يَا صَاحِ قَلْبِي مَا سَلَا وَلَا طَابْ

يَا صَاحِ قَلْبِي مَا سَلَا وَلَا طَابْمِنْ بَعْدِ مَا فَارَقْ رُبُوعَ الأَحْبَابْ

Yā ṣāḥi qalbī mā salā walā ṭāb, Min baʿdi mā fāraq rubūʿa al-ʾaḥbāb

My friend, my heart has found no solace and no joy since it left the dwellings of the beloveds,

وَحَلَّ بَيْنَ البَادِيَهْ وَالأَجْنَابْوَالبُعْدُ عَنْ أُلَّافِهِ وَالأَصْحَابْ

Waḥalla bayna al-bādiyah wa-al-ʾajnāb, Wa-al-buʿdu ʿan ullāfihi wa-al-ʾaṣḥāb

And alighted between the desert and strangers, far from its intimates and companions.

رَعَى اللهُ أَوْقَاتَ الوِصَالْ يَا صَاحْأَيَّامَ كُنَّا فِي سُرُورْ وَأَفْرَاحْ

Raʿā Allāhu awqāta al-wiṣāl yā ṣāḥ, Ayyāma kunnā fī surūr waʾafrāḥ

May Allah protect the times of union, my friend, the days when we were in joy and delight,

نُسْقَى بِكَاسَاتِ الهَنَا مِنَ الرَّاحْمَا نَخْتَشِي مَسَّ النَّصَبْ وَالأَوْصَابْ

Nusqā bikāsāti al-hanā mina ar-rāḥ, Mā nakhtashī massa an-naṣab wa-al-ʾawṣāb

Given to drink from the cups of bliss, of wine, fearing no touch of fatigue or pain.

يَا سَعْدُ سِرْ بِي نَحْوَ رَبْعِ حِبِّيفَالشَّوْقُ قَدْ قَطَّعْ نِيَاطَ قَلْبِي

Yā saʿdu sir bī naḥwa rabʿi ḥibbī, Fa-ash-shawqu qad qaṭṭaʿ niyāṭa qalbī

O Sa'd, take me toward the dwelling of my beloved, for longing has cut the strings of my heart.

فَلَيْسَ يُبْرِدْ حَرَّ نَارِ كَرْبِيإِلَّا نُزُولِيْ بَيْنَ تِلْكَ الأَطْنَابْ

Falaysa yubrid ḥarra nāri karbī, Illā nuzūliy bayna tilka al-ʾaṭnāb

Nothing will cool the heat of my grief's fire but alighting among those tent ropes.

اللهُ جَارِي مِنْ جَفَا الحَبَايِبْإِنُّهْ مُصِيبَهْ دُونَهَا المَصَايِبْ

Allāhu jārī min jafā al-ḥabāyib, Innuh muṣībah dūnahā al-maṣāyib

Allah protect me from the harshness of the beloveds, for it is a calamity beside which all calamities are small.

فَهَلْ تَرَى تَصْفُو لِيَ المَشَارِبْمِنْ بَعْدِ طُولِ البُعْدِ وَالتِّغْرَابْ

Fahal tarā taṣfū liya al-mashārib, Min baʿdi ṭūli al-buʿdi wa-at-tighrāb

Do you think my drinking places will grow pure again after long distance and exile?

أَرْجُو إِلَهِي ذَا الكَرَمْ وَالأَفْضَالْيَفْتَحْ عَلَى قَلْبِي سَنِيَّ الأَحْوَالْ

Arjū ilahī dhā al-karam wa-al-ʾafḍāl, Yaftaḥ ʿalā qalbī saniyya al-ʾaḥwāl

I hope that my God, Lord of generosity and bounty, will open to my heart the most sublime states

مِمَّا مَنَحْ أَوْتَادَهَا وَالأَبْدَالْوَأَغْوَاثَهَا وَأَفْرَادَهَا وَالأَقْطَابْ

Mimmā manaḥ awtādahā wa-al-ʾabdāl, Waʾaghwāthahā waʾafrādahā wa-al-ʾaqṭāb

Of what He granted the pegs and the substitutes, the succours, the solitary ones and the poles.

أُولَئِكَ الأَقْوَامْ هُمْ مُرَادِيوَمَطْلَبِي مِنْ جُمْلَةِ العِبَادِ

Ūlaʾika al-ʾaqwām hum murādī, Wamaṭlabī min jumlati al-ʿibādi

Those people are my desire, and my aim among all of Allah's servants.

وَحُبُّهُمْ قَدْ حَلَّ فِي فُؤَادِيأَهْلُ المَعَارِفْ وَالصَّفَا وَالآدَابْ

Waḥubbuhum qad ḥalla fī fuʾādī, Ahlu al-maʿārif wa-aṣ-ṣafā wa-al-ʾādāb

Love for them has settled in my heart, the people of gnosis, purity and refinement,

المُخْلِصُونَ الصَّادِقُونْ الأَبْرَارْالطَّيِّبُونَ الطَّاهِرُونْ الأَخْيَارْ

Al-mukhliṣūna aṣ-ṣādiqūn al-ʾabrār, Aṭ-ṭayyibūna aṭ-ṭāhirūn al-ʾakhyār

The sincere, the truthful, the righteous, the good, the pure, the chosen,

العَارِفُونْ الذَّائِقُونْ الأَحْرَارْالكُلُّ مِنْهُمْ مُخْبِتٌ وَأَوَّابْ

Al-ʿārifūn adh-dhāʾiqūn al-ʾaḥrār, Al-kullu minhum mukhbitun waʾawwāb

The knowers, those who have tasted, the free; every one of them humble and ever turning to Allah.

يَا اللهْ بِذَرَّهْ مِنْ مَحَبَّةِ اللهْأَفْنَى بِهَا عَنْ كُلِّ مَا سِوَى اللهْ

Yā Allāh bidharrah min maḥabbati Allāh, Afnā bihā ʿan kulli mā siwā Allāh

O Allah, grant me an atom of the love of Allah by which I pass away from all that is other than Allah,

وَلَا أَرَى مِنْ بَعْدِهَا سِوَى اللهْالوَاحِدِ المَعْبُودْ رَبِّ الأَرْبَابْ

Walā arā min baʿdihā siwā Allāh, Al-wāḥidi al-maʿbūd rabbi al-ʾarbāb

And after it see nothing but Allah, the One, the Worshipped, the Lord of lords.

فَمَا أُرَجِّي اليَوْمْ كَشْفَ كُرْبَهْإِلَّا انْ صَفَا لِيْ مَشْرَبُ المَحَبَّهْ

Famā urajjī al-yawm kashfa kurbah, Illā n ṣafā liy mashrabu al-maḥabbah

I hope for no relief from grief today unless the drink of love becomes pure for me,

وَنِلْتُ مِنْ رَبِّي رِضاً وَقُرْبَهْيَكُونُ فِيهَا قَطْعُ كُلِّ الأَسْبَابْ

Waniltu min rabbī riḍan waqurbah, Yakūnu fīhā qaṭʿu kulli al-ʾasbāb

And I attain from my Lord good pleasure and nearness in which all other ties are cut,

عَلَى بِسَاطِ العِلْمِ وَالعِبَادَهْوَالغَيْبُ عِنْدِي صَارَ كَالشَّهَادَهْ

ʿalā bisāṭi al-ʿilmi wa-al-ʿibādah, Wa-al-ghaybu ʿindī ṣāra ka-ash-shahādah

On the carpet of knowledge and worship, and the unseen becomes for me like the seen.

هَذَا لَعَمْرِي مُنْتَهَى السَّعَادَهْسُبْحَانَ رَبِّي مَنْ رَجَاهْ مَا خَابْ

Hadhā laʿamrī muntahā as-saʿādah, Subḥāna rabbī man rajāh mā khāb

This, by my life, is the summit of happiness; glory be to my Lord: whoever hopes in Him is never disappointed.

يَا طَالِبَ التَّحْقِيقِ قُمْ وَبَادِرْوَانْهَضْ عَلَى سَاقِ الهِمَمْ وَخَاطِرْ

Yā ṭāliba at-taḥqīqi qum wabādir, Wanhaḍ ʿalā sāqi al-himam wakhāṭir

O seeker of realisation, rise and hasten; stand firm on resolve and take the risk.

وَاصْبِرْ عَلَى قَمْعِ الهَوَى وَصَابِرْوَاصْدُقْ وَلَا تَبْرَحْ مُلَازِمَ البَابْ

Waṣbir ʿalā qamʿi al-hawā waṣābir, Waṣduq walā tabraḥ mulāzima al-bāb

Be patient in subduing desire and persevere; be truthful, and never cease clinging to the door.

وَاعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ الخَيْرَ كُلُّهْ أَجْمَعْضِمْنَ اتِّبَاعَكْ لِلنَّبِيِّ المُشَفَّعْ

Waʿlam biʾanna al-khayra kulluh ajmaʿ, Ḍimna ttibāʿak lilnnabiyyi al-mushaffaʿ

And know that all good, all of it, lies in following the Prophet whose intercession is granted.

صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ اللهُ مَا تَشَعْشَعْفَجْرٌ وَمَا سَالَتْ سُيُولُ الأَشْعَابْ

Ṣallā ʿalayhi Allāhu mā tashaʿshaʿ, Fajrun wamā sālat suyūlu al-ʾashʿāb

May Allah bless him as long as dawn breaks, and the torrents flow through the ravines.