who calls: O people of insight, sharpen your insight!

هَذَا جَمَالُ الحَقِّ قَدْ تَجَلَّىوَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَحْجُوبْ قَبْلُ كَلَّا

Hadhā jamālu al-ḥaqqi qad tajallā, Walam yakun maḥjūb qablu kallā

This is the beauty of the Real, made manifest, and it was never veiled before, no, never;

لَكِنَّ قَلْبَ العَبْدِ حِينَ يُجْلَىشَاهَدْ وَكَانَتْ مِنُّهُ السَّوَاتِرْ

Lakinna qalba al-ʿabdi ḥīna yujlā, Shāhad wakānat minnuhu as-sawātir

But when the servant's heart is polished, he witnesses, and the veils were from himself.

طُورُ التَّجَلِّي قَلْبُ كُلِّ عَارِفْوَمَهْبِطُ الأَسْرَارْ وَاللَّطَائِفْ

Ṭūru at-tajallī qalbu kulli ʿārif, Wamahbiṭu al-ʾasrār wa-al-laṭāʾif

The mount of manifestation is the heart of every gnostic, the place where secrets and subtleties descend.

وَالنَّفْسُ مُوسَى تَشْهَدُ المَعَارِفْمَهْمَا تَجَلَّتْ وَانْبَتِ الظَّوَاهِرْ

Wa-an-nafsu mūsā tashhadu al-maʿārif, Mahmā tajallat wanbati aẓ-ẓawāhir

And the self is Moses, witnessing divine knowledge whenever He manifests and the outward forms are cut away.

وَالنَّفْسُ مِغْنَاطِيسْ أَمْرِ الإِلْهَامْوَالرُّوحُ مِغْنَاطِيسْ كَوْنِ الأَجْسَامْ

Wa-an-nafsu mighnāṭīs amri al-ʾilhām, Wa-ar-rūḥu mighnāṭīs kawni al-ʾajsām

The self is a magnet for the command of inspiration, and the spirit is a magnet for the being of bodies,

وَذَاكْ مِنْ بَعْدِ التَّوَجُّهِ التَّامْبِكُلِّ بَاطِنْ وَبِكُلِّ ظَاهِرْ

Wadhāk min baʿdi at-tawajjuhi at-tām, Bikulli bāṭin wabikulli ẓāhir

And that comes after complete turning toward Him, with everything inward and everything outward.

اللهُ أَكْبَرْ هَذِهِ الحَقِيقَهْقَدْ أَشْرَقَتْ مِنْ مَشْرِقِ الطَّرِيقَهْ

Allāhu akbar hadhihi al-ḥaqīqah, Qad ashraqat min mashriqi aṭ-ṭarīqah

Allah is Greatest! This is the Reality, which has dawned from the east of the Path.

فَامْسِكْ أَخِي بِالعُرْوَةِ الوَثِيقَهْوَهْيَ اتِّبَاعُكْ سَيِّدَ العَشَائِرْ

Famsik akhī bi-al-ʿurwati al-wathīqah, Wahya ttibāʿuk sayyida al-ʿashāʾir

So hold fast, my brother, to the firmest handhold, which is following the master of all the tribes,

مُحَمَّدَ المَبْعُوثْ بِالهِدَايَهْوَالحَقِّ وَالتَّحْقِيقِ وَالوِلَايَهْ

Muḥammada al-mabʿūth bi-al-hidāyah, Wa-al-ḥaqqi wa-at-taḥqīqi wa-al-wilāyah

Muhammad, sent with guidance, truth, realisation and sainthood,

إِنْسَانَ عَيْنِ الكَشْفِ وَالعِنَايَهْوَرُوحَ مَعْنَى جُمْلَةِ المَظَاهِرْ

Insāna ʿayni al-kashfi wa-al-ʿināyah, Warūḥa maʿnā jumlati al-maẓāhir

The pupil of the eye of unveiling and divine care, the spirit of the meaning of all manifestations.