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JAMI

Gar dar dele to gol gozarad gol baashi Var bolbol biqaraar bolbol baashi To jozvi o haqq koll ast agar ruzi chand Andisheye koll pishe koni koll baashi

And if it would be a restless nightingale, be a nightingale!You are a part and Reality is the Whole,So for a few days only meditate on the Whole, be the Whole!If in your heart a rose appears, be a rose!

Zaan zamzameyam ze paye taa sar hame ‘eshqHaqqa keh be ‘ahdha nayaayam birunBar ‘ude delam nawaakht yak zamzameye ‘eshq Az ‘ahdeye haqq gozaari yakdameye ‘eshq

On the lute of my heart plays only one song of love:Because of this melody, from head to foot, I am in love.Truly, for ages I’ll never be ableTo pay what I owe for one moment of love.

Baa golrokhe khish goftam ay ghonche dahaanHar lahze mapôsh chereh chun ‘eshve dahaan Zad khande keh man be ‘akse khubaane jahaanDar parde ‘eyaan baasham o bi parde nehaan.

To my rosy cheeked friend I said: ‘O, you with a mouth like a rosebud!Do not always hide your face as if you are a flirting girl!’She laughed and said: ‘Unlike the beauties of this world,In the curtain I am manifest and without the curtain I am hidden.

Rokhsaar-e to bi neqaab didan natavaanDidaar-e to bi hejaab didan natavaanMaadaan keh dar kamaal-e eshraaq bovad Sar-chashmeye aaftaab didan natavaan.

Without a veil your countenance cannot be seen,Without a veil your eyes cannot be seen.Unless one is experiencing complete enlightenmentThe source of the sun cannot be seen.

Hasti ke zohur mikonad dar hame shai’Khaahi ke bari be haale vai baa hame pai Rav bar sare mai habaab raa bin ke chesaanMai vai bovad andar mai o vai dar mai mai

Being manifests Itself in everything.If you want to discover Its state in everything,Go and see how the bubbles are on top of the wine:The wine is they in them and they are wine in the wine!

Hamsaaye o hamneshin o hamrah hame ust Dar dalaqe gadaa o atlase shah hame ust Dar anjomane farq o nehaan khaaneye jam’Be-llaah hame ust summa be-llaah hame ust

Neighbour, companion, fellow traveller, all are He!In mendicant’s habit and in king’s satin, all are He!In the assemblies of separation and in the private places of union,By God, all are He, once again: by God, all are He.

Ai aaine raa daade jalaa’ surat-e-toYak aaine kas nadid bi surat-e-toNai nai ke ze lotf dar hameye aainehaaKhod aamade i padid nai surat-e-to

O, radiance has been given to the mirror because of Your face.No one has ever seen a mirror without Your face.No, no! It is because of Your grace,That in every mirror You Yourself appear and not Your face.

Ay dar haram-e qods-e to kas raa jaa nay ‘Aalam beh to peydaa o to khod peydaa nay Maa o to ze ham jodaaniim ammaa hast Maa raa beh to haajat o toraa baa maa nay

O, You in whose holy tabernacle none has any place:The world appears because of You, but of You is no trace.You and I, we are not separated, but I,I, though You don’t need me, I am in need of Your grace.

Ay del talab-e kamaal dar madrase chand Takmil osul-e hekmat o handase chand Har fekr keh joz zekr-e khodaa waswase ast Sharmi ze khodaa be-daar in waswase chand

O, heart! How long will you search for perfection in schools?How long will you try to perfect philosophy, geometry and all its rules?Every thought which is no remembrance of God is an evil inspiration,Be modest before God! How long these evil thoughts? (Leave them to fools!)

Maa’im be raah-e ‘eshq puyaan hame ‘omr Vasl-e to be jedd o jahd juyaan hame ‘omr Yek cheshm zadan khayaal-e to pish nazar Behtar ke jamaal-e khubruyaan hame ‘omr

We have run on the path of love all our life,We have searched with great force for union with You all our life.To catch one glimpse of You is better for our sightThan the beauty of earthly beauties all our life.