صَلِّ يَا سَلَامْ عَلَى الْوَسِيلَةْ

صَلِّ يَا سَلَامْ عَلَى الْوَسِيلَةْوَشَمْسِ الْأَنَامْ طَلْعَةِ لَيْلَى

Ṣalli yā salām ʿalā al-wasīla, Washamsi al-ʾanām ṭalʿati laylā

Bless, O Source of Peace, the means of approach, the sun of mankind, the face of Layla.

يَا سَاقِي الْعُشَّاقْ أَمْلَ الْكُؤُوسَامِنْ خَمْرِ الْأَذْوَاقْ يُحْيِي النُّفُوسَا

Yā sāqī al-ʿushshāq amla al-kuʾūsā, Min khamri al-ʾadhwāq yuḥyī an-nufūsā

O cupbearer of the lovers, fill the cups with the wine of spiritual tastes that revives souls.

حَضْرَةُ الْإِطْلَاقْ أَبْدَتْ شُمُوسَامَحَتِ الرَّوَاقْ عَنْ وَجْهِ لَيْلَى

Ḥaḍratu al-ʾiṭlāq abdat shumūsā, Maḥati ar-rawāq ʿan wajhi laylā

The Presence of the Absolute has revealed suns that have swept the curtain from Layla's face.

مُبْتَغَى الْعُشَّاقْ حِينَ تَجَلَّىفِي ذَاتِ الْخَلَّاقْ الْمَوْلَى جَلَّ

Mubtaghā al-ʿushshāq ḥīna tajallā, Fī dhāti al-khallāq al-mawlā jalla

The aim of the lovers when He manifested in the Essence of the Creator, the Master, exalted is He,

مِنْ بَحْرِ الْإِطْلَاقْ حِينَ تَجَلَّىبِكُلِّ رَوْنَقْ جَمَالُ لَيْلَى

Min baḥri al-ʾiṭlāq ḥīna tajallā, Bikulli rawnaq jamālu laylā

From the sea of the Absolute, when there manifested in all its splendour the beauty of Layla.

صَاحَتِ الْأَطْيَارْ فَوْقَ الْمَنَابِرْوَفَاحَ الْأَزْهَارْ وَالرَّوْضُ عَاطِرْ

Ṣāḥati al-ʾaṭyār fawqa al-manābir, Wafāḥa al-ʾazhār wa-ar-rawḍu ʿāṭir

The birds cried out above the pulpits, the flowers gave off their fragrance and the garden was scented,

رَنَّتِ الْأَوْتَارْ وَالْحِبُّ حَاضِرْغَنِّ يَا خَمَّارْ بِحُسْنِ لَيْلَى

Rannati al-ʾawtār wa-al-ḥibbu ḥāḍir, Ghanni yā khammār biḥusni laylā

The strings resounded and the beloved was present: sing, O tavern-keeper, of Layla's beauty!

يَا عَيْنَ الْعُيُونْ ظَهَرْتَ جَهْرَابِجَمْعِ الْفُنُونْ كَأْسًا وَخَمْرَا

Yā ʿayna al-ʿuyūn ẓaharta jahrā, Bijamʿi al-funūn kaʾsan wakhamrā

O source of all sources, you appeared openly, uniting all the arts, the cup and the wine.

زَالَتِ الشُّجُونْ طَابَتِ الْحَضْرَةْبِالسِّرِّ الْمَكْنُونْ مِنْ كَنْزِ لَيْلَى

Zālati ash-shujūn ṭābati al-ḥaḍra, Bi-as-sirri al-maknūn min kanzi laylā

Sorrows vanished, the gathering grew sweet with the hidden secret from Layla's treasure.

اِبْنُ يَلِّسْ هَامْ لَمَّا سُقِيَامِنْ خَمْرِ الْأَذْوَاقْ فَانِي بَاقِيَا

Ibnu yallis hām lammā suqiyā, Min khamri al-ʾadhwāq fānī bāqiyā

Ibn Yallis was enraptured when he was given drink from the wine of tastes, passing away and abiding.

عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامْ خَيْرَ الْبَرِيَّةْمَا سُقِيَ الْمُدَامْ فِي حَيِّ لَيْلَى

ʿalayka as-salām khayra al-bariyya, Mā suqiya al-mudām fī ḥayyi laylā

Upon you be peace, O best of creation, as long as the wine is poured in Layla's encampment.