پیر رومی مرشد روشن ضمیرکاروان عشق و مستی را امیر

The Pir of Rum, murshid with illuminating conscience,the leader of the caravan of love and ecstasy,

منزلش برتر ز ماہ و آفتابخیمہ را از کہکشان سازد طناب

whose station is far above the Moon and the Sun,for whose tent the Milky Way serves as pegs,

نور قرآن در میان سینہ اشجام جم شرمندہ از آئینہ اش

whose heart is effulgent with the light of the Qur'an,whose mirror is more revealing than Jamshid's cup.

از نے آن نی نواز پاکزادباز شوری در نھاد من فتاد

With his music that musician of Pure lineageHas thrown my being into tumult once again.

گفت ’’جانہا محرم اسرار شدخاور از خواب گران بیدار شد

Said he: The people have become aware of the secrets,the East has awoken from its deep slumber;

جذبہ ہای تازہ او را دادہ اندبندہای کہنہ را بگشادہ اند

destiny has given it new aspirations,and loosened its age-old chains.

جز تو ای دانای اسرار فرنگکس نکو ننشست در نار فرنگ

No one, O knower of the secrets of the West,has experienced the fire of the West better than thee.

باش مانند خلیل اﷲ مستہر کہن بتخانہ را باید شکست

Be intoxicated like the Friend of God (Abraham),and help bring down every idol-temple.

امتان را زندگی جذب درونکم نظر این جذب را گوید جنون

It is ecstasy that imparts life to nations,though the undiscerning call it madness.

ہیچ قومی زیر چرخ لاجوردبی جنون ذوفنون کاری نکرد

No people under the azure dome of the skyhas ever achieved anything without this ingenious madness.

مؤمن از عزم و توکل قاہر استگر ندارد این دو جوہر کافر است

The believer is strong through his will and his reliance (on God);if he lacks these two, he is an unbeliever.

خیر را او باز میداند ز شراز نگاہش عالمی زیر و زبر

He can distinguish between good and evila mere look from him can shake the whole world;

کوہسار از ضربت او ریز ریزدر گریبانش ھزاران رستخیز

his blow can crush a mountain to pieces ;and he has thousands of resurrections at his command.

تا می از میخانۂ من خوردہ ئےکہنگی را از تماشا بردہ ئے

Having drunk wine from my tavern,you have removed everything old from your vision.

در چمن زی مثل بو مستور و فاشدر میان رنگ پاک از رنگ باش

Live in the garden like smell, both hidden and manifest,live among colours, but be free from colour.

عصر تو از رمز جان آگاہ نیستدین او جز حب غیر اﷲ نیست

Your age is not aware of the secrets of the spirit:its creed is nothing but love for the other-than-God.

فلسفی این رمز کم فہمیدہ استفکر او بر آب و گل پیچیدہ است

Little has the philosopher understood this point:his thought revolves only round matter.

دیدہ از قندیل دل روشن نکردپس ندید الا کبود و سرخ و زرد

He has not illumined his eyes with the lantern of the heart;hence he sees nothing but blue, red and yellow.

ای خوش آن مردی کہ دل با کس ندادبند غیر اﷲ را از پا گشاد

Fortunate is he who never never gave his heart to any one,and freed his feet from the chains of servitude to the other-than-God.

سر شیری را نفہمد گاو و میشجز بہ شیران کم بگو اسرار خویش

What it means to be a lion is beyond the ken of cows and buffaloes;never reveal your secret except to lions.

با حریف سفلہ نتوان خورد میگرچہ باشد پادشاہ روم و ری

One should not drink wine in the company of a churl,though he may be king of Rum or Rayy.

یوسف ما را اگر گرگے بردبہ کہ مردی ناکسی او را خرد

It is better that our Joseph be taken away by a wolfthan be bought by an unworthy person.

اہل دنیا بی تخیل بی قیاسبوریا بافان اطلس ناشناس

People of the world lack reason and imaginationthey are weavers of mat and know nothing about satin.

اعجمی مردی چہ خوش شعری سرودسوزد از تأثیر او جان در وجود

What a beautiful verse a Persian poet has sung,Effect of which sets the soul afire:

’’نالۂ عاشق بگوش مردم دنیابانگ مسلمانی و دیار فرنگ است‘‘

"To the ears of the people of the world, the wailing of the loveris like the cry of the adhan in the land of the Franks."

معنی دین و سیاست باز گویاہل حق را زین دو حکمت باز گوی

Reveal once again the significance of religion and politics,tell once again the devotees of the Truth what you understand by them.

’’غم خور و نان غم افزایان مخورزانکہ عاقل غم خورد کودک شکر‘‘

"Suffer grief (patiently) and do not eat the bread of those who augment grief;a wise man suffers grief while a child eats sweets."

رومیخرقہ خود بار است بر دوش فقیر

To the Faqir, even his patched-up garment is a burden.Like breeze you should carry nothing except the smell of roses.

چون صبا جز بوی گل سامان مگیرقلزمی با دشت و در پیہم ستیز

Are you an ocean? Then be constantly at war with your environment.Are you a dew-drop? Then drop yourself gently on a rose-petal.

شبنمی خود را بہ گلبرگی بریزسر حق بر مرد حق پوشیدہ نیست

The Divine mystery is not hidden from the man of God;do you know what is the true nature of a believer's soul?

روح مؤمن ہیچ میدانی کہ چیست؟قطرۂ شبنم کہ از ذوق نمود

It is a drop of dew which, out of desire for self-manifestation,unravelled its own knot with its own hands,

عقدۂ خود را بدست خود گشوداز خودی اندر ضمیر خود نشست

which sat in the depth of its being by dint of selfhood,which started on its journey from the stillness of the heavens;

رخت خویش از خلوت افلاک بسترخ سوی دریای بے پایان نکرد

which did not turn towards the limitless expanse of the ocean,nor did it hide itself in an oyster ;

خویشتن را در صدف پنہان نکرداندر آغوش سحر یکدم تپید

It palpitated in the lap of the morning for a momentand then dropped into the mouth of the new-born bud.