مُنَاجَات نَامَه
Munājāt Nāmah
Vocalized Persian · Transliteration · English translation
All 262 numbered supplications in the identified digital collection
About this edition
This reading edition presents all 262 numbered supplications in Ganjoor’s Munājāt Nāmah collection in its published order. Each short unit appears in three aligned parts: vocalized Persian or Arabic, romanized reading, and a new English translation. The numbering is a modern aid to navigation.
The short vowel marks and unwritten ezāfe are editorial reading aids, based primarily on contemporary literary Persian pronunciation. They do not establish a medieval pronunciation or settle every textual variant. Arabic liturgical phrases follow their Arabic readings. Transliteration uses ā, ī, ū for long vowels; a, e, o for Persian short vowels; kh, gh, sh, ch, zh, q for consonants; and ʿ and ʾ where needed.
The medieval prayers circulated in a later compilation; there is no single author approved official complete text. The base wording and sequence follow the 262 item Ganjoor collection, using the limited transcription corrections documented in the preceding Persian text. Some transmitted spelling and apparent copy errors remain. Keyed reading notes at the end identify uncertain places. This is a reading translation, not a manuscript collated critical edition.
Sources
For manuscript based textual study, consult Muḥammad Sarwar Mawlāʾī’s edition of Majmūʿa yi Rasāʾil i Fārsī yi Khwāja ʿAbd Allāh Anṣārī (Tehran: Tūs, second edition, 1377 SH).
مُنَاجَات ۱
یا رَبّ! دِلِ پاک و جانِ آگاهَم دِه
Yā Rabb! Del-e pāk o jān-e āgāham deh
O Lord, grant me a pure heart and a knowing soul.
آهِ شَب و گِریهٔ سَحَرگاهم دِه
Āh-e shab o gerye-ye sahargāham deh
Grant me the sigh of night and the tears of dawn.
دَر راهِ خُود اَوَّل زِ خُودم بی‌خُود کُن
Dar rāh-e khod avval ze khodam bī-khod kon
On Your path, first free me from myself.
بی‌خُود چُو شُدَم زِ خُود بِه خُود راهَم دِه
Bī-khod cho shodam ze khod be khod rāham deh
When I am free of myself, lead me from self to Self.
اِلهی! یَکتایِ بی‌هَمتایی، قَیّومِ تَوانایی، بَر هَمه چیز بینایی، دَر هَمه حال دانایی، اَز عَیب مُصَفّایی، اَز شِرک مُبَرّایی، اَصلِ هَر دَوایی، دارویِ دِل‌هایی،
Elāhī! Yektā-ye bī-hamtāʾī, qayyūm-e tavānāʾī, bar hame chīz bīnāʾī, dar hame hāl dānāʾī, az ʿeyb mosaffāʾī, az sherk mobarrāʾī, asl-e har davāʾī, dārū-ye del-hāʾī,
My God! You are the One without equal, the sustaining One of all power. You see everything and know every state. You are pure of every flaw, free of every partner, the source of every remedy and the medicine of hearts.
شاهَنشاهِ فَرمان‌فَرمایی، مُعَزَّز بِه تاجِ کِبریایی، بِه تُو رَسَد مُلکِ خُدایی.
Shāhanshāh-e farmān-farmāʾī, moʿazzaz be tāj-e kebrīyāʾī, be to rasad molk-e khodāʾī.
You are the sovereign of sovereigns who commands, crowned with the majesty of greatness; the kingdom of divinity belongs to You.
مُنَاجَات ۲
اِلهی! نامِ تُو ما را جَواز، مِهرِ تُو ما را جَهاز، شِناختِ تُو ما را اَمان، لُطفِ تُو ما را عِیان.
Elāhī! Nām-e to mā rā javāz, mehr-e to mā rā jahāz, shenākht-e to mā rā amān, lotf-e to mā rā ʿeyān.
My God! Your name is our warrant of passage, Your love our provision; knowing You is our refuge, and Your kindness is plain before us.
مُنَاجَات ۳
اِلهی! ضَعیفان را پَناهی، قاصِدان را بَر سَرِ راهی، مُومِنان را گَواهی، چِه عَزیز اَست آن کَس کِه تُو خواهی.
Elāhī! Zaʿīfān rā panāhī, qāsedān rā bar sar-e rāhī, mūmenān rā gavāhī, che ʿazīz ast ān kas ke to khāhī.
My God! You are refuge to the weak, present on the way for those who seek You, and witness for the faithful. How dear is the one whom You desire.
مُنَاجَات ۴
اِلهی! اِی خالِقِ بی‌مَدَد و اِی واحِدِ بی‌عَدَد! اِی اَوَّلِ بی‌هِدایَت و اِی آخِرِ بی‌نِهایَت! اِی ظاهِرِ بی‌صورَت و اِی باطِنِ بی‌سیرَت! اِی حَیِّ بی‌ذِلَّت!
Elāhī! Ey khāleq-e bī-madad o ey vāhed-e bī-ʿadad! Ey avval-e bī-hedāyat o ey ākher-e bī-nehāyat! Ey zāher-e bī-sūrat o ey bāten-e bī-sīrat! Ey hayy-e bī-zellat!
My God! Creator who needs no help, One beyond all number! First who needs no guide, Last without end! Manifest without a form, Hidden beyond description! Ever-Living without abasement!
اِی مُعطیِ بی‌فِطرَت و اِی بَخشَندهٔ بی‌مِنَّت! اِی دانَندهٔ رازها! اِی شِنَوَندهٔ آوازها! اِی بینَندهٔ نَمازها! اِی شِناسَندهٔ نام‌ها! اِی رَسانَندهٔ گام‌ها!
Ey moʿtī-ye bī-fetrat o ey bakhshande-ye bī-mennat! Ey dānande-ye rāz-hā! Ey shenavande-ye āvāz-hā! Ey bīnande-ye namāz-hā! Ey shenāsande-ye nām-hā! Ey resānande-ye gām-hā!
Giver beyond nature, generous One who claims no debt! You know secrets, hear voices, see prayers, know every name and guide every step!
اِی مُبّرا اَز عَوایِق! اِی مُطَّلِع بَر حَقایِق! اِی مِهربان بَر خَلایِق! عُذرهایِ ما بِپَذیر کِه تُو غَنی و ما فَقیر؛ و بَر عَیبهایِ ما مَگیر کِه تُو قَوی و ما حَقیر،
Ey mobarrā az ʿavāyeq! Ey mottaleʿ bar haqāyeq! Ey mehrabān bar khalāyeq! ʿOzr-hā-ye mā bepazīr ke to ghanī o mā faqīr; o bar ʿeyb-hā-ye mā magīr ke to qavī o mā haqīr,
You are free of every impediment, aware of every truth, compassionate to all creatures! Accept our excuses, for You are self-sufficient and we are poor. Do not hold our faults against us, for You are strong and we are small.
اَز بَنده خَطا آیَد و زَلَّت و اَز تُو عَطا آیَد و رَحمَت.
Az bande khatā āyad o zallat o az to ʿatā āyad o rahmat.
From the servant come error and stumbling; from You come gifts and mercy.
مُنَاجَات ۵
اِلهی! اِی کامکاری کِه دِلِ دوستان دَر کَنَفِ تَوحیدِ تُوست و اِی کارگُزاری کِه جانِ بَندِگان دَر صَدَفِ تَقدیرِ تُوست! اِی قَهّاری کِه کَس را بِه تُو حیلَت نیست!
Elāhī! Ey kāmkārī ke del-e dūstān dar kanaf-e towḥīd-e tost o ey kārgozārī ke jān-e bandegān dar sadaf-e taqdīr-e tost! Ey qahhārī ke kas rā be to hīlat nīst!
My God! All-accomplishing One, the hearts of Your friends rest beneath the shelter of Your oneness; ordering One, the souls of Your servants lie within the shell of Your decree! Overwhelming One, no one can use a stratagem against You!
اِی جَبّاری کِه گَردَن‌کَشان را با تُو رویِ مُقاوِمَت نیست! اِی حَکیمی کِه رَوَندِگانِ تُو را اَز بَلایِ تُو گُریز نیست! اِی کَریمی کِه بَندِگان را غَیر اَز تُو دَست‌آویز نیست!
Ey jabbārī ke gardan-kashān rā bā to rū-ye moqāvemat nīst! Ey hakīmī ke ravandegān-e to rā az balā-ye to gorīz nīst! Ey karīmī ke bandegān rā gheyr az to dast-āvīz nīst!
Mighty One, even the proud cannot withstand You! Wise One, those who walk Your path cannot escape Your trials! Generous One, Your servants have no support but You!
نِگاه دار تا پَریشان نَشَویم و دَر راه آر تا سَرگَردان نَشَویم.
Negāh dār tā parishān nashavīm o dar rāh ār tā sargardān nashavīm.
Keep us from falling apart, and bring us onto the path so we do not wander lost.
مُنَاجَات ۶
اِلهی! دَر جَلال، رَحمانی، دَر کَمال، سُبحانی؛ نَه مُحتاجِ زَمانی، و نَه آرِزومَندِ مَکانی، نَه کَس بِه تُو مانَد و نَه بِه کَسی مانی، پَیداست کِه دَر میانِ جانی، بَلکِه جان زِنده بِه چیزی اَست کِه تُو آنی.
Elāhī! Dar jalāl, rahmānī, dar kamāl, sobhānī; na mohtāj-e zamānī, o na ārezūmand-e makānī, na kas be to mānad o na be kas mānī, peydāst ke dar miyān-e jānī, balke jān zende be chīzī ast ke to ānī.
My God! In majesty You are merciful, in perfection You are transcendent. You need no time and seek no place. None is like You, nor are You like anyone. It is clear that You dwell at the heart of life; indeed, life lives by what You are.
مُنَاجَات ۷
اِلهی! کُجا بازیابَم آن روز کِه تُو ما را بودی و مَن نَبودَم؟ تا باز بِه آن روز رَسَم میانِ آتَش و دودَم. اَگَر بِه دو گیتی آن روز یابَم پُر سودَم و اَگَر بودِ خُود را یابَم بِه نَبودِ خُود خُشنودَم.
Elāhī! Kojā bāzyābam ān rūz ke to mā rā būdī o man nabūdam? Tā bāz be ān rūz rasam miyān-e ātash o dūdam. Agar be do gītī ān rūz yābam por-sūdam o agar būd-e khod rā yābam be nabūd-e khod khoshnūdam.
My God! Where shall I find again the day when You were there for us and I was not? Until I return to that day, I am amid fire and smoke. If I find that day in either world, I have gained everything; if I find only my own existence, I would gladly have it pass away.
مُنَاجَات ۸
اِلهی! اَز آن چِه نَخواستی چِه آیَد؟ و آن را کِه نَخواندی کِی آیَد؟ ناکِشته را اَز آب چیست؟ و ناخوانده را جَواب چیست؟ تَلخ را چِه سود اَگَرَش آبِ خُوش دَر جِوار اَست؟
Elāhī! Az ān che nakhāstī che āyad? O ān rā ke nakhāndī key āyad? Nākeshte rā az āb chīst? O nākhānde rā javāb chīst? Talkh rā che sūd agarash āb-e khosh dar javār ast?
My God! What can come of what You have not willed? When will someone You have not called ever arrive? What use is water to a seed never sown, or an answer to one never called? What good is sweet water nearby to what is bitter?
و خار را چِه حاصِل اَز آن کِه بویِ گُل دَر کِنار اَست؟
O khār rā che hāsel az ān ke bū-ye gol dar kenār ast?
And what does a thorn gain from the fragrance of a rose beside it?
مُنَاجَات ۹
اِلهی! هَر کِه تُو را شِناخت و عَلَمِ مِهرِ تُو اَفراخت، هَر چِه غَیر اَز تُو بود بِیَنداخت.
Elāhī! Har ke to rā shenākht o ʿalam-e mehr-e to afrākht, har che gheyr az to būd bīyandākht.
My God! Whoever came to know You and raised the banner of love for You cast aside everything other than You.
آن کَس کِه تُو را شِناخت جان را چِه کُنَد؟
Ān kas ke to rā shenākht jān rā che konad?
What need has one who knows You of their own life?
فَرزَند و عِیال و خانُمان را چِه کُنَد؟
Farzand o ʿiyāl o khānomān rā che konad?
What need have they of children, family, and home?
دیوانه کُنی هَر دو جَهانَش بَخشی
Dīvāne konī har do jahānash bakhshī
You make someone mad with love, then give them both worlds:
دیوانهٔ تُو هَر دو جَهان را چِه کُنَد؟
Dīvāne-ye to har do jahān rā che konad?
What use has one mad for You of either world?
مُنَاجَات ۱۰
اِلهی! هَر کِه تُو را شِناسَد، کارِ او باریک و هَر کِه تُو را نَشِناسَد، راهِ او تاریک. تُو را شِناختَن اَز تُو رَستَن اَست و بِه تُو پِیوَستَن اَز خُود گُذَشتَن اَست.
Elāhī! Har ke to rā shenāsad, kār-e ū bārīk o har ke to rā nashenāsad, rāh-e ū tārīk. To rā shenākhtan az to rastan ast o be to peyvastan az khod gozashtan ast.
My God! The one who knows You walks a fine path, while the one who does not walks in darkness. To know You is to break free from You; to join You is to pass beyond oneself.
مُنَاجَات ۱۱
اِلهی! بَر مَن آراستی خَریدَم و اَز هَر دو جَهان دوستیِ حَضرَتِ تُو گُزیدَم.
Elāhī! Bar man ārāstī kharīdam o az har do jahān dūstī-ye hazrat-e to gozīdam.
My God! I embraced what You adorned for me, and from both worlds chose the love of Your presence.
مُنَاجَات ۱۲
اِلهی! اَگَر طاعَت بِسی نَدارَم، دَر هَر جَهان جُز تُو کَسی نَدارَم.
Elāhī! Agar tāʿat besī nadāram, dar har jahān joz to kasī nadāram.
My God! If I have little obedience to offer, in either world I have no one but You.
مُنَاجَات ۱۳
اِلهی! تا بِه تُو آشنا شُدَم، اَز خَلق جُدا شُدَم و دَر هَر جَهان شِیدا شُدَم؛ نِهان بودَم، پَیدا شُدَم.
Elāhī! Tā be to āshnā shodam, az khalq jodā shodam o dar har jahān sheydā shodam; nehān būdam, peydā shodam.
My God! When I came to know You, I parted from creation and was enraptured in both worlds. I had been hidden; then I came into view.
مُنَاجَات ۱۴
اِلهی! اَز بَنده با حُکمِ اَزَل چِه بَرآیَد؟ و بَر آن چِه نَدارَد چِه بایَد؟ کوشِشِ بَنده چیست؟ کارِ خواستِ تُو دارَد، بِه جَهدِ خُویش نَجاتِ خُویش کِی تَوانَد؟
Elāhī! Az bande bā hokm-e azal che barāyad? O bar ān che nadārad che bāyad? Kūshesh-e bande chīst? Kār-e khāst-e to dārad, be jahd-e khīsh nejāt-e khīsh key tavānad?
My God! What can a servant accomplish against the decree of eternity? How can one be answerable for what one does not possess? What is the servant's effort? The matter rests with Your will; when can a person save themselves by their own striving?
مُنَاجَات ۱۵
اِلهی! اِی سَزایِ کَرَم! و اِی نَوازَندهٔ عالَم! نَه بِه آخِر شادی‌ست، نَه با یادِ تُو غَم؛ خَصمی و شَفیعی و گَواهی و حَکَم.
Elāhī! Ey sazā-ye karam! O ey navāzande-ye ʿālam! Na be ākher shādīst, na bā yād-e to gham; khasmī o shafīʿī o gavāhī o hakam.
My God! Worthy of all generosity, tender caretaker of the world! Joy does not end with You, and remembrance of You leaves no grief. You are adversary and intercessor, witness and judge.
مُنَاجَات ۱۶
اِلهی! تُو دوستان را بِه دُشمَنان مینُمایی، دَرویشان را غَم و اَندوه دِهی، بیمار کُنی و خُود بیمارِستان کُنی، دَرمانده کُنی و خُود دَرمان کُنی،
Elāhī! To dūstān rā be doshmanān mī-nomāʾī, darvīshān rā gham o andūh dehī, bīmār konī o khod bīmārestān konī, darmānde konī o khod darmān konī,
My God! You show Your friends to their enemies and give the poor grief and sorrow. You make them ill and Yourself become their place of healing; You leave them helpless and Yourself become their cure.
اَز خاک آدَم کُنی و با وَی چَندان اِحسان کُنی، سَعداتَش بَر سَرِ دیوان کُنی و بِه فِردَوس او را میهمان کُنی، مَجلِسَش رَوضهٔ رِضوان کُنی، ناخُوردَنِ گَندُم با وَی پَیمان کُنی،
Az khāk Ādam konī o bā vey chandān ehsān konī, saʿdātash bar sar-e dīvān konī o be Ferdows ū rā mehmān konī, majlesash rowze-ye Rezvān konī, nākhordan-e gandom bā vey peymān konī,
You make Adam from dust and lavish such kindness upon him. You inscribe his felicity at the head of the register, welcome him into Paradise, and make his gathering a garden of divine pleasure. You covenant with him that he shall not eat the wheat,
و خُوردَنِ آن دَر عِلمِ غَیب پِنهان کُنی، آن کِه او را زِندان کُنی و سال‌ها گِریان کُنی، جَبّاریِ تُو کارِ جَبّاران کُنی، خُداوَندِ تُو کارِ خُداوَندان کُنی،
O khordan-e ān dar ʿelm-e gheyb penhān konī, ān ke ū rā zendān konī o sāl-hā geryān konī, jabbārī-ye to kār-e jabbārān konī, khodāvand-e to kār-e khodāvandān konī,
yet conceal in the unseen knowledge that he will eat it. Then You confine him and leave him weeping for years. In Your might You do what mighty ones do; in Your lordship You do what lords do.
تُو عِتاب و جَنگ هَمه با دوستان کُنی.
To ʿetāb o jang hame bā dūstān konī.
It is with Your friends that You carry on all Your reproach and contention.
مُنَاجَات ۱۷
اِلهی! اَز پیش خَطَر و اَز پَس راهَم نیست، دَستَم گیر کِه جُز تُو پَناهَم نیست.
Elāhī! Az pīsh khatar o az pas rāham nīst, dastam gīr ke joz to panāham nīst.
My God! Danger lies ahead and there is no road behind me. Take my hand; I have no refuge but You.
مُنَاجَات ۱۸
اِلهی! دَستَم گیر کِه دَست‌آویز نَدارَم، و عُذرَم بِپَذیر کِه پایِ گُریز نَدارَم.
Elāhī! Dastam gīr ke dast-āvīz nadāram, o ʿozram bepazīr ke pā-ye gorīz nadāram.
My God! Take my hand, for I have nothing to hold on to. Accept my excuse, for I have no strength to flee.
مُنَاجَات ۱۹
اِلهی! خُود را اَز هَمه بِه تُو وابَستَم، اَگَر بِداری تُو را پَرَستَم و اَگَر نَداری خُود پَرَستَم؛ نومید مَساز بِگیر دَستَم.
Elāhī! Khod rā az hame be to vābastam, agar bedārī to rā parastam o agar nadārī khod parastam; nā-omīd masāz begīr dastam.
My God! I have detached myself from all others and bound myself to You. If You sustain me, I worship You; if You do not, I worship myself. Do not leave me hopeless; take my hand.
مُنَاجَات ۲۰
اِلهی! اِی دور نَظَر! و اِی نیکو حَضَر! و اِی نیکوکارِ نیک مَنظَر! اِی دَلیلِ هَر بَرگَشته! و اِی راهنُمایِ هَر سَرگَشته! اِی چارِه‌سازِ هَر بیچارِه! و اِی آرَندهٔ هَر آوارِه!
Elāhī! Ey dūr-nazar! O ey nīkū-hazar! O ey nīkūkār-e nīk-manzar! Ey dalīl-e har bargashte! O ey rāhnomā-ye har sargashta! Ey chāre-sāz-e har bīchāre! O ey āvarande-ye har āvāre!
My God! You see far and are graciously present; Your deeds and Your countenance are beautiful. You guide everyone who has turned away and lead everyone lost. You find a way for every helpless one and bring home every wanderer!
اِی جامِعِ هَر پَراکَنده! و اِی رافِعِ هَر اُفتادِه! دَستِ ما گیر اِی بَخشَندهٔ بَخشایَنده!
Ey jāmeʿ-e har parākande! O ey rāfeʿ-e har oftāde! Dast-e mā gīr ey bakhshande-ye bakhshāyande!
You gather everyone scattered and lift everyone fallen. Take our hands, generous and forgiving One!
مُنَاجَات ۲۱
اِلهی! کار آن دارَد کِه با تُو کاری دارَد، یار آن دارَد کِه چُون تُو یاری دارَد، او کِه دَر هَر دو جَهان تُو را دارَد هَرگِز کِی تُو را بِگُذارَد.
Elāhī! Kār ān dārad ke bā to kārī dārad, yār ān dārad ke chūn to yārī dārad, ū ke dar har do jahān to rā dārad hargez key to rā begozārad.
My God! The one who has dealings with You has true work to do; the one who has You as a friend has a true companion. Whoever has You in both worlds could never leave You.
مُنَاجَات ۲۲
اِلهی! دَر سَر گِریستَنی دارَم دِراز. نَدانَم اَز حَسرَت گِریَم یا اَز ناز. گِریستَن اَز حَسرَت، بَهرِ یَتیم و گِریستَنِ شَمع بَهرِ ناز؛ اَز ناز گِریستَن چُون بُوَد، این قِصّه‌ای‌ست دِراز.
Elāhī! Dar sar geryestanī dāram derāz. Nadānam az hasrat geryam yā az nāz. Geryestan az hasrat, bahr-e yatīm o geryestan-e shamʿ bahr-e nāz; az nāz geryestan chūn bovad, īn qesseʾīst derāz.
My God! I feel a long weeping coming on. I do not know whether I weep from longing or from the intimacy of love. To weep from longing is the orphan’s lot; a candle weeps with a different grace. How one weeps from that intimacy is a long story.
مُنَاجَات ۲۳
اِلهی! یِک چَند بِه یادِ تُو نازیدَم، اینَم بَس کِه صُحبَتِ تُو اَرزیدَم.
Elāhī! Yek chand be yād-e to nāzīdam, īnam bas ke sohbat-e to arzīdam.
My God! For a while I took joy in remembering You. It is enough that I was deemed worthy of Your company.
مُنَاجَات ۲۴
اِلهی! نَه جُز اَز یادِ تُو دِل اَست، نَه جُز اَز یافتِ تُو جان؛ پَس بی‌دِل و بیجان کِی تَوان؟
Elāhī! Na joz az yād-e to del ast, na joz az yāft-e to jān; pas bī-del o bī-jān key tavān?
My God! There is no heart without remembering You, no life without finding You. How could I live without heart or life?
مُنَاجَات ۲۵
اِلهی! یادِ تُو دَر میانِ دِل و زَبان اَست و مِهرِ تُو میانِ سَر و جان.
Elāhī! Yād-e to dar miyān-e del o zabān ast o mehr-e to miyān-e sar o jān.
My God! Remembrance of You lies between heart and tongue, and love for You between mind and soul.
مُنَاجَات ۲۶
اِلهی! شاد بِدانیم کِه اَوَّل تُو بودی و ما نَبودیم. کارِ تُو دَر گِرِفتی و ما نَگِرِفتیم. قِسمَتِ خُود نَهادی و رَسولِ خُود فِرِستادی.
Elāhī! Shād bedānīm ke avval to būdī o mā nabūdīm. Kār-e to dar gereftī o mā nagereftīm. Qesmat-e khod nahādī o rasūl-e khod ferestādī.
My God! We are glad to know that You were there first, when we did not exist. You took up Your work before we took up ours. You allotted what You willed and sent Your messenger.
مُنَاجَات ۲۷
اِلهی! هَر چِه بی طَلَب بِه ما دادی بِه سَزاواریِ ما تَباه مَکُن و هَر چِه بِه جایِ ناکَردِه اَز نیکی بِه عَیبِ ما اَز ما بُریدِه مَکُن و هَر چِه سَزایِ ما ساختی بِنا بِه سَزاییِ ما جُدا مَکُن.
Elāhī! Har che bī-talab be mā dādī be sazāvārī-ye mā tabāh makon o har che be jā-ye nākarde az nīkī be ʿeyb-e mā az mā borīde makon o har che sazā-ye mā sākhtī benā be sazāʾī-ye mā jodā makon.
My God! Do not undo what You gave us unasked because of what we deserve. Do not withdraw the good You granted despite our failure to act because of our faults. And do not take away what You prepared for us on account of our lack of merit.
مُنَاجَات ۲۸
اِلهی! آن چِه ما خُود کِشتیم بِه بَر مَیار و آن چِه تُو ما را کِشتی آفَتِ ما اَز آن باز دار.
Elāhī! Ān che mā khod keshtīm be bar mayār o ān che to mā rā keshtī āfat-e mā az ān bāz dār.
My God! Do not let the seeds we ourselves have sown bear fruit; protect what You have sown in us from the blight we bring upon it.
مُنَاجَات ۲۹
اِلهی! اَز نَزدیک نِشانَت می‌دِهَند و بَرتَر اَز آنی؛ و دورَت پِندارَند و نَزدیکتَر اَز جانی. مَوجودِ نَفَسهایِ جَوانمَردانی، حاضِرِ دِلهایِ ذاکِرانی. مَلِکا! تُو آنی کِه خُود گُفتی و چُنان کِه گُفتی آنی.
Elāhī! Az nazdīk neshānat mī-dehand o bartar az ānī; o dūrat pendārand o nazdīk-tar az jānī. Mawjūd-e nafas-hā-ye javānmardānī, hāzer-e del-hā-ye zākerānī. Malekā! To ānī ke khod goftī o chenān ke goftī ānī.
My God! They point to You as near, yet You are beyond that; they imagine You far away, yet You are closer than life. You are present in the breath of the noble-hearted and in the hearts of those who remember. O King! You are who You have said You are, just as You have said.
مُنَاجَات ۳۰
اِلهی! دَر این دَرگاه هَمهٔ ما نیازمَندِ روزی باشیم کِه قَطرِه‌ای اَز شَرابِ مَحَبَّت بَر دِلِ ما ریزی تا کِه ما را بَر آب و آتَش بَرهَم آمیزی.
Elāhī! Dar īn dargāh hame-ye mā niyāzmand-e rūzī bāshīm ke qatreʾī az sharāb-e mahabbat bar del-e mā rīzī tā ke mā rā bar āb o ātash barham āmīzī.
My God! At this threshold we all long for the day when You pour a drop of love’s wine upon our hearts and mingle us with water and fire.
مُنَاجَات ۳۱
اِلهی! دیگَران مَستِ شَرابَند و مَن مَستِ ساقی. مَستیِ ایشان فانی اَست و اَز مَن باقی.
Elāhī! Dīgarān mast-e sharāband o man mast-e sāqī. Mastī-ye īshān fānī ast o az man bāqī.
My God! Others are drunk on wine, but I am drunk on the One who pours it. Their intoxication passes; mine remains.
مَستِ تُواَم اَز جُرعِه و جام آزادَم
Mast-e toʾam az jorʿe o jām āzādam
I am drunk with You, free of sip and cup.
مُرغِ تُواَم اَز دانِه و دام آزادَم
Morgh-e toʾam az dāne o dām āzādam
I am Your bird, free of bait and snare.
مَقصودِ مَن اَز کَعبِه و بُتخانِه تُویی
Maqsūd-e man az Kaʿbe o bot-khāne toʾī
You are the one I seek in both Kaaba and idol house;
وَر نَه مَن اَزین هَر دو مَقام آزادَم
Var na man azīn har do maqām āzādam
otherwise I am free of both these stations.
مُنَاجَات ۳۲
اِلهی! روزِگاری تُو را می‌جُستَم خُود را می‌یافْتَم، اَکنون خُود را می‌جُویم و تُو را می‌یابَم.
Elāhī! Rūzegārī to rā mī-jostam khod rā mī-yāftam, aknūn khod rā mī-jūyam o to rā mī-yābam.
My God! Once, when I sought You, I found myself. Now I seek myself and find You.
مُنَاجَات ۳۳
اِلهی! تا اَز مِهرِ تُو اَثَر آمَد، دیگَر مِهرِ ما بِه سَر آمَد.
Elāhī! Tā az mehr-e to asar āmad, dīgar mehr-e mā be sar āmad.
My God! Once Your love left its mark, our own love came to an end.
مُنَاجَات ۳۴
اِلهی! اِی مِهربانِ فَریادرَس! عَزیز آن کَس کِه او با تُو یِک نَفَس، نَفَسی کِه آن را حِجاب نایَد اَز پَس.
Elāhī! Ey mehrabān-e faryād-ras! ʿAzīz ān kas ke ū bā to yek nafas, nafasī ke ān rā hejāb nāyad az pas.
My God, merciful answerer of cries! Blessed is the one who shares a single breath with You, a breath that no veil follows.
مُنَاجَات ۳۵
اِلهی! گَهی بِه خُود نِگَرَم، گویَم «اَز مَن زارتَر کیست؟» گَهی بِه تُو نِگَرَم، گویَم «اَز مَن بُزُرگْوارتَر کیست؟»
Elāhī! Gahī be khod negaram, gūyam «az man zār-tar kīst?» Gahī be to negaram, gūyam «az man bozorgvār-tar kīst?»
My God! Sometimes I look at myself and ask, “Who is more wretched than I?” At other times I look to You and ask, “Who is more honored than I?”
مُنَاجَات ۳۶
اِلهی اِی سَزایِ کَرَم، اِی نَوازَندهٔ عالَم، نَه با وَصلِ تُو اَندوه اَست و نَه با یادِ تُو غَم.
Elāhī ey sazā-ye karam, ey navāzande-ye ʿālam, na bā vasl-e to andūh ast o na bā yād-e to gham.
My God, worthy of all generosity, tender caretaker of the world, there is no sorrow in union with You and no grief in remembering You.
مُنَاجَات ۳۷
اِلهی اَدایِ شُکرِ تُرا هیچ زَبان نیست و دَریایِ فَضلِ تُرا هیچ کَران نیست و سِرِّ حَقیقَتِ تُو بَر هیچکَس عِیان نیست، هِدایَت کُن بَر مَن رَهی کِه بِهتَر اَز آن نیست.
Elāhī adā-ye shokr-e torā hīch zabān nīst o daryā-ye fazl-e torā hīch karān nīst o serr-e haqīqat-e to bar hīch-kas ʿeyān nīst, hedāyat kon bar man rahī ke behtar az ān nīst.
My God, no tongue can give You due thanks; the sea of Your grace has no shore, and the secret of Your reality is plain to no one. Guide me on the finest path there is.
یارَبّ زِ رَهِ راست نِشانی خواهَم
Yā Rabb ze rah-e rāst neshānī khāham
O Lord, I ask You for a sign of the straight way.
اَز بادِهٔ آب و خاک جانی خواهَم
Az bāde-ye āb o khāk jānī khāham
From the wine of water and earth, I ask for a living soul.
اَز نِعمَتِ خُود چُو بَهرِه مَندَم کَردی
Az neʿmat-e khod cho bahre-mandam kardī
Since You have let me share in Your gifts,
دَر شُکر گُزاریت زَبانی خواهَم
Dar shokr-gozārīt zabānī khāham
grant me a tongue with which to thank You.
مُنَاجَات ۳۸
اِلهی ما اَز غافِلانیم نَه اَز کافِرانیم ، نِگاهدار تا پَریشان نَشَویم و دَر راه آر تا سَرگَردان نَشَویم.
Elāhī mā az ghāfelānīm na az kāferānīm , negāhdār tā parishān nashavīm o dar rāh ār tā sargardān nashavīm.
My God, we are heedless, not unbelievers. Keep us from falling apart, and bring us onto the path so we do not lose our way.
مُنَاجَات ۳۹
اِلهی پَسَندیدِگانِ تُرا بِتُو جُستَند و بِه تُو پِیوَستَند، نا پَسَندیدِگانِ تُو را بِخُود جُستَند و بِگُسَستَند نَه او کِه پِیوَست بِشُکر رَسید، نَه او کِه گُسَست بِعُذر رَسید.
Elāhī pasandīdegān-e torā beto jostand o be to peyvastand, nā pasandīdegān-e to rā bekhod jostand o begosastand na ū ke peyvast beshokr resīd, na ū ke gosast beʿozr resīd.
My God, those You favor sought You through You and found union with You; those You do not favor sought You through themselves and broke away. The one joined to You could never thank You enough, and the one cut off could find no adequate excuse.
مُنَاجَات ۴۰
اِلهی این هَمه نَوازِش اَز تُو بَهرهٔ ما ست کِه دَر هَر نَفَس چَندین سوز و نورِ غایَتِ تُو پَیداست چُون تُو مَولایی کِراست ؟ و چُون تُو دوست کُجاست ؟
Elāhī īn hame navāzesh az to bahre-ye mā st ke dar har nafas chandīn sūz o nūr-e ghāyat-e to peydāst chūn to mawlāʾī kerāst ? O chūn to dūst kojāst ?
My God, all this tenderness from You is our share. In every breath, such burning and light reveal Your ultimate purpose. Who has a master like You? Where is a friend like You?
مُنَاجَات ۴۱
اِلهی خُود کَردَم و خُود خَریدَم، آتَش بَر خُود، خُود اَفروزانیدَم، اَز دوستی آواز دادَم دِل و جان را فَراناز دادَم، اَکنون کِه دَر غَرقابَم دَستَم گیر کِه گَرم اُفتادَم.
Elāhī khod kardam o khod kharīdam, ātash bar khod, khod afrūzānīdam, az dūstī āvāz dādam del o jān rā farā-nāz dādam, aknūn ke dar gharqābam dastam gīr ke garm oftādam.
My God, I did it myself and bought it with my own actions; I myself lit the fire beneath me. I called out in love and gave my heart and soul wholly to its delight. Now I am drowning: take my hand, for I have fallen hard.
هَر روز مَن اَز روزِ پَسین یاد کُنَم
Har rūz man az rūz-e pasīn yād konam
Every day I remember the Last Day;
بَر دَردِ گُنَه هِزار فَریاد کُنَم
Bar dard-e gonah hezār faryād konam
I cry out a thousand times over the pain of sin.
اَز تَرسِ گُناهِ خُود شَوَم غَمگین باز
Az tars-e gonāh-e khod shavam ghamgīn bāz
The fear of my sins makes me sorrowful again,
اَز رَحمَتِ او خاطِرِ خُود شاد کُنَم
Az rahmat-e ū khāter-e khod shād konam
but His mercy lets my heart rejoice.
مُنَاجَات ۴۲
اِلهی! چِه یاد کُنَم کِه خُود هَمه یادَم، مَن خِرمَنِ نِشانِ خُود فَراباد دادَم، یادکَردَن کَسب اَست و فَراموش نَکَردَن زِندِگانی، زِندِگانی وَراءِ دو گیتی اَست و کَسب چُنان کِه دانی.
Elāhī! Che yād konam ke khod hame yādam, man kherman-e neshān-e khod farā-bād dādam, yād-kardan kasb ast o farāmūsh nakardan zendegānī, zendegānī varā-ye do gītī ast o kasb chenān ke dānī.
My God! What need have I to call You to mind when all of me is remembrance? I have scattered the whole harvest of my own renown to the wind. Deliberate remembrance is an effort; never forgetting is life itself. That life lies beyond both worlds, while effort is as You know it.
مُنَاجَات ۴۳
اِلهی چَندی بِه کَسبِ تُو یادِ تُو وَرزیدَم، باز یِک چَندی بِیادِ خُود را نازیدَم، اَکنون کِه یا د بِشِناختَم خاموشگَردیدَم، چُون مَن کیست کِه این مَرتِبَت را بِسَزیدَم،
Elāhī chandī be kasb-e to yād-e to varzīdam, bāz yek chandī beyād-e khod rā nāzīdam, aknūn ke yā d beshenākhtam khāmūshgardīdam, chūn man kīst ke īn martabat rā besazīdam,
My God, for a time I practiced remembering You by my own effort; for a time I took pride in that remembrance. Now that I know what remembrance is, I have fallen silent. Who am I to have deserved this station?
فَریاد اَز یاد بِاَندازِهٔ دیدار بِهَنگام و اَز آشنایی بِه نِشان و دوستی بِه پَیغام.
Faryād az yād be-andāze-ye dīdār be-hengām o az āshnāʾī be neshān o dūstī be peyghām.
Alas for a remembrance measured against the moment of meeting; alas for knowing only by signs and loving only through messages.
مُنَاجَات ۴۴
اِلهی کار آن کَس کُنَد کِه تَوانَد، عَطا آن کَس بَخشَد کِه دارَد، پَس بَنده چِه تَوانَد و چِه دارَد ؟
Elāhī kār ān kas konad ke tavānad, ʿatā ān kas bakhshad ke dārad, pas bande che tavānad o che dārad ?
My God, the one who can, acts; the one who has, gives. What, then, can a servant do, and what does a servant possess?
مُنَاجَات ۴۵
اِلهی تُو دوختی مَن دَر پوشیدَم و آنچِه دَر جام ریختی نوشیدَم هیچ نَیایَد اَز آنچِه کوشیدَم.
Elāhī to dūkhtī man dar pūshīdam o ānche dar jām rīkhtī nūshīdam hīch nayāyad az ānche kūshīdam.
My God, You sewed the garment and I put it on; You poured into the cup and I drank. Nothing comes of all that I strove to do.
مُنَاجَات ۴۶
اِلهی چُون تُو تَوانایی کِرا تَوان اَست، دَر ثَناءِ تُو کِرا زَبان اَست و بی مِهرِ تُو کِرا سَر و جان اَست.
Elāhī chūn to tavānāʾī kerā tavān ast, dar sanā-ye to kerā zabān ast o bī mehr-e to kerā sar o jān ast.
My God, with power such as Yours, who has any power? Who has a tongue fit to praise You? Without Your love, who has mind or life?
مُنَاجَات ۴۷
اِلهی بِه شِناختِ تُو زِندِگانیم، بِه نُصرَتِ تُو شادانیم و بِه کَرامَتِ تُو نازانیم و بِه عِزَّتِ تُو عَزیزانیم.
Elāhī be shenākht-e to zendegānīm, be nosrat-e to shādānīm o be karāmat-e to nāzānīm o be ʿezzat-e to ʿazīzānīm.
My God, knowing You gives us life; Your help brings us joy, Your generosity gives us confidence, and Your honor makes us honored.
مُنَاجَات ۴۸
اِلهی ما کِه بِه تُو زِنده‌ایم هَرگِز کِی میریم؟ ما کِه بِه تُو شادانیم کِی اَندوهگین شَویم؟ ما کِه بِه تُو نازانیم چُون بی تُو بِه سَر آریم؟ ما کِه بِه تُو عَزیزیم هَرگِز چُون ذَلیل شَویم؟
Elāhī mā ke be to zendeʾīm hargez key mīrīm? Mā ke be to shādānīm key andūhgīn shavīm? Mā ke be to nāzānīm chūn bī to be sar ārīm? Mā ke be to ʿazīzīm hargez chūn zalīl shavīm?
My God, how could we who live through You ever die? How could we who rejoice in You become sorrowful? We who take heart in You: how could we bear to be without You? We who are honored by You: how could we ever be humbled?
مُنَاجَات ۴۹
اِلهی چِه غَم دارَد کِه تُو را دارَد و کِرا شایَد کِه تُو را نَستایَد، آزادا آن نَفَس کِه بِیادِ تُو بازان و آباد آن دِل کِه بِمِهرِ تُو نازان و شاد آن کَس کِه با تُو دَر پَیمان اَست.
Elāhī che gham dārad ke to rā dārad o kerā shāyad ke to rā nastāyad, āzādā ān nafas ke beyād-e to bāzān o ābād ān del ke bemehr-e to nāzān o shād ān kas ke bā to dar peymān ast.
My God, what grief can one who has You have, and who could fail to praise You? Free is the breath that rejoices in remembering You; flourishing the heart that delights in Your love; happy the one who keeps covenant with You.
ما را سَر و سودایِ کَسِ دیگَر نیست
Mā rā sar o sowdā-ye kas-e dīgar nīst
My heart has no longing for anyone else;
دَر عِشقِ تُو پَروایِ کَسِ دیگَر نیست
Dar ʿeshq-e to parvā-ye kas-e dīgar nīst
in love for You, I have no care for anyone else.
جُز تُو دِگَری جای نَگیرد دَر دِل
Joz to degarī jāy nagīrad dar del
No one but You can find a place in my heart;
دِل جایِ تُو شُد جایِ کَسِ دیگَر نیست
Del jā-ye to shod jā-ye kas-e dīgar nīst
my heart became Your home; it has no room for another.
مُنَاجَات ۵۰
اِلهی هَر کِه تُو را جُویَد اینقَدَر راستخیزی بایَد یا بِه تیغِ ناکامی او را خون ریزی بایَد هَر کِه قَصدِ تُو کُنَد روزَش چُنین اَست یا بَهرهٔ دَرویشِ خُود چُنین اَست.
Elāhī har ke to rā jūyad īnqadar rāstakhīzī bāyad yā be tīgh-e nākāmī ū rā khūn-rīzī bāyad har ke qasd-e to konad rūzash chenīn ast yā bahre-ye darvīsh-e khod chenīn ast.
My God, must everyone who seeks You face such upheaval, or have their blood spilled by the sword of frustrated longing? Is this the fate of all who set out toward You, or is this the portion You have set for Your own poor servant?
مُنَاجَات ۵۱
اِلهی هَمِگان دَر فِراق می سوزَند و دوستدار دَر دیدار، چُون دوست دیدِه وَر گَشت دوستدار را شِکیبایی چِه کار ؟
Elāhī hamegān dar ferāq mī sūzand o dūst-dār dar dīdār, chūn dūst dīde-var gasht dūst-dār rā shekībāʾī che kār ?
My God, everyone burns in separation, but the lover burns even in the meeting. When the Beloved comes into view, what use has the lover for patience?
مُنَاجَات ۵۲
اِلهی با بِهِشت چِه سازَم و با حور چِه بازَم، مَرا دیدِه یی دِه کِه اَز هَر نَظَری بِهِشتی سازَم.
Elāhī bā behesht che sāzam o bā hūr che bāzam, marā dīde yī deh ke az har nazarī beheshtī sāzam.
My God, what would I do with Paradise, or seek among its maidens? Give me eyes that can make a paradise of every glance.
مُنَاجَات ۵۳
اِلهی گُلِ بِهِشت دَر چَشمِ عارِفان خار اَست و جُویَندهٔ تُو را با بِهِشت چِکار اَست؟
Elāhī gol-e behesht dar chashm-e ʿārefān khār ast o jūyande-ye to rā bā behesht chekār ast?
My God, to those who know You, even the flowers of Paradise seem like thorns. What use has one who seeks You for Paradise?
مُنَاجَات ۵۴
اِلهی اَگَر بِهِشت چَشم و چِراغ اَست بی دیدارِ تُو دَرد و داغ اَست.
Elāhī agar behesht chashm o cherāgh ast bī dīdār-e to dard o dāgh ast.
My God, however bright and beautiful Paradise may be, without the sight of You it is pain and anguish.
مُنَاجَات ۵۵
اِلهی بِهِشتِ بی دیدارِ تُو زِندان اَست و زِندانی بِزِندان بُرون نِه کارِ کَریمان اَست.
Elāhī behesht-e bī dīdār-e to zendān ast o zendānī bezendān borūn ne kār-e karīmān ast.
My God, Paradise without seeing You is a prison, and sending a prisoner out only to another prison is no act of generosity.
مُنَاجَات ۵۶
اِلهی اَگَر بِدوزَخ فِرِستی دَعوی دار نیستَم و اَگَر بِه بِهِشت فَرمایی بی جَمالِ تُو خَریدار نیستَم. مَطلوبِ ما بَر آر کِه جُز وِصالِ تُو طَلَبکار نیستَم.
Elāhī agar bedūzakh ferestī daʿvī-dār nīstam o agar be behesht farmāʾī bī jamāl-e to kharīdār nīstam. Matlūb-e mā bar ār ke joz vesāl-e to talabkār nīstam.
My God, if You send me to hell, I make no claim against You; if You decree Paradise for me, without Your beauty I have no desire for it. Grant what I seek: I ask for nothing but union with You.
روزِ مَحشَر عاشِقان را با قِیامَت کار نیست
Rūz-e mahshar ʿāsheqān rā bā qiyāmat kār nīst
On the Day of Gathering, lovers have no business with the Last Judgment;
کارِ عاشِق جُز تَماشایِ وِ صالِ یار نیست
Kār-e ʿāsheq joz tamāshā-ye ve sāl-e yār nīst
the lover’s only concern is beholding union with the Beloved.
اَز سَرِ کویَش اَگَر سویِ بِهِشتَم می بَرَند
Az sar-e kūyash agar sū-ye beheshtam mī barand
Even if they lead me from the Beloved’s street toward Paradise,
پای نَنِهَم کِه دَر آنجا وَعدهٔ دیدار نیست
Pāy nanaham ke dar ānjā vaʿde-ye dīdār nīst
I will not set foot there if no meeting with Him is promised.
مُنَاجَات ۵۷
اِلٰهی تو ما را جاهِل خواندی اَز جاهِل جُز خَطا چِه آیَد ؟ تو ما را ضَعیف خواندی اَز ضَعیف جُز خَطا چِه آیَد ؟
Elāhī, to mā rā jāhel khāndī; az jāhel joz khatā che āyad? To mā rā zaʿīf khāndī; az zaʿīf joz khatā che āyad?
My God, You called us ignorant; what can come from the ignorant but error? You called us weak; what can come from the weak but error?
مُنَاجَات ۵۸
اِلٰهی تو ما را بَرگِرِفتی وَ کَسی نَگُفت کِه بَر دار، اَکنون کِه بَر گِرِفتی وا مَگُذار وَ دَر سایهٔ لُطف وَ عِنایَتِ خُود میدار.
Elāhī, to mā rā bar gereftī va kasī nagoft ke bar dār; aknūn ke bar gereftī, vā magozār va dar sāye-ye lotf o ʿenāyat-e khod mīdār.
My God, You lifted us up, and no one told You to take us. Now that You have taken us up, do not let us go; keep us in the shade of Your grace and care.
مُنَاجَات ۵۹
اِلٰهی عارِف تو را بِنورِ تو میدانَد وَ اَز شُعاعِ وُجود عِبارَت نَمی توانَد پَس مُوَحِّد تو را بِنورِ قُرب می شِناسَد وَ دَر آتَش می سوزَد،
Elāhī, ʿāref to rā be nūr-e to mīdānad va az shoʿāʿ-e vojūd ʿebārat namītavānad; pas movahhed to rā be nūr-e qorb mīshenāsad va dar ātash mīsūzad,
My God, the knower knows You by Your own light, yet cannot put even a ray of being into words. The one who affirms Your oneness knows You by the light of nearness and burns in its fire.
مِسکین او کِه تو را بِه صَنایِع شِناخت دَرویش او کِه تَرا بِدَلایِل جُست اَز صَنایِع آن بایَد ُجُست کِه اَز آن گُنجَد وَ اَز دَلایِل آن بایَد خواست کِه اَز آن زیبَد.
Meskīn ū ke to rā be sanāyeʿ shenākht; darvīsh ū ke torā be dalāyel jost. Az sanāyeʿ ān bāyad jost ke az ān gonjad, va az dalāyel ān bāyad khāst ke az ān zībad.
Poor is the one who knows You only through created things; poorer still the one who seeks You through proofs. Seek from created things what they can contain, and ask of proofs only what befits them.
مُنَاجَات ۶۰
اِلٰهی دانی چِه شادَم، نَه آنکِه بِخویشتَن بِتو اُفتادَم، تو خواستی مَن نَخواستَم، دَولَت بَر بالین دیدَم چون اَز خواب بَر خاستَم.
Elāhī, dānī che shādam: na ānke be khīshtan be to oftādam; to khāstī, man nakhāstam. Dowlat bar bālīn dīdam chon az khāb bar khāstam.
My God, You know how joyful I am. I did not come to You through any power of my own: You willed it, while I did not. On waking, I found good fortune at my pillow.
مُنَاجَات ۶۱
اِلٰهی چون مَن کیست کِه اینکار را سَزیدَم، اینَم بَس مُحَبَّتِ تَرا اَرزیدَم.
Elāhī, chon man kīst ke īnkār rā sazīdam? Īnam bas ke mohabbat-e torā arzīdam.
My God, who am I to deserve this? It is enough that I have been deemed worthy of Your love.
مُنَاجَات ۶۲
اِلٰهی اَز آن خوان کِه بَهرِ پاکان نِهادی نَصیبِ مَنِ بینَوا کو، اَگَر نِعمَتَت جُز بِطاعَت نَباشَد پَس آنرا بَیع خوانَند لُطف وَ عَطا کو ؟
Elāhī, az ān khān ke bahr-e pākān nehādī nasīb-e man-e bīnavā kū? Agar neʿmatat joz be tāʿat nabāshad, pas ānrā bayʿ khānand; lotf o ʿatā kū?
My God, where is my poor share of the feast You have set for the pure? If Your bounty comes only in exchange for obedience, that is a sale; where are grace and gift?
اَگَر دَر بَها مُزد خواهی نَدارَم وَ اَگَر بی بَها بِهی بَخش ما کو ؟ اَگَر اَز سَگانِ تو اَم اُستخوانی وَ اَگَر اَز کَسانِ تو مَرحَبا کو؟
Agar dar bahā mozd khāhī, nadāram; va agar bī bahā behī bakhsh, mā kū? Agar az sagān-e to-am, ostokhānī; va agar az kasān-e to, marhabā kū?
If You ask a price, I have nothing to pay. If You grant goodness without a price, where is my share? If I am one of Your dogs, give me a bone; if I am one of Your own, where is my welcome?
مُنَاجَات ۶۳
اِلٰهی یَک دِلِ پُر دَرد دارَم وَ یَک جانِ پُر زَجر، خُداوَندا این بیجارِه را چِه تَدبیر، بار خُدایا دَر ماندَم اَز تو لِیکِن دَر ماندَم دَر تو، اَگَر غایِب باشَم گویی کُجایی، وَ چون بِدَرگاه آیَم دَر را نَگُشایی.
Elāhī, yek del-e por dard dāram va yek jān-e por zajr. Khodāvandā, īn bīchāre rā che tadbīr? Bār Khodāyā, dar māndam az to, lāken dar māndam dar to. Agar ghāyeb bāsham, gūyī “kojāyī?” Va chon be dargāh āyam, dar rā nagoshāyī.
My God, I have one heart full of pain and one soul full of anguish. Lord, what can this helpless one do? I am at a loss because of You, yet my bewilderment is within You. When I am absent, You ask, “Where are you?” When I come to Your door, You do not open it.
مُنَاجَات ۶۴
اِلٰهی هَر کَس را آتَش دَر دِل اَست وَ این بیچارِه آتَش بَر جان، اَز آنَست کِه هَر کَس را سَر وَ سامانی اَست وَ این دَرویش را نَه سَر وَ نَه سامان
Elāhī, har kas rā ātash dar del ast va īn bīchāre ātash bar jān. Az ānast ke har kas rā sar o sāmānī ast va īn darvīsh rā na sar o na sāmān.
My God, others carry fire in their hearts; this helpless one carries it in his very soul. Others have some order to their lives, but this dervish has neither head nor order.
مُنَاجَات ۶۵
اِلٰهی مَوجودِ نَفَسهایِ جَوانمَردانی، حاضِرِ ذاکِرانی، اَز نَزدیک نِشانَت میدَهَند وَ بَر تَر اَز آنی وَ اَز دُورَت می پِندارَند نَزدیکتَر اَز جانی.
Elāhī, mawjūd-e nafas-hā-ye javānmardānī, hāzer-e zākerānī; az nazdīk neshānat mīdehand va bartar az ānī; az dūrat mīpendārand, nazdīktar az jānī.
My God, You are present in the breath of the generous-hearted and beside those who remember You. They point to You as near, yet You are beyond that; they imagine You far away, yet You are closer than life.
مُنَاجَات ۶۶
اِلٰهی دِلی دِه کِه شَوقِ طاعَت اَفزون کُنَد وَ تَوفیقِ طاعَتی دِه کِه بِبِهِشت رَهنون کُنَد.
Elāhī, delī deh ke showq-e tāʿat afzūn konad va towfīq-e tāʿatī deh ke be behešt rahnūn konad.
My God, give me a heart that grows more eager to obey You, and grant me the ability to obey in a way that leads to paradise.
مُنَاجَات ۶۷
اِلٰهی نَفَسی دِه کِه حَلقهٔ بَندِگیِ تو گوش کُنَد وَ جانی دِه کِه زَهرِ حِکمَتِ تو نوش کُنَد.
Elāhī, nafasī deh ke halqe-ye bandegī-ye to gūsh konad va jānī deh ke zahr-e hekmat-e to nūsh konad.
My God, give me a breath that wears the ring of servitude to You in its ear, and a soul that can drink the bitter draught of Your wisdom.
مُنَاجَات ۶۸
اِلٰهی دانایی دِه کِه اَز راه نَیُفتیم وَ بینایی دِه کِه دَر چاه نَیُفتیم.
Elāhī, dānāyī deh ke az rāh nayoftīm va bīnāyī deh ke dar chāh nayoftīm.
My God, grant us wisdom so we do not stray from the road, and sight so we do not fall into the well.
مُنَاجَات ۶۹
اِلٰهی دیدهٔ دِه کِه جُز تَماشایِ رُبوبِیَّت نَه بینَد وَ دِلی دِه کِه غَیر اَز مِهرِ عُبودِیَّتِ تو.
Elāhī, dīde-ye deh ke joz tamāshā-ye robūbīyyat nabīnad va delī deh ke gheyr az mehr-e ʿobūdīyyat-e to.
My God, give me eyes that see nothing but the vision of Your lordship, and a heart with nothing in it but love for serving You.
مُنَاجَات ۷۰
اِلٰهی پایی دِه کِه با آن کویِ مِهرِ تو پوییم وَ زَبانی دِه کِه با آن شُکرِ آلایِ تو گوییم.
Elāhī, pāyī deh ke bā ān kū-ye mehr-e to pūyīm va zabānī deh ke bā ān shokr-e ālā-ye to gūyīm.
My God, give us feet to seek the quarter of Your love, and a tongue to give thanks for Your blessings.
مُنَاجَات ۷۱
اِلٰهی دَر آتَشِ حَسرَت آویختیم چون پَروانِه دَر چِراغ، نَه جان رَنج دیده نَه دِل اَلَمِ داغ.
Elāhī, dar ātash-e hasrat āvīkhtīm chon parvāne dar cherāgh; na jān ranj dīde, na del alam-e dāgh.
My God, we have hung in the fire of longing like a moth in a lamp: neither the soul has known affliction nor the heart the pain of burning.
مُنَاجَات ۷۲
اِلٰهی دَر سَر آب دارَم، دَر دِل آتَش، دَر باطِن ناز دارَم، دَر باطِن خواهِش دَر دَریایی نِشَستَم کِه آنرا کَران نیست، بِجانِ مَن دَردیست کِه آنرا دَرمان نیست، دیدهٔ مَن بَر چیزی آیَد کِه وَصفِ آن بِزَبان نیست.
Elāhī, dar sar āb dāram, dar del ātash; dar bāten nāz dāram, dar bāten khāhesh. Dar daryāyī neshastam ke ānrā karān nīst; be jān-e man dardīst ke ānrā darmān nīst; dīde-ye man bar chīzī āyad ke vasf-e ān be zabān nīst.
My God, there is water in my head and fire in my heart; inwardly I have delight, inwardly desire. I sit in a sea without a shore. My soul bears a pain with no cure; my eyes behold what no tongue can describe.
مُنَاجَات ۷۳
اِلٰهی اِی کَریمی کِه بَخشَندهٔ عَطایی وَ اِی حَکیمی کِه پوشَندهٔ خَطایی وَ اِی اَحَدی کِه دَر ذات وَ صِفات بی هَمتایی وَ اِی خالِقی کِه راهنُمایی وَ اِی قادِری کِه خُداییرا سَزایی،
Elāhī, ey karīmī ke bakhshande-ye ʿatāyī; va ey hakīmī ke pūshande-ye khatāyī; va ey ahadī ke dar zāt o sefāt bīhamtāyī; va ey khāleqī ke rāhnamāyī; va ey qāderī ke khodāyīrā sazāyī,
My God, Generous One who gives gifts; Wise One who veils faults; One without equal in essence or attributes; Creator who guides the way; Mighty One alone worthy of divinity:
بِذاتِ لایَزالِ خُود وَ بِصِفاتِ با کَمالِ خُود وَ بِعِزَّتِ جَلالِ خُود وَ بِعَظَمَتِ جَمالِ خُود کِه جانِ ما را صَفایِ خُود دِه، دِلِ ما را هَوایِ خُود دِه،
Be zāt-e lāyazāl-e khod va be sefāt-e bā kamāl-e khod va be ʿezzat-e jalāl-e khod va be ʿazamat-e jamāl-e khod ke jān-e mā rā safā-ye khod deh, del-e mā rā havā-ye khod deh,
By Your everlasting essence, Your perfect attributes, the might of Your majesty, and the grandeur of Your beauty, grant our souls Your purity and our hearts desire for You,
چَشمِ ما را ضِیاءِ خُود دِه وَ ما را آن دِه کِه آن بِه.
Cheshm-e mā rā ziyā-ye khod deh va mā rā ān deh ke ān beh.
Give our eyes Your light, and give us what is best.
یَا رَبّ تو مَرا اِنابَتی روزی کُن
Yā Rabb, to marā enābatī rūzī kon.
Lord, grant me a turning back to You.
شایَستهٔ خویش طاعَتی روزی کُن
Shāyeste-ye khīsh tāʿatī rūzī kon.
Grant me obedience worthy of You.
زان پیش کِه فارِغ شَوَم اَز کارِ جَهان
Zān pīsh ke fāregh shavam az kār-e jahān,
Before I am done with the affairs of this world,
اَندَر دو جَهان فَراغَتی روزی کُن
Andar do jahān farāghatī rūzī kon.
Grant me freedom from care in both worlds.
مُنَاجَات ۷۴
اِلٰهی اِی بینَندهٔ نَماز ها، اِی پَذیرَندهٔ نیاز ها،
Elāhī, ey bīnande-ye namāz hā, ey pazīrande-ye niyāz hā,
My God, You see our prayers and receive our supplications;
اِی دانَندهٔ راز ها وَ اِی شِنوَندهٔ آواز ها اِی مُطَّلِع بَر حَقایِق وَ اِی مِهربان بَر خَلایِق عُذر هایِ ما بِپَذیر کِه تو غَنی وَ ما فَقیر،
Ey dānande-ye rāz hā va ey shenavande-ye āvāz hā; ey mottaleʿ bar haqāyeq va ey mehrabān bar khalāyeq, ʿozr-hā-ye mā bepazīr ke to ghanī va mā faqīr,
You know our secrets and hear our voices; You know realities and show mercy to all creatures. Accept our excuses: You are rich beyond need, and we are poor.
عَیبهایِ ما مَگیر کِه تو قَوی وَ ما حَقیر اَگَر بِگیری بَر ما حُجَّت نَداریم وَ اَگَر بِسوزی طاقَت نَداریم، اَز بَنده خَطا آیَد وَذِلَّت وَ تو عَطا آیَد وَ رَحمَت.
ʿEyb-hā-ye mā magīr ke to qavī va mā haqīr. Agar begīrī bar mā hojjat nadārīm va agar besūzī tāqat nadārīm. Az bande khatā āyad va zellat, va to ʿatā āyad va rahmat.
Do not hold our faults against us: You are mighty, and we are lowly. If You call us to account, we have no defense; if You burn us, we have no strength to bear it. From the servant come error and humiliation; from You come gifts and mercy.
مُنَاجَات ۷۵
اِلٰهی بِحَقِّ آنکِه تَرا هیچ حاجَت نیست رَحمَت کُن بَر آنکِه او را هیچ حُجَّت نیست.
Elāhī, be haqq-e ānke torā hīch hājat nīst, rahmat kon bar ānke ū rā hīch hojjat nīst.
My God, by the truth that You have no need, have mercy on one who has no defense.
مُنَاجَات ۷۶
اِلٰهی دَر دِلِ ما جُز مُحَبَّت مَکار وَ بَر این جانها جُز اَلطاف وَ مَرحَمَت مَدار وَ بَر این کِشت ها جُز بارانِ رَحمَت مَبار.
Elāhī, dar del-e mā joz mohabbat makār, va bar īn jān-hā joz altāf o marhamat madār, va bar īn kesht-hā joz bārān-e rahmat mabār.
My God, sow nothing but love in our hearts; place nothing but kindness and mercy upon these souls; rain nothing but Your mercy on these fields.
مُنَاجَات ۷۷
اِلٰهی تو بَر رَحمَتِ خُود وَ مَن بَر حاجَتِ خویش پَس تو توانگَری وَ مَن دَرویش.
Elāhī, to bar rahmat-e khod va man bar hājat-e khīsh; pas to tavāngarī va man darvīsh.
My God, You stand upon Your mercy and I upon my need: You are rich, and I am poor.
یارَب زِ کَرَم بِحالِ مَن رَحمَت کُن
Yā Rabb, ze karam be hāl-e man rahmat kon.
Lord, in Your generosity have mercy on my condition;
بَر این دِلِ ناتَوانِ مَن رَحمَت کُن
Bar īn del-e nātavān-e man rahmat kon.
Have mercy on this frail heart of mine;
دَر سینهٔ دَردمَندِ مَن راحَت نِه
Dar sīne-ye dardmand-e man rāhat neh.
Place ease in my aching breast;
بَر دیدهٔ اَشکبارِ مَن رَحمَت کُن
Bar dīde-ye ashkbār-e man rahmat kon.
Have mercy on my tearful eyes.
مُنَاجَات ۷۸
اِلٰهی بَر هَر کِه داغِ مُحَبَّتِ خُود نِهادی، خَرمَنِ وُجودَش را بِبادِ نیستی دَر دادی.
Elāhī, bar har ke dāgh-e mohabbat-e khod nehādī, kharman-e vojūdash rā be bād-e nīstī dar dādī.
My God, whoever receives the brand of Your love sees the harvest of their being scattered to the wind of nothingness.
مُنَاجَات ۷۹
اِلٰهی هَمِه آتَش‌ها بی‌مُحَبَّتِ تو سَرد اَست وَ هَمِه نِعمَت‌ها بی‌لُطفِ تو دَرد اَست.
Elāhī, hame ātash-hā bī-mohabbat-e to sard ast va hame neʿmat-hā bī-lotf-e to dard ast.
My God, without Your love every fire is cold, and without Your grace every blessing is pain.
مُنَاجَات ۸۰
اِلٰهی مُخلِصان بِمُحَبَّتِ تو مینازَند وَ عاشِقان بِسویِ تو میتازَند، کارِ ایشان تو بِساز کِه دیگران نَسازَند، ایشان را تو نَواز کِه دیگران نَنَوازَند
Elāhī, mokhlesān be mohabbat-e to mīnāzand va ʿāsheqān be sū-ye to mītāzand; kār-e īshān to besāz ke dīgarān nasāzand; īshān rā to navāz ke dīgarān nanavāzand.
My God, the sincere take pride in Your love and lovers hasten toward You. Set their affairs right, for others cannot; cherish them, for others will not.
مُنَاجَات ۸۱
اِلٰهی مُحَبَّتِ تو گُلی اَست مِحنَت وَ بَلا خارِ آن، آن کُدام دِل اَست کِه نیست گِرِفتارِ آن
Elāhī, mohabbat-e to golī ast, mehnat o balā khār-e ān. Ān kodām del ast ke nīst gereftār-e ān?
My God, Your love is a flower, and hardship and trial are its thorns. What heart has escaped its hold?
مُنَاجَات ۸۲
اِلٰهی اَز هَر دو جَهان مُحَبَّتِ تو گُزیدَم وَ جامهٔ بَلا بُریدَم وَ پَردهٔ عافِیَت دَریدَم.
Elāhī, az har do jahān mohabbat-e to gozīdam va jāme-ye balā borīdam va parde-ye ʿāfīyat darīdam.
My God, I chose Your love over both worlds, cut myself a garment of affliction, and tore away the veil of safety.
یارَب زِ شَرابِ عِشق سَرمَستَم کُن
Yā Rabb, ze sharāb-e ʿeshq sarmastam kon.
Lord, make me drunk on the wine of love;
وَز عِشقِ خُودَت نیست کُن وَ هَستَم کُن
Vaz ʿeshq-e khodat nīst kon o hastam kon.
Through Your love, bring me to nothing and bring me to being;
اَز هَر چِه بِه جُز عِشق تُهی دَستَم کُن
Az har che be joz ʿeshq tohīdastam kon.
Empty my hands of everything except love;
یَکبارِه بِه بَندِ عِشق پا بَستَم کُن
Yekbāre be band-e ʿeshq pābastam kon.
Bind my feet once and for all in love.
مُنَاجَات ۸۳
اِلٰهی چون دَر تو نِگَرَم اَز جُملِه تاجدارانَم وَ تاج بَر سَر وَ چون دَر خُود نِگَرَم اَز جُملهٔ خاکسارانَم وَ خاک بَر سَر.
Elāhī, chon dar to negaram az jomle tājdārānam va tāj bar sar; va chon dar khod negaram az jomle-ye khāksārānam va khāk bar sar.
My God, when I look to You, I stand among the crowned, with a crown upon my head. When I look at myself, I stand among the humble, with dust upon my head.
مُنَاجَات ۸۴
اِلٰهی مَرا دِل بَهرِ تو دَر کار اَست وَگَر نَه مَرا با دِل چِکار اَست، آخِر چِراغِ مُردِه را چِه مِقدار اَست ؟
Elāhī, marā del bahr-e to dar kār ast; vagar na marā bā del che kār ast? Ākhar, cherāgh-e morde rā che meqdār ast?
My God, my heart has meaning only in Your service. Otherwise, what use have I for a heart? What worth is a lamp that has gone out?
مُنَاجَات ۸۵
اِلٰهی تا بِتو آشنا شُدَم، اَز خَلق جُدا شُدَم، دَر دو جَهان شِیدا شُدَم، نِهان بودَم وَ پِیدا شُدَم
Elāhī, tā be to āshnā shodam, az khalq jodā shodam; dar do jahān sheydā shodam; nehān būdam va peydā shodam.
My God, when I came to know You, I parted from creation; I became lovestruck in both worlds. I had been hidden, and then came into view.
نِی اَز تو حَیاتِ جاوِدان می خواهَم
Ney az to hayāt-e jāvedān mīkhāham.
I do not ask You for eternal life,
نِی عَیش وَ تَنَعُّمِ جَهان می خواهَم
Ney ʿeysh o tanaʿʿom-e jahān mīkhāham.
Nor for the world's pleasures and comforts;
نِی کامِ دِل وَ راحَتِ جان می خواهَم
Ney kām-e del o rāhat-e jān mīkhāham.
Nor for my heart's desires and my soul's ease;
هَر چیز رِضایِ تُست آن می خواهَم
Har chīz rezā-ye tost, ān mīkhāham.
Whatever pleases You is what I ask.
مُنَاجَات ۸۶
اِلٰهی اَگَر مَستَم وَ اَگَر دیوانِه اَم اَز مُقیمانِ این آستانِه اَم، آشنایی با خُود دِه کِه اَز کایِنات بیگانِه اَم
Elāhī, agar mastam va agar dīvāne-am, az moqīmān-e īn āstāne-am; āshnāyī bā khod deh ke az kāyenāt bīgāne-am.
My God, whether I am drunk or mad, I dwell at this threshold. Let me know You, for I am a stranger to all creation.
مُنَاجَات ۸۷
اِلٰهی دَر سَر خُمارِ تو داریم دَر دِل اَسرارِ تو داریم وَ بِزَبان اَشعارِ تو داریم؛ اَگَر گوییم ثَنایِ تو گوییم وَ اَگَر جوییم رِضایِ تو جوییم
Elāhī, dar sar khomār-e to dārīm, dar del asrār-e to dārīm, va be zabān ashʿār-e to dārīm; agar gūyīm sanā-ye to gūyīm va agar jūyīm rezā-ye to jūyīm.
My God, our heads are heavy with longing for You, our hearts hold Your secrets, and our tongues carry verses of You. If we speak, we praise You; if we seek, we seek Your pleasure.
مُنَاجَات ۸۸
اِلٰهی بَر عَجزِ خُود آگاهم وَ بَر بیچارِگیِ خُود گَواهم؛ خواست خواستِ تو اَست مَن چِه خواهَم.
Elāhī, bar ʿajz-e khod āgāham va bar bīchāregī-ye khod gavāham; khāst khāst-e to ast, man che khāham?
My God, I know my own helplessness and can testify to my need. What matters is what You will; what can I wish?
گَر دَرد دَهَد بِه ما وَ گَر راحَت دوست
Gar dard dehad be mā va gar rāhat, dūst,
Whether the Beloved gives us pain or comfort,
اَ ز دوست هَر آن چیز کِه آیَد نیکوست
Az dūst har ān chīz ke āyad nīkūst.
Whatever comes from the Beloved is good.
ما را نَبود نَظَر بِه خوبی وَ بَدی
Mā rā nabūd nazar be khūbī o badī.
We do not weigh what is good or bad;
مَقصود رِضایِ او وَ خُشنودیِ اوست
Maqsūd rezā-ye ū va khoshnūdī-ye ūst.
Our only aim is His pleasure and His satisfaction.
مُنَاجَات ۸۹
اِلٰهی بِروزِ کار آمَدَم بَنده وار با لَبِ پُر تَوبِه وَ زَبانِ پُر اِستِغفار، خواهی بِکَرَم عَزیز دار خواهی خوار کِه مَن خَجِلَم وَ شَرمسار وَ تو خُداوَندی وَ صاحِبِ اِختیار.
Elāhī, be rūz-e kār āmadam bandevār bā lab-e por towbe va zabān-e por esteghfār; khāhī be karam ʿazīz dār, khāhī khār; ke man khajelam va sharmsār va to Khodāvandī va sāheb-e ekhtiyār.
My God, I have come as a servant on the day of reckoning, my lips full of repentance and my tongue full of pleas for forgiveness. Honor me through generosity, if You wish, or humble me: I am ashamed and abashed, while You are Lord and hold the choice.
مُنَاجَات ۹۰
اِلٰهی اَگَر خامَم پُختِه اَم کُن وَ اَگَر پُختِه اَم سوختِه اَم کُن.
Elāhī, agar khāmam, pokhte-am kon; va agar pokhte-am, sūkhte-am kon.
My God, if I am raw, ripen me; and if I am ripe, set me ablaze.
مُنَاجَات ۹۱
اِلٰهی اَز کُشتهٔ تو خون نَیایَد وَ اَز سوختِهٔ تو دَرد، کُشتهٔ تو بِکُشتَن شاد اَست وَ سوختِهٔ تو بِسوختَن خُوشنود
Elāhī, az koshte-ye to khūn nayāyad va az sūkhte-ye to dard; koshte-ye to be koshtan shād ast va sūkhte-ye to be sūkhtan khoshnūd.
My God, one slain by You does not bleed, and one burned by You feels no pain. The one You slay rejoices in being slain, and the one You burn is content to burn.
مُنَاجَات ۹۲
اِلٰهی روی بِنَما تا دَر رویِ کَسی نَنگَریم وَ دَری بِگُشی تا بَر دَرِ کَس نَگُذَریم.
Elāhī, rūy benamā tā dar rūy-e kasī nangarīm, va darī begoshī tā bar dar-e kas nagozarīm.
My God, show us Your face so we need look at no one else's, and open a door so we need pass no other threshold.
پِیوَستِه دِلَم دَم اَر رِضایِ تو زَنَد
Peyvaste delam dam ar rezā-ye to zanad.
May my heart beat always for Your pleasure;
جان دَر تَنِ مَن نَفَس بَرایِ تو زَنَد
Jān dar tan-e man nafas barā-ye to zanad.
May the soul in my body breathe only for You.
گَر بَر سَرِ خاکِ مَن گیاهی رویَد
Gar bar sar-e khāk-e man giyāhī rūyad,
If a plant grows above my grave,
اَز هَر بَرگی بویِ وَفایِ تو زَنَد
Az har bargī bū-ye vafā-ye to zanad.
May each of its leaves give off the fragrance of faithfulness to You.
مُنَاجَات ۹۳
اِلٰهی بِحُرمَتِ ذاتی کِه تو آنی، بِحُرمَتِ صِفاتی کِه چُنانی وَ بِحُرمَتِ نامی کِه تو دانی بِفَریاد رَس کِه میتوانی.
Elāhī, be hormat-e zātī ke to ānī, be hormat-e sefātī ke chonānī, va be hormat-e nāmī ke to dānī, be faryād ras ke mītavānī.
My God, for the sake of the essence that is Yours, the attributes that are as You are, and the name known to You, come to my aid: You have the power.
مُنَاجَات ۹۴
اِلٰهی مَکُش این چِراغِ اَفروختِه را مُسوز این دِلِ سوختِه را وَ مَدَر این پَردهٔ دوختِه را وَ مَران این بَندهٔ نو آموختِه را
Elāhī, makosh īn cherāgh-e afrūkhte rā, masūz īn del-e sūkhte rā, va madar īn parde-ye dūkhte rā, va marān īn bande-ye now āmūkhte rā.
My God, do not put out this burning lamp, burn this already scorched heart, tear this sewn veil, or turn away this servant who has only just begun to learn.
مُنَاجَات ۹۵
اِلٰهی اَگَر تَن مُجرِم اَست دِل مُطیع اَست وَ اَگَر بَنده بَد کار اَست کَرَ مِ تو شَفیع اَست.
Elāhī, agar tan mojrem ast del motīʿ ast; va agar bande badkār ast karam-e to shafīʿ ast.
My God, if my body is guilty, my heart is obedient; and if Your servant has done wrong, Your generosity intercedes for him.
بادا کَرَمِ تو بَر هَمِه پایَنده
Bādā karam-e to bar hame pāyande.
May Your generosity endure for all;
اِحسانِ تو سویِ بَندِگان آیَنده
Ehsān-e to sū-ye bandegān āyande.
May Your kindness keep coming to Your servants.
بَر بَندهٔ خُود گُناه را سَخت مَگیر
Bar bande-ye khod gonāh rā sakht magīr.
Do not judge Your servant's sins harshly,
اِی داوَرِ بَخشَندهٔ بَخشایَنده
Ey dāvar-e bakhshande-ye bakhshāyande.
O Judge who gives and forgives.
مُنَاجَات ۹۶
اِلٰهی قِبلهٔ عارِفان خُورشیدِ رویِ تو اَست وَ مِحرابِ جانها طاقِ اَبرویِ تو اَست وَ مَسجِدِ اَقصی دِلها حَریمِ کویِ تو اَست، نَظَری بِسویِ ما فَرما کِه نَظَرِ ما بِسویِ تو اَست.
Elāhī, qeble-ye ʿārefān khorshīd-e rū-ye to ast, va mehrāb-e jān-hā tāq-e abrū-ye to ast, va masjed-e Aqsā-ye del-hā harīm-e kū-ye to ast; nazarī be sū-ye mā farmā ke nazar-e mā be sū-ye to ast.
My God, the sun of Your face is the mystics' direction of prayer; the arch of Your brow is the sanctuary of souls; the farthest mosque of hearts is the precinct of Your dwelling. Turn Your gaze toward us, for ours is turned toward You.
مُنَاجَات ۹۷
اِلٰهی بِنامِ آن خُدایی کِه نامِ او راحَتِ روح اَست وَ پَیغامِ او مِفتاحِ فُتوح وَ سَلامِ او دَر وَقتِ صَباح مُومِنان را صَبوح وَ ذاکِرِ او مَرهَمِ دِلِ مَجروح وَ مِهرِ او بَلا نِشینان را کَشتیِ نوح عُذر هایِ ما بِپَذیر وَ بَر عَیبِ ما مَگیر.
Elāhī, be nām-e ān Khodāyī ke nām-e ū rāhat-e rūh ast va peyghām-e ū meftāh-e fotūh, va salām-e ū dar vaqt-e sabāh moʾmenān rā sabūh, va zāker-e ū marham-e del-e majrūh, va mehr-e ū balāneshīnān rā kashtī-ye Nūh: ʿozr-hā-ye mā bepazīr va bar ʿeyb-e mā magīr.
My God, by the name of the God whose name gives the spirit rest, whose message opens every opening, whose greeting is a morning draught for believers, whose devotee is a balm for a wounded heart, and whose love is Noah's ark for those beset by trials: accept our excuses and do not hold our faults against us.
مُنَاجَات ۹۸
اِلٰهی اِقرار کَردَم بِمُفلِسی وَ هیچ کَسی، اِی یِگانه کِه اَز هَر چیز مُقَدَّسی چِه شَوَد اَگَر مُفلِسی را دَر نَفَسِ آخِر بِفَریاد رَسی
Elāhī, eqrār kardam be moflesī va hīch-kasī; ey yegāne ke az har chīz moqaddasī, che shavad agar moflesī rā dar nafas-e ākhar be faryād rasī?
My God, I confess my poverty and my utter insignificance. O One, holier than all things, what if You came to the aid of a pauper at his final breath?
مُنَاجَات ۹۹
اِلٰهی اَز هیچ هَمِه چیز توانی وَ اَز هَمِه چیز بِه هیچ نَمایی کِه گویَم چُنین یا چُنانی تو آفَرینَندهٔ این وَ آنی.
Elāhī, az hīch hame chīz tavānī va az hame chīz be hīch namāyī; ke gūyam chenīn yā chonānī? To āfarīnande-ye īn o ānī.
My God, You can bring all things out of nothing and reduce all things to nothing. How could I say You are this or that? You are the Creator of them all.
ما را سَرُو سودایِ کَسِ دیگر نیست
Mā rā sar-o sowdā-ye kas-e dīgar nīst.
We have no thought or longing for anyone else;
اَز عِشقِ تو پَروایِ کَسِ دیگر نیست
Az ʿeshq-e to parvā-ye kas-e dīgar nīst.
Your love leaves us no concern for anyone else;
جُز تو دِگَری جای نَگیرَد دَر دِل
Joz to degarī jāy nagīrad dar del.
No one but You can find a place in the heart;
دِل جایِ تو شُد جایِ کَسِ دیگر نیست
Del jā-ye to shod, jā-ye kas-e dīgar nīst.
The heart has become Your home; there is no room for another.
مُنَاجَات ۱۰۰
اِلٰهی اِی آنکِه گَردون رامِ تَقدیرِ تو اَست وَ رَقَبهٔ عالَمیان مُسَخَّرِ تَدبیرِ تو اَست وَ سَرِ سَرکَشان بَستهٔ تو وَ جَبّاران شِکَستهٔ تو وَ دوزَخ زِندانِ تو وَ فِردَوس بُستانِ تو وَ دَر آسمانها سُلطانِ تو وَ زَمین بِحُکم وَ فَرمانِ تو،
Elāhī, ey ānke gardūn rām-e taqdīr-e to ast va raqabe-ye ʿālamiyān mosakhkhar-e tadbīr-e to ast, va sar-e sarkashān baste-ye to va jabbārān shekaste-ye to, va dūzakh zendān-e to va Ferdows būstān-e to, va dar āsemān-hā soltān-e to va zamīn be hokm o farmān-e to,
My God, the heavens submit to Your decree, and the necks of all people yield to Your design. You bind the heads of the defiant and humble the tyrants. Hell is Your prison and paradise Your garden; Your dominion fills the heavens, and the earth obeys Your command.
دَر دِلها پِنهانِ تو، دَر آخِرَت عَیانِ تو کِه عَبدُاللّٰه عُذر بِکاست اَمّا عُذر نَخواست.
Dar del-hā penhān-e to, dar ākherat ʿayān-e to; ke ʿAbdollāh ʿozr bekāst ammā ʿozr nakhāst.
You are hidden in hearts and manifest in the hereafter. ʿAbd Allāh's excuses have grown thin, yet he has not even asked to be excused.
اِی واقِفِ اَسرارِ ضَمیرِ هَمِه کَس
Ey vāqef-e asrār-e zamīr-e hame kas,
O Knower of the secrets in every heart,
دَر حالَتِ عَجز دَستگیرِ هَمِه کَس
Dar hālat-e ʿajz dastgīr-e hame kas,
Helper of all who are helpless,
اَز هَر گُنَهَم تَوبِه دِه وَ عُذر پَذیر
Az har gonaham towbe deh va ʿozr pazīr,
Grant me repentance from every sin and accept my plea,
اِی تَوبِه دِه وَ عُذر پَذیرِ هَمِه کَس
Ey towbe deh va ʿozr pazīr-e hame kas.
O Giver of repentance and Receiver of everyone's pleas.
مُنَاجَات ۱۰۱
اِلٰهی بِفَضلِ خُود قایِمی وَ بِشُکرِ خُود شَکور، بِعِلمِ عارِف نَزدیکی وَ اَز وَهمها هَمِه دور.
Elāhī, be fazl-e khod qāyemī va be shokr-e khod shakūr; be ʿelm-e ʿāref nazdīkī va az vahm-hā hame dūr.
My God, You stand by Your own grace and are the Grateful One by Your own thanks. You are near to the knower’s knowledge, yet far beyond every imagining.
مُنَاجَات ۱۰۲
اِلٰهی عَبدُاللّٰه را اَز سِه آفَت نِگاه دار اَز وَساوِسِ شَیطانی وَ خواهِشهایِ نَفسانی وَ غُرورِ نادانی.
Elāhī, ʿAbdollāh rā az se āfat negāh dār: az vasāves-e sheytānī va khāhesh-hā-ye nafsānī va ghorūr-e nādānī.
My God, guard ʿAbd Allāh against three afflictions: Satan's whisperings, the cravings of the lower self, and the arrogance of ignorance.
مُنَاجَات ۱۰۳
اِلٰهی اَگَر عَبدُاللّٰه را خواهی گُداخت دوزَخی بایَد پالایِشِ او را وَ اَگَر خواهی نَواخت بِهِشتِ دیگر بایَد آرایِشِ او را.
Elāhī, agar ʿAbdollāh rā khāhī godākht, dūzakhī bāyad pālāyesh-e ū rā; va agar khāhī navākht, behešt-e dīgar bāyad ārāyesh-e ū rā.
My God, if You wish to melt ʿAbd Allāh down, a hell will be needed to purify him; if You wish to honor him, another paradise will be needed to adorn him.
مُنَاجَات ۱۰۴
اِلٰهی کاشَکی عَبدُاللّٰه خاک بودی تا نامَش اَز دَفتَرِ وُجود پاک بودی.
Elāhī, kāshakī ʿAbdollāh khāk būdī tā nāmash az daftar-e vojūd pāk būdī.
My God, if only ʿAbd Allāh had been dust, so that his name might have been wiped from the book of existence.
مُنَاجَات ۱۰۵
اِلٰهی اَگَر کاسنی تَلخَست اَز بوستان اَست وَ اَگَر عَبدُاللّٰه مُجرِمَست اَز دوستان اَست.
Elāhī, agar kāsnī talkhast az būstān ast, va agar ʿAbdollāh mojremast az dūstān ast.
My God, though chicory is bitter, it still comes from the garden; though ʿAbd Allāh is guilty, he still belongs among Your friends.
مُنَاجَات ۱۰۶
اِلٰهی چون آتَشِ فِراق داشتی دوزَخِ پُر آتَش اَز چِه اَفراشتی.
Elāhī, chon ātash-e ferāq dāshtī, dūzakh-e por ātash az che afrāshtī?
My God, when You already had the fire of separation, why did You kindle a hell full of flames?
مُنَاجَات ۱۰۷
اِلٰهی چون سَگ را دَر این دَرگاه بار اَست وَ سَنگَرِ او دیدار اَست عَبدُاللّٰه را با نا اُمیدی چِه کار اَست.
Elāhī, chon sag rā dar īn dargāh bār ast va sangar-e ū dīdār ast, ʿAbdollāh rā bā nāomīdī che kār ast?
My God, when even a dog may enter this court and even a stone may behold You, why should ʿAbd Allāh despair?
دَر بارگَهَت سَگانِ رَه را بار اَست
Dar bārgahat sagān-e rah rā bār ast.
At Your court, even the dogs of the road are admitted;
سَگ را بار اَست وَ سَنگ را دیدار اَست
Sag rā bār ast va sang rā dīdār ast.
The dog is admitted, and the stone receives a vision.
چون سَگ صِفَت سَنگدِل اَز رَحمَتِ تو
Chon sag-sefat, sangdel, az rahmat-e to
Though doglike and hard-hearted, I will not
نومید نِیم کِه سَنگ وَ سَگ را بار اَست
Nūmīd nīyam ke sang o sag rā bār ast.
Despair of Your mercy: stone and dog are admitted.
مُنَاجَات ۱۰۸
اِلٰهی گَوهَرِ اِصطِفا دَر دامَنِ آدَم تو ریختی وَ گَردِ عِصیان بَر فَرقِ اِبلیس تو بیختی وَ این دو جِنسِ مُخالِف را با هَم آمیختی، اَز رویِ اَدَب اَگَر بَد کَردیم بَر ما مَگیر کِه گَردِ فِتنه تو اَنگیختی.
Elāhī, gowhar-e estefā dar dāman-e Ādam to rīkhtī, va gard-e ʿesyān bar farq-e Eblīs to bīkhtī, va īn do jens-e mokhālef rā bā ham āmīkhtī. Az rū-ye adab, agar bad kardīm bar mā magīr, ke gard-e fetne to angīkhtī.
My God, You placed the jewel of being chosen in Adam's lap and sifted the dust of rebellion onto Iblis's head; You mingled these opposing natures. With all reverence, if we have done wrong, do not hold it against us: You stirred the dust of this trial.
مُنَاجَات ۱۰۹
اِلٰهی تو دوختی دَر پوشیدَم وَ آنچِه دَر جام ریختی نوشیدَم هیچ نَیامَد اَز آنچِه میکوشیدَم.
Elāhī, to dūkhtī, dar pūshīdam, va ānche dar jām rīkhtī nūshīdam; hīch nayāmad az ānche mīkūshīdam.
My God, You sewed and I put on the garment; I drank whatever You poured into the cup. Nothing came of what I tried to bring about myself.
مُنَاجَات ۱۱۰
اِلٰهی مَن غُلامِ آن مَعصِیَتَم کِه مَرا بِعُذر آرَد وَ اَزآن طاعَت بیزارَم کِه مَرا بِه عُجُب آرَد.
Elāhī, man gholām-e ān maʿsiyatam ke marā be ʿozr ārad, va az ān tāʿat bīzāram ke marā be ʿojb ārad.
My God, I would rather be bound to a sin that brings me to repentance than to an act of obedience that makes me conceited.
مُنَاجَات ۱۱۱
اِلٰهی گَدایِ تو بِکارِ خُود شادان اَست، هَر کِه گَدایِ تو شُد دَر دو عالَم سُلطان اَست.
Elāhī, gadā-ye to be kār-e khod shādān ast; har ke gadā-ye to shod dar do ʿālam soltān ast.
My God, Your beggar is glad of his lot; whoever becomes Your beggar is a sovereign in both worlds.
مُنَاجَات ۱۱۲
اِلٰهی غَیر اَز اَلَمهایِ تو جایِ شادی نیست وَ جُز اَز بَندِگیَت رویِ آزادی نیست
Elāhī, gheyr az alam-hā-ye to jā-ye shādī nīst va joz az bandegīyat rū-ye āzādī nīst.
My God, there is no joy outside the pains You give, and no way to freedom except through serving You.
مُنَاجَات ۱۱۳
اِلٰهی کار اَاگَر بِگُفتار اَست بَر سَرِ هَمِه گویَندِگان تاجَم وَ اَگَر بِکِردار اَست چون سُلَیمان بِموری مُحتاجَم
Elāhī, kār agar be goftār ast, bar sar-e hame gūyandegān tājam; va agar be kerdār ast, chon Soleymān be mūrī mohtājam.
My God, if words are what count, I am a crown upon the heads of all who speak. But if deeds are what count, I am like Solomon in need of an ant.
مُنَاجَات ۱۱۴
اِلٰهی کُدام دَرد بُوَد اَزین بیش کِه مَعشوق توانگَر وَ عاشِق دَرویش.
Elāhī, kodām dard bovad azīn bīsh ke maʿshūq tavāngar va ʿāsheq darvīsh?
My God, what pain could be greater than this: the Beloved is rich, while the lover is poor?
مُنَاجَات ۱۱۵
اِلٰهی مَن کیستَم کِه تَرا خواهَم چون اَز قیمَتِ خُود آگاهم، اَز هَر چِه می پِندارَم کَمتَرَم وَ اَز هَر دَمی کِه می شُمارَم بَد تَرَم.
Elāhī, man kīstam ke torā khāham, chon az qīmat-e khod āgāham? Az har che mīpendāram kamtaram va az har damī ke mīshomāram badtaram.
My God, who am I to seek You, knowing my own worth? I am less than anything I imagine myself to be, and worse than every breath I count.
مُنَاجَات ۱۱۶
اِلٰهی بَر سَر اَز خَجالَت گَرد داریم وَ دَر دِل اَز حَسرَت دَرد داریم وَ رُخ اَز شَرمِ گُناه زَرد داریم.
Elāhī, bar sar az khajālat gard dārīm va dar del az hasrat dard dārīm va rokh az sharm-e gonāh zard dārīm.
My God, shame leaves dust upon our heads, longing leaves pain in our hearts, and the shame of sin turns our faces pale.
مَن بَندهٔ عاصیَم رِضایِ تو کُجاست
Man bande-ye ʿāsīyam, rezā-ye to kojāst?
I am a disobedient servant; where is Your pleasure with me?
تاریک دِلَم نور وَ ضِیایِ تو کُجاست
Tārīk delam, nūr o ziyā-ye to kojāst?
My heart is dark; where are Your light and radiance?
ما را تو بِهِشت اَگَر بِه طاعَت بَخشی
Mā rā to behešt agar be tāʿat bakhshī,
If You grant us paradise in return for obedience,
آن بَیع بُوَد لُطف وَ عَطایِ تو کُجاست
Ān bayʿ bovad; lotf o ʿatā-ye to kojāst?
That would be a sale; where are Your grace and gift?
مُنَاجَات ۱۱۷
اِلٰهی اَز مُدَّتِ اٰرزومَندی روزی مانَد وَ اَز دَردِ فِراق بِدِل سوزی مانَد.
Elāhī, az moddat-e ārezūmandī rūzī mānad va az dard-e ferāq be del sūzī mānad.
My God, of a lifetime of yearning, a single day remains; of the pain of separation, a burning in the heart remains.
مُنَاجَات ۱۱۸
اِلٰهی اَز یادگار فَردی مانَد وَ اَز عُمرِ گُذَشتِه دَردی مانَد وَ اَز جِسمِ پوسیدِه گَردی وَ اَز حَسرَت بِسینِه آهِ سَردی.
Elāhī, az yādegār fardī mānad, va az ʿomr-e gozashte dardī mānad, va az jesm-e pūsīde gardī, va az hasrat be sīne āh-e sardī.
My God, of remembrance, a solitary soul remains; of a life gone by, pain remains; of a decaying body, dust; and of longing in the breast, a cold sigh.
مُنَاجَات ۱۱۹
اِلٰهِی اَگَر تَوْبِه بِه بِیگُنَاهِی اَست پَس دَر اِین جَهَان تَایِب کِیست وَ اَگَر بِه پَشِیمَانِی اَست پَس دَر جَهَان عَاصِی کِیست؟
Elāhī, agar towbe be bīgonāhī ast, pas dar īn jahān tāyeb kīst? Va agar be pashīmānī ast, pas dar jahān ʿāṣī kīst?
My God, if repentance means being without sin, who in this world can repent? And if it means remorse, who in the world is a sinner?
مُنَاجَات ۱۲۰
اِلٰهِی صَبْر اَز مَن رَمِید وَ طَاقَتِ مَن شُد سُست، تُخمِ آرَام کِشْتَم بِیقَرَارِی رُست، نَه خُرسَنْدَم نَه صَبُور وَ مَهْجُورَم نَه رَنْجُور
Elāhī, ṣabr az man ramīd o ṭāqat-e man shod sost, tokhm-e ārām keshtam bīqarārī rost, na khorsandam na ṣabūr o mahjūram na ranjūr.
My God, patience fled from me and my strength grew weak. I planted a seed of peace, but restlessness sprouted. I am neither content nor patient; I am parted, though not ill.
مُنَاجَات ۱۲۱
اِلٰهِی تُو مَنْزِلِی وَ دُوسْتَانِ تُو دَر رَاه پَس نَه دِل عُذْر خْوَاه اَست وَ نَه زَبَان کُوتَاه. آفَرِیدِی مَا رَا رَایْگَان وَ رُوزِی دَادِی مَا رَا رَایْگَان بِیَامُرْز مَا رَا رَایْگَان کِه تُو خُدَایِی نَه بَازَارْگَان.
Elāhī, to manzelī o dūstān-e to dar rāh; pas na del ʿozrkhāh ast o na zabān kūtāh. Āfarīdī mā rā rāygān o rūzī dādī mā rā rāygān; biyāmorz mā rā rāygān, ke to khodāyī na bāzārgān.
My God, You are the destination and Your friends are on the road; so the heart does not plead excuse, nor is the tongue at a loss. You created us freely and gave us sustenance freely. Forgive us freely, for You are God, not a merchant.
مُنَاجَات ۱۲۲
اِلٰهِی خَلْق بِشَادِی اَز بَلَا بِرَهَنْد، مَن بِشَادِی مُبْتَلَا شُدَم، هَمِه شَادِی بِخُود رَسَانَنْد مَن تَرَا یَکْتَا شُدَم
Elāhī, khalq be shādī az balā berahand, man be shādī mobtalā shodam; hame shādī be khod resānand, man torā yektā shodam.
My God, people escape affliction through joy, but I have been afflicted by joy. Everyone draws joy toward themselves; through You I have become one.
مُنَاجَات ۱۲۳
اِلٰهِی گَرْدَنِ گَرْدُون رَامِ تَقْدِیرِ تُو اَست وَ رَقَبِهٔ عِلْمِیَان مُسَخَّرِ تَدْبِیرِ تُو اَست، سَرِ سَر کَشَان بَسْتِهٔ تُو وَ جَبَّارَان کُشْتِهٔ تُو وَ دُوزَخ زِنْدَانِ تُو، فَرْدُوست بُسْتَانِ تُو،
Elāhī, gardan-e gardūn rām-e taqdīr-e to ast o raqabe-ye ʿelmiyān mosakhkhar-e tadbīr-e to ast; sar-e sarkashān baste-ye to va jabbārān koshte-ye to va dūzakh zendān-e to, fardūst bostān-e to.
My God, the neck of the turning heavens bows to Your decree, and the necks of the learned submit to Your governance. You bind the heads of the rebellious and lay tyrants low. Hell is Your prison, and paradise Your garden.
دَر آسْمَان سُلْطَانِ تُو، عِزَّت وَ کِبْرِیَایِی اَز آنِ تُو، دَر قِیَامَت مُطِیعَان رَاحِلِهٔ اِحْسَان تَن، بَر تَوْقِیعِ هَر نِیکْبَخْت عُنْوَانِ تُو
Dar āsemān solṭān-e to, ʿezzat o kebrīyāyī az ān-e to; dar qiyāmat moṭīʿān rāḥele-ye eḥsān tan, bar towqīʿ-e har nīk-bakht ʿonvān-e to.
Yours is sovereignty in heaven; honor and majesty belong to You. On the Day of Resurrection the obedient have the mount of bounty, and Your name heads the decree of every blessed one.
دِل دَرْدِ تُو رَا بِه جَان مُدَاوَا نَکُنَد
Del dard-e to rā be jān modāvā nakonad.
The heart cannot heal its pain for You, even at the cost of life.
دَر عِشْقِ تُو جَان زِ غَم مُحَابَا نَکُنَد
Dar ʿeshq-e to jān ze gham moḥābā nakonad.
In love for You, the soul does not shrink from grief.
مَا رَازِ غَمَت بِکَس نَگُویِیم اَگَر
Mā rāz-e ghamat be kas nagūyīm agar
We would tell no one the secret of grief for You, if only
بُویِ جِگَرِ سُوخْتِه رُسْوَا نَکُنَد
Būy-e jegar-e sūkhte rosvā nakonad.
the scent of our scorched hearts did not give us away.
مُنَاجَات ۱۲۴
اِلٰهِی شَرَابِ شَوْق دَر جَانِ مَنْصُورِ حَلَّاج اَفْزُون شُد، آن شَرَاب دَر آن نَگُنْجِید سَر بِیرُون شُد، اِبْلِیس جُرْعِهٔ نَیَافْت جَاوِید مَلْعُون شُد، بِجُرْعِهٔ اَز آن شَرَاب اُوَیْسِ قَرَنِی مَیْمُون شُد.
Elāhī, sharāb-e showq dar jān-e Manṣūr-e Ḥallāj afzūn shod; ān sharāb dar ān nagonjīd, sar bīrūn shod; Eblīs jorʿe-ye nayāft, jāved malʿūn shod; be jorʿe-ye az ān sharāb Oveys-e Qaranī meymūn shod.
My God, the wine of longing swelled within Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj until it could no longer be contained and burst forth. Iblīs found no sip and remained accursed forever; a sip of that wine blessed Uways al-Qaranī.
مُنَاجَات ۱۲۵
اِلٰهِی فِرَاق کُوه رَا هَامُون کُنَد، هَامُون رَا جَیْحُون کُنَد، حَیْحُون رَا پُر خُون کُنَد، دَانِی کِه بَا اِین دِلِ ضَعِیف چُون کُنَد.
Elāhī, ferāq kūh rā hāmūn konad, hāmūn rā Jayḥūn konad, Ḥayḥūn rā por-e khūn konad; dānī ke bā īn del-e zaʿīf chūn konad.
My God, separation turns mountains into plains, plains into the Jayḥūn River, and the river to blood. You know what it does to this frail heart.
مُنَاجَات ۱۲۶
اِلٰهِی نَظَرِ خُود بَر مَا مُدَام کُن وَ اِین شَادِیِ خُود بَر مَا تَمَام کُن، مَا مَرَا بَر دَاشْتِهٔ خُود نَام کُن بِوَقْتِ رَفْتَن بَر جَانِ مَا سَلَام کُن،
Elāhī, nazar-e khod bar mā modām kon o īn shādī-ye khod bar mā tamām kon; mā marā bar dāshte-ye khod nām kon; be vaqt-e raftan bar jān-e mā salām kon.
My God, keep Your gaze upon us always and bring this joy of Yours to completion for us. Name us among those You have taken as Your own, and when we depart, greet our souls with peace.
صِدِّیقَان اَز گُنَاه پَشِیمَانَنْد وَاز طَاعَت خَجِل، عُذْر بَر زَبَان دَارَنْد وَ تَشْوِیر دَر دِل.
Ṣeddīqān az gonāh pashīmānand o az ṭāʿat khajel; ʿozr bar zabān dārand o tashvīr dar del.
The truthful regret their sins and feel ashamed even of their obedience. Excuses are on their lips and unease in their hearts.
مُنَاجَات ۱۲۷
اِلٰهِی هَمِه اَز حَیْرَت بِه فَرْیَادَنْد وَ مَن اَز حَیْرَت شَادَم، بِه یَک لَبَّیْک دَرْبِ هَمِه نَاکَامِی بَر خُود بِگُشَادَم، دَرِیغَا رُوزْگَارِی کِه نَمِی‌دَانِسْتَم تَا لُطْفِ تُو رَا دَرْیَازَم.
Elāhī, hame az ḥeyrat be faryādand o man az ḥeyrat shādam; be yek labbayk darb-e hame nākāmī bar khod begoshādam; darīghā rūzgārī ke nemīdānestam tā loṭf-e to rā daryāzam.
My God, everyone cries out in bewilderment, while bewilderment fills me with joy. With one “Here I am,” I opened for myself the door of every unfulfilled desire. Alas for the days when I did not know how to grasp Your kindness.
خُدَاوَنْدَا دَر آتَشِ حَیْرَت آوِیخْتَم چُون پَرْوَانِه دَر چِرَاغ، نَه جَان رَنْجِ تَبِش دِیدِه وَ نَه دِل اَلَمِ دَاغ
Khodāvandā, dar ātash-e ḥeyrat āvīkhtam chūn parvāne dar cherāgh; na jān ranj-e tabesh dīde o na del alam-e dāgh.
Lord, I hung in the fire of wonder like a moth in a lamp, yet my soul felt no pain from the blaze and my heart no anguish from the burn.
مُنَاجَات ۱۲۸
اِلٰهِی پِیْوَسْتِه دَر گُفْت وَ گُویم، تَا وَا نَنُمَایِی دَر جُسْت وَ جُویم اَز بِیقَرَارِی دَر مِیْدَانِ بِیطَاقَتِی مِی پُویم، دَر مِیَانِ کَارَم اَمَّا نَمِی پُویم.
Elāhī, peyvaste dar goft o gūyam; tā vā nanomāyī dar jost o jūyam; az bīqarārī dar meydān-e bīṭāqatī mīpūyam; dar miyān-e kāram ammā nemīpūyam.
My God, I speak with You continually. Until You reveal Yourself, I keep seeking. Restlessness drives me through the field of impatience; I am in the midst of the work, yet cannot move on.
مُنَاجَات ۱۲۹
اِلٰهِی مَرْکَب وَا اِیسْتَاد وَ قَدْرَم بِفَرْسُود، هَمْرَاهَان بِرَفْتَنْد وَ اِین بِیچَارِه رَا جُز حَیْرَت نَیَفْزُود.
Elāhī, markab vā īstād o qadr-am befarsūd, hamrāhān beraftand o īn bīchāre rā joz ḥeyrat nayafzūd.
My God, my mount stopped, and my worth wore away. My companions went on; all that increased for this helpless one was bewilderment.
مُنَاجَات ۱۳۰
اِلٰهِی اَگَر کَسِی تُو رَا بِه جُسْتَن یَافْت مَن تَرَا بِگُرِیخْتَن یَافْتَم، اَگَر کَسِی تُو رَا بِه ذِکْر کَرْدَن یَافْت مَن تُو رَا بِخُودفَرَامُوش کَرْدَن یَافْتَم،
Elāhī, agar kasī to rā be jostan yāft, man torā be gorīkhtan yāftam; agar kasī to rā be zekr kardan yāft, man to rā be khodfarāmūsh kardan yāftam.
My God, if someone found You by seeking, I found You by fleeing. If someone found You through remembrance, I found You by forgetting myself.
اَگَر کَسِی تَرَا بِطَلَب یَافْت مَن خُود طَلَب اَز تُو یَافْتَم، خُدَایَا وَسِیلَت بِه تُو هَم تُویِی، اَوَّل تُو بُودِی وَ آخِر هَم تُویِی.
Agar kasī torā be ṭalab yāft, man khod ṭalab az to yāftam; khodāyā, vasīlat be to ham toyī, avval to būdī o ākhar ham toyī.
If someone found You by longing for You, I found that longing itself came from You. My God, You Yourself are the means to You. You were the First, and You are the Last.
تَا دَر رَهِ عِشْقِ ا و مُجَرَّد نَشَوِی
Tā dar rah-e ʿeshq-e ū mojarrad nashavī
Until you become free of all else on the path of His love,
هَرْگِز زَخُودِ خْوِیش بِیخُود نَشَوِی
Hargez za khod-e khīsh bīkhod nashavī
you will never become lost to your own self.
دُنْیَا هَمِه بَنْدِ تُو اَست بَر دَرْگَهِ او
Donyā hame band-e to ast bar dargah-e ū
The whole world is your bond at His threshold.
دَر بَنْدِ قَبُول بَاش تَا رَد نَشَوِی
Dar band-e qabūl bāsh tā radd nashavī.
Attend to acceptance, so that you are not turned away.
مُنَاجَات ۱۳۱
اِلٰهِی اِی مُهَیْمِنِ اَکْرَم، اِی مُحْتَجَبِ مُعَظَّم، اِی مُتَجَلِّی بِه کَرَم، اِی قَسَّام پِیش اَز لَوْح وَ قَلَم، بَادَا رُوزِی کِه بَاز رَهَم اَز زَحْمَتِ حَوَّا وَ آدَم،
Elāhī, ey mohaymen-e akram, ey moḥtajab-e moʿaẓẓam, ey motajallī be karam, ey qassām pīsh az lowḥ o qalam, bādā rūzī ke bāz raham az zaḥmat-e Ḥavvā o Ādam,
My God, most generous Guardian, exalted One beyond the veil, One who reveals Himself in generosity, Dispenser before the Tablet and the Pen: may the day come when I am freed from the burden of Eve and Adam,
آزَاد شَوَم اَز بَنْدِ وُجُودِ عَدَم. اَز دِل بِیرُون کُنَم اِین حَسْرَت وَ نَدَم وَ بَا دُوسْت بِیَاسَایَم یَکْدَم.
Āzād shavam az band-e vojūd-e ʿadam. Az del bīrūn konam īn ḥasrat o nadam o bā dūst biyāsāyam yekdam.
free of the bonds of existence and nonexistence. May I cast regret and remorse from my heart and rest with the Friend for a moment.
مُنَاجَات ۱۳۲
اِلٰهِی اِی نَزْدِیکْتَر بِه مَا اَز مَا، مِهْرَبَانْتَر اَز مَا بِمِه مَا، نَوَازَنْدِهٔ مَا بِی مَا، بَکَرَمِ خْوِیش نَه بِسَزَایِ مَا، هَر چِه کَرْدِیم تَاوَان بَر مَا،
Elāhī, ey nazdīktar be mā az mā, mehrabāntar az mā be meh-e mā, navāzande-ye mā bī mā, be karam-e khīsh na be sazā-ye mā, har che kardīm tāvān bar mā,
My God, nearer to us than we are to ourselves, kinder to us than we are to our own selves, You care for us beyond our own doing, through Your generosity rather than our merit. Whatever we have done, its cost falls on us;
هَر چِه تُو کَرْدِی بَاقِی بَر مَا، هَرچِه کَرْدِی بِجَایِ مَا، بِخُود کَرْدِی نَه سَزَایِ مَا.
Har che to kardī bāqī bar mā, harche kardī be jā-ye mā, be khod kardī na sazā-ye mā.
whatever You have done for us endures. What You have done in our place, You have done from Yourself, not because we deserved it.
مُنَاجَات ۱۳۳
اِلٰهِی اِی حُجَّت رَا یَاد وَ اُنس رَا یَادْگَار، خُود حَاضِرِی مَا رَا جُسْتَن چِه کَار ؟!
Elāhī, ey ḥojjat rā yād o ons rā yādegār, khod ḥāẓerī, mā rā jostan che kār?!
My God, remembrance in proof and a memento of intimacy: You are present Yourself, so why should we seek?
مُنَاجَات ۱۳۴
اِلٰهِی هَر کَسِی رَا اُمِیدِی وَ اُمِیدِ رَهِی دِیدَار، رَهِی رَا بِی دِیدَار نَه بِه مُزْد نِیَاز اَست نَه بِه بِهشْت کَار.
Elāhī, har kasī rā omīdī o omīd-e rahī dīdār; rahī rā bī dīdār na be mozd niyāz ast na be behešt kār.
My God, everyone has a hope; this servant hopes to see You. Without that vision, the servant wants no reward and has no use for paradise.
مُنَاجَات ۱۳۵
اِلٰهِی اِی مِهْرَبَانِ فَرْیَاد رَس، عَزِیز آن کَس کِه بِهَا تُو یَک نَفَس، اِی یَافْتِه وَ یَافْتَنِی اَز مُرِید چِه نِشَان دَهَنْد جُز بِی خْوِیشْتَنِی،
Elāhī, ey mehrabān-e faryād-ras, ʿazīz ān kas ke bahā to yek nafas, ey yāfte o yāftanī az morīd che neshān dahand joz bīkhīshtanī,
My God, kind Answerer of cries, blessed is anyone granted a breath with You. O One found and still to be found, what mark can a seeker bear but selflessness?
هَمِه خَلْق رَا مِحْنَت اَز دُورِی اَست وَ مُرِید رَا اَز نَزْدِیکِی، هَمِه رَا تِشْنِگِی اَز نَایَافْتِ آب وَ مُرِید رَا اَز سِیرَابِی
Hame khalq rā meḥnat az dūrī ast o morīd rā az nazdīkī; hame rā teshnegī az nāyāft-e āb o morīd rā az sīrābī.
Others suffer through distance, but the seeker suffers through nearness. Others thirst because they cannot find water; the seeker thirsts even in fullness.
مُنَاجَات ۱۳۶
اِلٰهِی یَافْتِه مِی جُویم، بَا دِیدِه وَر مِیگُویم چِه جَویم کِه دَارَم؛ کِه بِینَم چِه گُویم، شِیفْتِهٔ اِین جُسْت وَ جُویم، گِرِفْتَارِ اِین گُفْت وَ گُویم
Elāhī, yāfte mījūyam, bā dīde var mīgūyam; che jūyam ke dāram; ke bīnam che gūyam? Shīfte-ye īn jost o jūyam, gereftār-e īn goft o gūyam.
My God, I seek what I have already found. With seeing eyes I say: Why seek what I possess? What can I say of what I see? I am captivated by this search and bound to this conversation.
تَا جَان دَارَم غَمِ تُو رَا غَمْخْوَارَم
Tā jān dāram gham-e to rā ghamkhāram
As long as I live, I cherish the sorrow of longing for You;
بِی جَان غَمِ عِشْقِ تُو بِه کَس نَسْپَارَم
Bī jān gham-e ʿeshq-e to be kas naspāram.
and after death, I will entrust the sorrow of Your love to no one.
مُنَاجَات ۱۳۷
اِلٰهِی تُو مَوْجُودِ عَارِفَانِی، آرْزُویِ دِلِ مَشْقَانَانِی، یَاد آوَرِ زَبَانِ مَدَّاحَانِی، چُونَت نَخْوَانَم کِه نِیُوشَنْدِهٔ آوَازِ رَاعِیَانِی؛ چُونَت نَسْتَانَم کِه شَاد کُنَنْدِهٔ دِلِ بَنْدِگَانِی،
Elāhī, to mowjūd-e ʿārefānī, ārezū-ye del-e mashqānānī, yādāvar-e zabān-e maddāḥānī; chūnat nakhānam ke nīyūshande-ye āvāz-e rāʿiyānī; chūnat nastānam ke shādkonande-ye del-e bandegānī,
My God, You are the One known to the mystics, the longing of devoted hearts, the name recalled on the tongues of those who praise. How could I not call on You, who hear the voices of shepherds? How could I fail to claim You, who gladden Your servants’ hearts?
چُونَت نَدَانَم کِه زِین جَهَانِی وَ دُوسْت نَدَارَم کِه عَیْشِ جَانِی
Chūnat nadānam ke zīn jahānī o dūst nadāram ke ʿeysh-e jānī.
How could I fail to know You, who adorn this world, or fail to love You, who are the soul’s delight?
یَارَب زِ شَرَابِ عِشْق سَر مَسْتَم کُن
Yā rab ze sharāb-e ʿeshq sarmastam kon
Lord, make me drunk with the wine of love;
دَر عِشْقِ خُودَت نِیست کُن وَهَسْتَم کُن
Dar ʿeshq-e khodat nīst kon va hastam kon
annihilate me in Your love, then bring me into being.
اَز هَرچِه زِ عِشْقِ خُود تَهِی دَسْتَم کُن
Az harche ze ʿeshq-e khod tohīdastam kon
Strip me of everything except Your love;
یَکْبَارِه بِه بَنْدِ عِشْق پَا بَسْتَم کُن
Yekbāre be band-e ʿeshq pābastam kon.
bind my feet to love once and for all.
مُنَاجَات ۱۳۸
اِلٰهِی تَا بَنْدِه رَا خْوَانْدِی بَنْدِه دَر مِیَانِ مَرْدُم تَنْهَاسْت وَ تَا گُفْتِی بِیَا هَفْت اَنْدَامِ او شِنَوَاسْت اَز آدَمِی چِه آیَد قَدْرِ او پِیْدَاسْت کِیسِه تَهِی وَ بَاد پِیْمَاسْت،
Elāhī, tā bande rā khāndī bande dar miyān-e mardom tanhāst o tā goftī biyā haft andām-e ū shenavāst; az ādamī che āyad? Qadr-e ū peydāst: kīse tohī o bādpīmāst,
My God, once You call a servant, that servant stands alone among people; once You say “Come,” every part of the body listens. What can a human being bring? His worth is plain: an empty purse, chasing the wind.
اِین کَار پِیش اَز آدَم وَ حَوَّاسْت، وَ عَطَا بِیش اَز خَوْف وَ رَجَاسْت اَمَّا آدَمِی بِسَبَبِ دِیدَن مُبْتَلَاسْت، بِه نَاز کَسِی اَست کِه اَز سَبَبِ دِیدَن رَهَاسْت وَ بَا خُود بِه جَفَاسْت.
Īn kār pīsh az Ādam o Ḥavvāst, va ʿaṭā bīsh az khowf o rajāst; ammā ādamī be sabab-e dīdan mobtalāst, be nāz kasī ast ke az sabab-e dīdan rahāst o bā khod be jafāst.
This matter began before Adam and Eve, and the gift exceeds both fear and hope. Yet people are afflicted by seeing causes. Blessed is the one freed from seeing causes, though that means being severe with the self.
اِی دُوسْت بِجُمْلَگِی تُو رَا گَشْتَم مَن
Ey dūst, be jomlegī to rā gashtam man
Friend, I sought You with all that I am;
حَقَّا کِه دَرِاین سُخَن نَه ذَوْق اَست وَ نَه فَن
Ḥaqqā ke darīn sokhan na zowq ast o na fan
truly, this is no matter of taste or artifice.
گَر تُو زِ خُودِیِ خُود بِرُون جَسْتِی پَاک
Gar to ze khodī-ye khod borūn jastī pāk
If you were wholly to leap beyond your own selfhood,
شَایَد صَنَمَا بِجَایِ تُو هَسْتَم مَن
Shāyad ṣanamā be jā-ye to hastam man.
perhaps, my beloved, I would stand in Your place.
مُنَاجَات ۱۳۹
اِلٰهِی اَگَر کَسِی بِتَرَا بِطَلَب یَافْت مَن خُود طَلَب اَز تُو یَافْتَم، اَگَر کَسِی تَرَا بِه جُسْتَن یَافْت مَن بِگُرِیخْتَن یَافْتَم.
Elāhī, agar kasī be torā be ṭalab yāft, man khod ṭalab az to yāftam; agar kasī torā be jostan yāft, man be gorīkhtan yāftam.
My God, if someone found You through seeking, I found the seeking itself came from You. If someone found You by searching, I found You by fleeing.
خُدَاوَنْدَا چُون وُجُودِ تُو پِیش اَز طَلَب وَ طَالِب اَست طَالِب اَز آن جِهَت دَر طَلَب اَست کِه بِیقَرَارِی بَر او غَالِب اَست،
Khodāvandā, chūn vojūd-e to pīsh az ṭalab o ṭāleb ast, ṭāleb az ān jehat dar ṭalab ast ke bīqarārī bar ū ghāleb ast,
Lord, since Your existence precedes both seeking and the seeker, the seeker seeks only because restlessness has overcome him.
عَجَب آنَسْت کِه یَافْت نَقْد شُد وَ طَلَب بَر نَخَاسْت حَق دِیدِه وَر شُد وَ پَرْدِهٔ غَزَّت بِجَاسْت.
ʿAjab ānast ke yāft naqd shod o ṭalab bar nakhāst; Ḥaqq dīdevar shod o parde-ye ghazzat be jāst.
The wonder is that finding became immediate, yet seeking did not cease. The Real came into view, yet the veil of glory remains.
مُنَاجَات ۱۴۰
اِلٰهِی چِه شَوَد کِه دِلَم رَا بِگُشَایِی وَ اَز خُود مَرْهَمِی بَر جَانَم نِهِی، مَن سُود چُون جُویم کِه دُو دَسْتَم اَز مَایِه تَهِی، مَگَر کِه بِفَضْلِ خُود اَفْگَنِی مَرَا دَر رُوزِ بِهِی.
Elāhī, che shavad ke delam rā begoshāyī o az khod marhamī bar jānam nehī? Man sūd chūn jūyam ke do dastam az māye tohī, magar ke be faẓl-e khod afganī marā dar rūz-e behī.
My God, will You open my heart and lay a balm from Yourself upon my soul? How can I seek gain when my hands are empty? Only Your grace can cast me into a day of good fortune.
مُنَاجَات ۱۴۱
اِلٰهِی نَسیمی اَز باغِ دوستی دَمید دِل را فِدا کَردیم، بویی اَز حَزینهٔ دوستی یافتیم بِه پادشاهی سَرِ عالَم نِدا کَردیم، بَرقی اَز مَشرِقِ حَقیقَت تافت آبِ گِل کَم اَنگاشتیم.
Elāhī, nasīmī az bāgh-e dūstī damīd, del rā fedā kardīm; būyī az ḥazīna-ye dūstī yāftīm, be pādeshāhī sar-e ʿālam nedā kardīm; barqī az mashreq-e ḥaqīqat tāft, āb-e gel kam angāshtīm.
O God, a breeze blew from the garden of love, and we offered up our hearts. We caught a fragrance from love’s treasury and proclaimed it before all the world. A flash shone from the dawn of Truth, and we counted this body of water and clay as little.
مُنَاجَات ۱۴۲
اِلٰهِی هَر شادی کِه بی تو اَست اَندوه اَست هَر مَنزِلی کِه نَه دَر راهِ تو اَست زِندان اَست هَر دِل کِه نَه دَر طَلَبِ تو اَست ویران اَست.
Elāhī, har shādī ke bī to ast andūh ast; har manzelī ke na dar rāh-e to ast zendān ast; har del ke na dar talab-e to ast vīrān ast.
O God, every joy without You is sorrow; every stopping place outside Your path is a prison; every heart that does not seek You lies in ruins.
یِک نَفَس با تو بِدو گیتی اَرزان اَست یِک دیدار اَز تو بِهزار جان رایگان اَست.
Yek nafas bā to be do gītī arzān ast; yek dīdār az to be hezār jān rāyegān ast.
A single breath with You is a bargain even at the price of both worlds; a single glimpse of You is a gift even at the price of a thousand lives.
تا دِلَم فِتنِه بَر جَمالِ تو شُد
Tā delam fetna bar jamāl-e to shod
Since my heart became enthralled by Your beauty,
بَندِهٔ حُسنِ دُوالجَلالِ تو شُد
Banda-ye ḥosn-e dū al-jalāl-e to shod
it became the servant of Your majestic loveliness.
مُنَاجَات ۱۴۳
اِلٰهِی چِه زیباست اَیامِ دوستانِ تو با تو و چِه نیکو اَست مُعامَلَتِ ایشان دَر اَرزوی دیدارِ تو چِه خُوش گُفت و گویِ ایشان دَر راهِ جُست و جویِ تو،
Elāhī, che zībāst ayyām-e dūstān-e to bā to, va che nīkū ast moʿāmalat-e īshān dar ārezū-ye dīdār-e to; che khosh goft-o-gū-ye īshān dar rāh-e jost-o-jū-ye to.
O God, how beautiful are the days Your friends spend with You; how gracious their dealings as they long to see You; how sweet their conversation as they search for You.
آن دیدِه کِه تَرا دید بِه دیدَن جُز تو کِی پَرواز و آن جان کِه با تو صُحبَت یافت با اٰب و خاک چَند سازَد ؟
Ān dīda ke torā dīd, be dīdan joz to key parvāz? Va ān jān ke bā to sohbat yāft, bā āb o khāk chand sāzad?
What eye, once it has seen You, could take flight toward any other sight? And how long can a soul that has known Your company make do with water and clay?
مُنَاجَات ۱۴۴
اِلٰهِی آبِ عِنایَتِ تو بِسَنگ رَسید، سَنگ بار گِرِفت، اَز سَنگ میوِه رُست میوِه طَعم و مَزِه گِرِفت. پَروَردِگارا یادِ تو دِل را زِندِه کَرد و تُخمِ مِهر اَفگَند، دِرَختِ شادی رویانید و میوِهٔ آزادی داد.
Elāhī, āb-e ʿenāyat-e to be sang rasīd, sang bār gereft, az sang mīva rost, mīva taʿm o maza gereft. Parvardegārā, yād-e to del rā zenda kard o tokhm-e mehr afgand, derakht-e shādī rūyānīd o mīva-ye āzādī dād.
O God, the water of Your care reached stone, and the stone bore fruit. Fruit grew from stone and gained its sweetness. Lord, remembering You brought the heart to life, planted the seed of love, raised the tree of joy, and gave the fruit of freedom.
مُنَاجَات ۱۴۵
اِلٰهِی پَهنایِ عِزَتِ تو جایِ اِشارَت نَگذاشت و قِدَمِ و حْدانِیَتِ تو راهِ اِضافَت بَرداشت تا رَهی گُم کَرد آنچِه دَر دَست داشت و نا چیز شُد هَر چِه می پِنداشت.
Elāhī, pahnā-ye ʿezzat-e to jā-ye eshārat nagzāsht, va qidam-e vaḥdāniyyat-e to rāh-e ezāfat bardāsht, tā rahī gom kard ānche dar dast dāsht, va nāchīz shod har che mīpendāsht.
O God, the vastness of Your glory left no place for pointing, and the timelessness of Your oneness removed all claims of possession. Your servant lost what was in his hands, and everything he imagined himself to be came to nothing.
مُنَاجَات ۱۴۶
اِلٰهِی مَشرَب می شِناسَم اَمّا وا خوردَن نَمی یارَم، دِل تِشنِه و دَر آرزویِ قَطرِهٔ میزارَم سَقایِه مَرا سیراب نَکُنَد، مَن دَر طَلَبِ دَریایَم،
Elāhī, mashrab mīshenāsam ammā vā khordan nemīyāram; del teshna, va dar ārezū-ye qatra mīzāram. Saqāya marā sīrāb nakonad; man dar talab-e daryāyam.
O God, I know where to drink but cannot bring myself to drink. My heart thirsts, and I pine for a drop. A cup will not quench me; I am seeking the sea.
بَر هِزار چِشمِه گُذَر کَردَم تا کِه دَریا دَریابَم، دَر آتَشِ عِشق غَریقی دیدی ؟ مَن چُنانَم، دَر دَریا تِشنِه ای دیدی ؟ مَن آنَم، راست بِحِیرَت زَدِهٔ مانَم کِه دَربیابانَم،
Bar hezār cheshma gozar kardam tā ke daryā daryābam; dar ātash-e ʿeshq gharīqī dīdī? Man chonānam. Dar daryā teshna-ī dīdī? Man ānam. Rāst be ḥeyrat-zada-ye mānam ke dar biyābānam.
I passed a thousand springs to find the sea. Have you seen someone drowning in love’s fire? I am like that. Have you seen someone thirsty in the sea? I am that one. Bewildered, I remain as though in a wilderness.
فَریادَم رَس کِه اَز بَلایی بِه فَغانَم.
Faryādam ras ke az balā-ī be faghānam.
Come to my aid, for this affliction has driven me to cry out.
مُنَاجَات ۱۴۷
اِلٰهِی غَریبِ تو را غُربَت وَطَن اَست، کِی هَرگِز بِخانِه رَسَد کَسی کِه غُربَتِ او را وَطَن اَست.
Elāhī, gharīb-e to rā ghorbat vatan ast; key hargiz be khāna rasad kasī ke ghorbat-e ū rā vatan ast?
O God, exile is home to the stranger who belongs to You. How could someone ever return home when estrangement itself is their home?
مُنَاجَات ۱۴۸
اِلٰهِی مُشتاق کُشتِهٔ دوستی و کُشتِهٔ دوست دیدارِ تَرا کَفَن اَست.
Elāhī, moshtāq koshta-ye dūstī va koshta-ye dūst dīdār-e torā kafan ast.
O God, the longing lover is slain by love; for one slain by the Beloved, the sight of You is a shroud.
مُنَاجَات ۱۴۹
اِلٰهِی چِه خُوش روزگاری اَست روزگارِ دوستانِ تو با تو، چِه خُوش بازاری اَست بازارِ عارِفان دَر کارِ تو، چِه آتَشین اَست نَفَسهایِ ایشان دَر یادِ تو،
Elāhī, che khosh rūzegārī ast rūzegār-e dūstān-e to bā to; che khosh bāzārī ast bāzār-e ʿārefān dar kār-e to; che ātashīn ast nafas-hā-ye īshān dar yād-e to.
O God, how sweet the time Your friends spend with You; how lively the seekers’ marketplace in Your service; how ardent their every breath in remembering You.
چِه خُوش دَردی اَست دَردِ مُشتاقان دَر سُوزِ شَوق و مِهرِ تو، چِه زیباست گُفت و گویِ ایشان دَر نامِ نِشانِ تو.
Che khosh dardī ast dard-e moshtāqān dar sūz-e showq o mehr-e to; che zībāst goft-o-gū-ye īshān dar nām-e neshān-e to.
How sweet is the yearning lovers’ pain in the fire of longing and love for You; how beautiful their conversation about Your name and signs.
با صُنعِ تو هَر مورچِه رازی دارَد
Bā sonʿ-e to har mūrcha rāzī dārad
By Your artistry, every ant holds a secret.
با شَوقِ تو هَر سوختِه سازی دارَد
Bā showq-e to har sūkhta sāzī dārad
Through longing for You, every love-struck soul has a song.
اِی خالِقِ ذُوالجَلال نومید مَکُن
Ey khāleq-e dhu al-jalāl, nōmīd makon
O Creator of majesty, do not leave despairing
آنرا کِه بِدَر گََهَت نیازی دارَد
ān rā ke be dar-gahat nīyāzī dārad
the one who comes with a need to Your threshold.
مُنَاجَات ۱۵۰
اِلٰهِی اِی سَزاوارِ ثَنایِ خویش، اِی شُکر کُنَندِهٔ عَطایِ خویش اِی شیرین نَمایَندِهٔ بَلایِ خویش، بَندِه بِه ذاتِ خود اَز ثَنایِ تو عاجِز و بِعَقلِ خود اَز شِناختِ مِنّتِ تو عاجِز و بِه تَوانِ خود اَز سَزایِ تو عاجِز.
Elāhī, ey sazāvār-e sanā-ye khīsh, ey shokr-konanda-ye ʿatā-ye khīsh, ey shīrīn-namāyanda-ye balā-ye khīsh; banda be dhāt-e khod az sanā-ye to ʿājez, va be ʿaql-e khod az shenākht-e mennat-e to ʿājez, va be tavān-e khod az sazā-ye to ʿājez.
O God, You alone are worthy of Your praise; You give thanks for Your own gifts and make Your trials sweet. By his own nature Your servant cannot praise You enough; by his own mind he cannot comprehend Your favor; by his own strength he cannot give You what is due.
مُنَاجَات ۱۵۱
اِلٰهِی گِرِفتارِ آن دَردَم کِه دارویِ آنی، بَندِهٔ آن ثَنایَم کِه توت سَزاوارِ آنی، مَن دَر تو چِه دانَم ؟ تو دانی. تو آنی کِه خود گُفتی و چُنانکِه خود گُفتی آنی،
Elāhī, gereftār-e ān dardam ke dārū-ye ānī; banda-ye ān sanāyam ke tot sazāvār-e ānī. Man dar to che dānam? To dānī. To ānī ke khod goftī, va chonānke khod goftī ānī.
O God, I am held by a pain for which You are the cure. I am a servant of the praise that only You deserve. What can I know of You? You know. You are who You have said You are, exactly as You have said.
تو آنی کِه مُصطَفی(ص) گُفت مَن ثَنایِ تو را نَتوانَم شُمُرد و آن گونِه کِه تو بَر نَفسِ خوییش ثَنا گُفتی.
To ānī ke Mostafā (ṣ) goft: man sanā-ye to rā natavānam shomord, va ān gūna ke to bar nafs-e khīyash sanā goftī.
You are as the Chosen One said: “I cannot count Your praises. You are as You have praised Yourself.”
مُنَاجَات ۱۵۲
اِلٰهِی چِه یاد کُنَم کِه خود هَمِه یادَم، مَن خَرمَنِ نِشانِ خود هَمِه را فَرا باد نِهادَم، اِی یادگارِ جانها و یاد داشتِهٔ دِلها و یاد کَردِهٔ زَبانها، بِفَضلِ خود ما را یاد کُن و بِیادِ لَطیفی ما را شاد کُن.
Elāhī, che yād konam ke khod hama yādam? Man kharman-e neshān-e khod hama rā farā bād nehādam. Ey yādegār-e jān-hā va yād-dāshta-ye del-hā va yād-karda-ye zabān-hā, be fazl-e khod mā rā yād kon va be yād-e latīfī mā rā shād kon.
O God, how should I remember You when I am wholly remembrance? I have cast every trace of myself like a harvest to the wind. You whom souls remember, hearts keep close, and tongues invoke: remember us in Your grace and gladden us with Your gentle remembrance.
مُنَاجَات ۱۵۳
اِلٰهِی جُز اَز شِناخت و تو شادی نیست و جُز اَز یافتِ تو زِندِگانی نَه، زِندِهٔ بی تو چُون مُردِهٔ زِندانی اَست و زِندِه بِه تو زِندِهٔ جاودانی اَست.
Elāhī, joz az shenākht o to shādī nīst, va joz az yāft-e to zendegānī na; zenda-ye bī to chūn morda-ye zendānī ast, va zenda be to zenda-ye jāvedānī ast.
O God, there is no joy apart from knowing You, and no life apart from finding You. Whoever lives without You is like a dead prisoner; whoever lives through You lives forever.
مُنَاجَات ۱۵۴
اِلٰهِی مَران کَسی را کِه خود خواندی، ظاهِر مَکُن جُرمی را کِه پوشیدی، کَریما میانِ ما و تو داوَر تویی، آن کُن کِه سَزاوارِ آنی نَه آن چُنان کِه سَزاوارِ ماست.
Elāhī, marān kasī rā ke khod khāndī; zāher makon jormī rā ke pūshīdī. Karīmā, miyān-e mā va to dāvar toʾī; ān kon ke sazāvār-e ānī, na ān chonān ke sazāvār-e māst.
O God, do not turn away someone You Yourself have called; do not reveal a fault You have concealed. Generous One, You are the judge between us: act as befits You, not according to what we deserve.
مُنَاجَات ۱۵۵
اِلٰهِی اَگَر این آه اَز ما دَعوی اَست تو سَزایِ آنی، اَگَر لاف اَست بِجایِ آنی اَگَر صِدقَست وَفایِ آنی. خُدایا اَگَر دَعوی اَست سُخَن راست اَست اَگَر صِدق اَست کار راست اَست اَگَر دَعوی اَست نَه بیداد اَست.
Elāhī, agar īn āh az mā daʿvī ast, to sazā-ye ānī; agar lāf ast, bejā-ye ānī; agar sedqast, vafā-ye ānī. Khodāyā, agar daʿvī ast, sokhan rāst ast; agar sedq ast, kār rāst ast; agar daʿvī ast, na bīdād ast.
O God, if this sigh of ours is a claim, You are worthy of it. If it is a boast, You give it its place; if it is sincere, You are its fulfillment. Lord, if it is a claim, its words are true; if it is sincere, the deed is true; and if it is a claim, it is no injustice.
مُنَاجَات ۱۵۶
اِلٰهِی اَز سِه چیز کِه دارَم دَر یِکی نِگاه کُن : اَوَل بیخودی کِه جُز تو را اَز دِل نَخاست، دُوُم تَصدیقی کِه هَر چِه گُفتَم راست، سُوُم چُون با ذِکرَم خاست دِل و جان جُز تو را نَخواست.
Elāhī, az se chīz ke dāram dar yekī negāh kon: avval bīkhodī ke joz to rā az del nakhāst; dovvom tasdīqī ke har che goftam rāst; sevvom chūn bā zekram khāst, del o jān joz to rā nakhāst.
O God, look upon one of the three things I have: first, a loss of self in which none but You arose in my heart; second, the conviction that what I said was true; third, when my heart and soul rose in remembrance, they desired none but You.
مُنَاجَات ۱۵۷
اِلٰهِی اَز دو دَعوی بِه زینهارَم و اَز هَر دو بِه فَضلِ تو فَریاد خواهَم، اَز آنکِه پِندارَم بِخود چیزی دارَم، یا پِندارَم کِه بَر تو حَقّی دارَم.
Elāhī, az do daʿvī be zīnhāram va az har do be fazl-e to faryād khāham: az ānke pendāram be khod chīzī dāram, yā pendāram ke bar to ḥaqqī dāram.
O God, I seek refuge from two claims, and against both I cry out for Your grace: imagining that I possess anything in myself, or imagining that I have a claim against You.
خُداوَندا اَز آنجا کِه بودیم بَرخاستیم لِیکِن بِه آنجا نَرَسیدیم کِه خواستیم.
Khodāvandā, az ānjā ke būdīm barkhāstīm, lekin be ānjā naresīdīm ke khāstīm.
Lord, we rose from where we were, yet we did not reach where we had hoped to go.
مُنَاجَات ۱۵۸
اِلٰهِی نَزدیکِ نَفَسهایِ دوستانی، حاضِرِ دِلِ ذاکِرانی، اَز نَزدیک نِشانَت میدَهَند و بَر تَر اَز آنی دَر دورت میجویَند و تو نَزدیکتَر اَز جانی،
Elāhī, nazdīk-e nafas-hā-ye dūstānī, ḥāzer-e del-e zākerānī; az nazdīk neshānat mīdahand va bartar az ānī, dar dūrat mījūyand va to nazdīktar az jānī.
O God, You are near the breath of Your friends and present in the hearts of those who remember You. They point to You nearby, yet You are beyond that; they seek You far away, yet You are nearer than life.
نَدانَم کِه دَر جانی یا جانرا جانی نَه این و نَه آنی، جان را زِندِگانی مییابَد تو آنی.
Nadānam ke dar jānī yā jān rā jānī; na īn va na ānī. Jān rā zendegānī mīyābad, to ānī.
I do not know whether You dwell in the soul or are the soul of the soul. You are neither this nor that. The soul finds life, and You are that life.
خُدایا هَر کِه نَه کُشتِه ای خودی مُردار اَست و مَغبون کَسی اَست کِه نَصیبِ او اَز دوستی گُفتار اَست، او را کِه راهِ جان و دِل بِکار اَست او را با دوست چِه کار اَست.
Khodāyā, har ke na koshta-ī, khodī mordār ast; va maghbūn kasī ast ke nasīb-e ū az dūstī goftār ast. Ū rā ke rāh-e jān o del be kār ast, ū rā bā dūst che kār ast?
Lord, whoever has not died to self is lifeless, and the one whose share of love is mere talk has lost everything. If someone still relies on the ways of heart and soul, what business do they have with the Beloved?
مُنَاجَات ۱۵۹
اِلٰهِی کِشیدید آنچِه کِشیدیم هَمِه نوش گَشت چُون آوایِ قَبول شِنیدیم دانی کِه هَرگِز دَر مِهر شَکیبا نَبودیم و بِهَر کوی کِه رَسیدیم حَلقِهٔ دَرِ دوستیِ تو گِرِفتیم و بِهَر راه کِه رَفتیم بَر بُویِ تو آن راه بُریدیم،
Elāhī, keshīdīd ānche keshīdīm, hama nūsh gasht chūn āvā-ye qabūl shenīdīm. Dānī ke hargiz dar mehr shakībā nabūdīm, va be har kūy ke rasīdīm ḥalqa-ye dar-e dūstī-ye to gereftīm, va be har rāh ke raftīm bar būy-e to ān rāh borīdīm.
O God, all we endured turned sweet when we heard the call of acceptance. You know we have never been patient in love. Wherever we arrived, we grasped the ring on love’s door; whichever road we took, we traveled it in pursuit of Your fragrance.
دِل رَفت مُبارَک باد، گَر جان بِرَوَد دَر راه پَسَندیدیم.
Del raft, mobārak bād; gar jān beravad dar rāh, pasandīdīm.
The heart is gone: blessed be its going. If life itself goes on this path, we welcome it.
مُنَاجَات ۱۶۰
اِلٰهِی آتَشِ یافت با نورِ شِناخت آمیختی و اَز باغِ وِصال نَسیمِ قُرب بَر اَنگیختی با آتَشِ دوستی آبِ گِل سوختی تا دیدِهٔ عارِف را دیدارِ خود آموختی.
Elāhī, ātash-e yāft bā nūr-e shenākht āmīkhtī va az bāgh-e vesāl nasīm-e qorb bar angīkhtī; bā ātash-e dūstī āb-e gel sūkhtī tā dīda-ye ʿāref rā dīdār-e khod āmūkhtī.
O God, You mingled the fire of finding with the light of knowing, and stirred a breeze of nearness from the garden of union. With love’s fire You burned away the body of water and clay, teaching the mystic’s eye to behold You.
مُنَاجَات ۱۶۱
اِلٰهِی عِنایَتِ تو کوه اَست و فَضلِ تو دَریا، کوه کِی فَرسود و دَریا کِی کاست، عِنایَتِ تو کِی جُست و فَضلِ تو کِی وا خواست، پَس شادی یِکی اَست کِه دوست یَکتاست.
Elāhī, ʿenāyat-e to kūh ast va fazl-e to daryā; kūh key farsūd va daryā key kāst? ʿEnāyat-e to key jost va fazl-e to key vā khāst? Pas shādī yekī ast ke dūst yektāst.
O God, Your care is a mountain and Your grace an ocean. When has the mountain worn away or the ocean run dry? When has Your care sought payment or Your grace asked for anything back? There is one joy, for the Beloved is one.
مُنَاجَات ۱۶۲
اِلٰهِی اَز کَرَمِ تُو هَمین چَشم داریم وَ اَز لُطفِ تُو هَمین گوش داریم بِیامُرز ما را کِه بَس آلوده ایم بِه کِردارِ خویش بَس درمانده ایم بِه وَقتِ خویش بَس مَغروریم بِه پِندارِ خویش بَس مَحبوسیم دَر سَرایِ خویش باز خوان ما را بِکَرَمِ خویش بازدِه ما را بِاِحسانِ خویش.
Elāhī, az karam-e to hamīn chashm dārīm va az lotf-e to hamīn gūsh dārīm. Biyāmorz mā rā ke bas ālūde-īm be kerdār-e khvīsh; bas darmānde-īm be vaqt-e khvīsh; bas maghrūrīm be pendār-e khvīsh; bas maḥbūsīm dar sarā-ye khvīsh. Bāz khvān mā rā be karam-e khvīsh; bāz deh mā rā be eḥsān-e khvīsh.
My God, our eyes look only to Your generosity and our ears listen only for Your kindness. Forgive us: we are deeply stained by our own deeds, helpless in our own time, deluded by our own imaginings, and imprisoned in our own house. Call us back through Your generosity; restore us through Your grace.
دِل کیست کِه گوهَری فِشانَد بی تُو
Del kīst ke gowharī feshānad bī to
What heart can scatter a jewel without You?
یا تَن کِه بُوَد کِه مُلک رانَد بی تُو
Yā tan ke bovad ke molk rānad bī to
Or what body can rule a kingdom without You?
والِه کِه خُود راه نَدارَد بی تُو
Vāleh ke khod rāh nadārad bī to
The bewildered lover cannot even find a path without You.
جا ن زَهره نَدارَد کِه بِمانَد بی تُو
Jā n zahre nadārad ke bemānad bī to
The soul has no courage to remain without You.
مُنَاجَات ۱۶۳
اِلٰهِی تا آموختَن را آموختَم، آموخته را جُمله بِسوختَم، اَندوخته را بَر اَنداختم وَ اَنداخته را بِیَندوختَم نیست را بِفروختَم تا هَست را بِیَفروختَم.
Elāhī, tā āmūkhtan rā āmūkhtam, āmūkhte rā jomle besūkhtam, andūkhte rā bar andākhtam va andākhte rā biyandūkhtam; nīst rā befrūkhtam tā hast rā biyafrūkhtam.
My God, once I learned how to learn, I burned all I had learned; I cast away what I had amassed and gathered up what I had cast away. I sold what is nothing, so that I might kindle what truly is.
مُنَاجَات ۱۶۴
اِلٰهِی تا یَگانِگی بِشناختَم، دَر آرَزوی بِگداختَم، کِی باشَد کِه گویم پِیمانه بِیَنداختم وَ اَز عَلایِق وا پَرداختم وَ بودِ خویش جُمله دَر باختَم
Elāhī, tā yagānegī beshnākhtam, dar ārezū-ye begdākhtam; key bāshad ke gūyam peymāne biyandākhtam va az ʿalāyeq vā pardākhtam va būd-e khvīsh jomle dar bākhtam?
My God, ever since I came to know Your oneness, I have melted with longing. When will I be able to say: I threw away the cup, freed myself of attachments, and staked my whole existence?
کِی باشَد کین قَفَس بِپَروازَم
Key bāshad kīn qafas beparvāzam?
When shall I fly out of this cage,
دَر باغِ اِلٰهِی آشیان سازَم
Dar bāgh-e elāhī āshiyān sāzam?
And make a nest in the divine garden?
مُنَاجَات ۱۶۵
اِلٰهِی گاه میگویی فُرود آی، گاه میگویی بِگُریز، گاه فَرمایی بیا، گاه گویی بِپَرهیز، خُدای این نِشانِ قُربَت اَست، یا مَحضِ رَستاخیز ؟
Elāhī, gāh mīgūyī forūd āy, gāh mīgūyī begorīz; gāh farmāyī biyā, gāh gūyī beparhīz. Khodāyā, īn neshān-e qorbat ast, yā maḥz-e rastākhīz?
My God, one moment You say, “Come down,” another, “Flee”; one moment, “Come,” another, “Keep away.” God, is this a sign of nearness, or the very resurrection?
هَرگِز بِشارَت نَدیدَم تَهدید آمیز، اِی مِهربانِ بُردبار، اِی لَطیفِ نیک بار، آمَد بِدَرگاه، خواهی بِه ناز دار وَ خواهی خوار دار
Hargez beshārat nadīdam tahdīd āmīz; ey mehrbān-e bordbār, ey laṭīf-e nīk-bār, āmad be dargāh, khvāhī be nāz dār va khvāhī khvār dār.
Never have I seen glad tidings mixed with threat. O patient and merciful One, O gentle bearer of goodness: one has come to Your threshold. Cherish me if You wish, or hold me low if You wish.
گَر شَوَند این خَلقِ عالَم سَر بِسَر خَصمانِ مَن
Gar shavand īn khalq-e ʿālam sar be sar khasmān-e man
If all the people of the world become my enemies,
مَن رَوا دارَم نِگارا چون تُو باشی آنِ مَن
Man ravā dāram negārā chon to bāshī ān-e man
I can bear it, beloved, as long as You are mine.
مُنَاجَات ۱۶۶
اِلٰهِی این دِلِ مَن کانِ حَسرَت اَست وَ تَنِ مَن مایَهٔ دَرد وَ غَم خُدایا نیارَم گُفت کِه اینهَمه چِرا بَهرهٔ مَن،
Elāhī, īn del-e man kān-e ḥasrat ast va tan-e man māye-ye dard va gham; khodāyā, nayāram goft ke īnhame cherā bahre-ye man.
My God, this heart of mine is a mine of longing, and my body is a source of pain and sorrow. I dare not ask, God, why all of this is my portion.
خُداوَندا ما نَه اَرزانی بودیم تا ما را بَر گُزیدی وَ نَه نا اَرزانی بودیم کِه بِه غَلَط بَر گُزیدی،
Khodāvandā, mā na arzānī būdīm tā mā rā bar gozīdī va na nā-arzānī būdīm ke be ghalat bar gozīdī.
Lord, we were not worthy so that You chose us, nor were we unworthy so that You chose us by mistake.
بَلکِه بِه خُود اَرزانی کَردی تا بَرگُزیدی وَ هَر عَیب کِه میدیدی بِپوشیدی.
Balke be khod arzānī kardī tā bar gozīdī va har ʿeyb ke mīdīdī bepūshīdī.
Rather, You made us worthy through Yourself and then chose us, and You covered every fault You saw.
مُنَاجَات ۱۶۷
اِلٰهِی تا مِهرِ تُو پَیدا گَشت هَمه مِهر با جَفا گَشت وَ تا نیکیِ تُو پَیدا گَشت هَمه جَفا ها وَفا گَشت.
Elāhī, tā mehr-e to peydā gasht, hame mehr bā jafā gasht; va tā nīkī-ye to peydā gasht, hame jafā hā vafā gasht.
My God, once Your love appeared, every other love seemed tinged with cruelty; once Your goodness appeared, even cruelty became faithfulness.
مُنَاجَات ۱۶۸
اِلٰهِی نامَت نورِ دیدهٔ آشنایان، یادَت آیینِ مَنزِلِ مُشتاقان، یافتَنَت چِراغِ دِلِ مُریدان اُنْسَت جانِ دوستان.
Elāhī, nāmat nūr-e dīde-ye āshnāyān, yādat āyīn-e manzel-e moshtāqān, yāftanat cherāgh-e del-e morīdān, onsat jān-e dūstān.
My God, Your name is the light in the eyes of those who know You; remembering You adorns the dwelling of those who long for You; finding You lights the hearts of seekers; Your companionship gives life to friends.
مُنَاجَات ۱۶۹
اِلٰهِی چِه خُوش روزی کِه خورشیدِ جَلالا تُو بِه ما نَظَر میکُنَد، چِه خُوش وَقتی کِه مُشتار اَز مُشاهَدهٔ جَمالِ تُو ما را خَبَری دِهَد،
Elāhī, che khvosh rūzī ke khorshīd-e jalālā to be mā nazar mīkonad; che khvosh vaqtī ke moshtār az moshāhede-ye jamāl-e to mā rā khabarī dehad.
My God, what a joyful day when the sun of Your majesty looks upon us; what a joyful hour when word of beholding Your beauty reaches us.
جانِ خُود را طُعمهٔ باز سازیم کِه دَر فَضایِ طَلَبِ تُو پَروازی کُنَد وَ دِلِ خُود نِثارِدوستی کُنیم کِه بَر سَرِ کویِ تُو آوازی دِهَد.
Jān-e khod rā toʿme-ye bāz sāzīm ke dar fazā-ye talab-e to parvāzī konad va del-e khod nesār-e dūstī konīm ke bar sar-e kū-ye to āvāzī dehad.
Let us offer our lives to the falcon that will fly through the open sky of seeking You, and offer our hearts to the friend whose voice sounds at the head of Your lane.
مُنَاجَات ۱۷۰
اِلٰهِی نَصیبِ این بیچاره اَز این کار هَمه دَرد اَست، مُبارَک باد کِه مَرا این دَرد فَرد اَست حاق کِه هَر کَس بِدین دَرد نَنازَد جوانمَرد اَست.
Elāhī, nasīb-e īn bīchāre az īn kār hame dard ast; mobārak bād ke marā īn dard fard ast. Ḥāq ke har kas bedīn dard nanāzad javānmard ast.
My God, all this poor soul receives from this path is pain. Blessed be the pain that sets me apart. Strange indeed is the brave soul who does not take pride in such pain.
هَر دَرد کِه زین دِلَم قَدَم بَر گیرَد
Har dard ke zīn delam qadam bar gīrad
Whenever one pain takes its leave of my heart,
دَردی دِگَرَش بِجای دَر بَر گیرَد
Dardī degarash bejāy dar bar gīrad
Another pain takes its place in my embrace.
زان با ما دَر صُحبَت اَ ز سَر گیرَد
Zān bā mā dar sohbat a z sar gīrad
Then it begins its companionship with us again,
کآتَش چو رَسَد بِه سوخته اَندَر گیرَد
Kātash chū rasad be sūkhte andar gīrad
As fire catches when it reaches what has already burned.
مُنَاجَات ۱۷۱
اِلٰهِی شاد بِدانَم کِه اَوَّلِ مَن نَبودَم تُو بودی، آتَشِ یافتَنی با نورِ شناختَنِ تُو آمیختی، اَز باغِ وِصال نَسیمِ قُربِ تُو اَنگیختی،
Elāhī, shād bedānam ke avval-e man nabūdam to būdī; ātash-e yāftanī bā nūr-e shenākhtan-e to āmīkhtī; az bāgh-e vesāl nasīm-e qorb-e to angīkhtī.
My God, I rejoice to know that before I existed, You were. You mingled the fire of finding with the light of knowing You, and stirred the breeze of Your nearness from the garden of union.
بارانِ وَحدانِیَّت بَر گَردِ بَشَرِیَّتِ تُو ریختی بِه آتَشِ دوستی آب وَ گِل سوختی تا دیدهٔ عارِف بِه دیدارِ خُود آموختی.
Bārān-e vaḥdāniyyat bar gard-e bashariyyat-e to rīkhtī; be ātash-e dūstī āb o gel sūkhtī tā dīde-ye ʿāref be dīdār-e khod āmūkhtī.
You poured the rain of oneness on the dust of human nature; with the fire of love, You burned water and clay, until You trained the knower’s eye to behold You.
گَر روزِ وِصال باز بینَم روزی
Gar rūz-e vesāl bāz bīnam rūzī
If one day I see the day of union again,
با او گِلِه هایِ روزِ هِجران نَکُنَم
Bā ū gelehā-ye rūz-e hejrān nakonam
I will not complain to the Beloved about the days of separation.
مُنَاجَات ۱۷۲
اِلٰهِی جَلالِ عِزَّتِ تُو جایِ اِشارَت نَگُذاشت وَ مَحوِ اِثباتِ تُو راهِ اِضافَت بَرداشت تا گُم گَشت آنچِه بَنده دَر دَست داشت. خُداوَندا اَز آنِ تُو می فُزود وَ اَز آنِ بَنده می کاست تا آخِر هَمان مانْد کِه اَوَّل بود راست.
Elāhī, jalāl-e ʿezzat-e to jā-ye eshārat nagozāsht va maḥv-e esbāt-e to rāh-e ezāfat bardāsht tā gom gasht ānche bande dar dast dāsht. Khodāvandā, az ān-e to mīfozūd va az ān-e bande mīkāst tā ākher hamān mānd ke avval būd rāst.
My God, the majesty of Your glory leaves no place for pointing, and the effacement of Your affirmation removes every claim of possession, until what the servant held is lost. Lord, what belongs to You increased and what belonged to the servant diminished, until at the end only what was true at the beginning remained.
مِحنَت هَمه دَر نِهادِ آب وَ گِلِ ماست
Meḥnat hame dar nehād-e āb o gel-e māst
All hardship lies in the substance of our water and clay;
پیش اَز دِل وَ گِل چِه بود آن حاصِلِ ماست
Pīsh az del o gel che būd ān ḥāsel-e māst
Before heart and clay, what was there? That is what is truly ours.
مُنَاجَات ۱۷۳
اِلٰهِی آن روز کُجا باز یابَم کِه تُو مَرا بودی وَ مَن نَبودَم تا بآ روز نَرَسَم میانِ آتَش وَ دودَم اَگَر بِه دو گیتی آن روز را باز یابَم بَر سُودَم وَ اَگَر بودِ تُو خُود را دَر یابَم بِه نَبودِ خُود خُشنودَم.
Elāhī, ān rūz kojā bāz yābam ke to marā būdī va man nabūdam? Tā bā rūz narasam, miyān-e ātash o dūdam. Agar be do gītī ān rūz rā bāz yābam, bar sūdam; va agar būd-e to khod rā dar yābam, be nabūd-e khod khoshnūdam.
My God, where shall I find again that day when You were mine and I did not exist? Until I reach that day, I am amid fire and smoke. If I regain that day in either world, I have gained; if I find myself in Your existence, I am content with my own nonexistence.
خُدایا مَن کُجا بودَم کِه تُو مَرا خواندی مَن نَه مَنَم کِه تُو مَرا ماندی.
Khodāyā, man kojā būdam ke to marā khvāndī? Man na manam ke to marā māndī.
God, where was I when You called me? I am no longer myself, for You have stayed with me.
مُنَاجَات ۱۷۴
اِلٰهِی مَران کَسی را کِه تُو خُود خواندی؛ آشکار مَکُن گُناهی را کِه تُو خُود پوشیدی، کَریما خُود بَر گِرِفتی وَ کَس نَگُفت کِه بَردار،
Elāhī, marān kasī rā ke to khod khvāndī; āshkār makon gonāhī rā ke to khod pūshīdī. Karīmā, khod bar gereftī va kas nagoft ke bardār.
My God, do not drive away someone You Yourself called; do not reveal a sin You Yourself concealed. O Generous One, You took me up of Your own accord, though no one asked You to do so.
اَکنون کِه بَر گِرِفتی مَگذار وَ دَر سایَهٔ لُطفِ خُود میدار وَ جُز بِه فَضل وَ رَحمَتِ خُود مَسپار.
Aknūn ke bar gereftī, magozār va dar sāye-ye lotf-e khod mīdār va joz be fazl o raḥmat-e khod maspār.
Now that You have taken me up, do not leave me; keep me in the shade of Your kindness and entrust me to nothing but Your grace and mercy.
مُنَاجَات ۱۷۵
اِلٰهِی آبِ عِنایَتِ تُو بِه سَنگ رَسید، سَنگ بار گِرِفت، سَنگ دِرَخت رویانید دِرَخت میوه بار گِرِفت چِه دِرَختی ؟ دِرَختی کِه بارَش هَمه شادی،
Elāhī, āb-e ʿenāyat-e to be sang rasīd, sang bār gereft, sang derakht rūyānīd, derakht mīve bār gereft. Che derakhtī? Derakhtī ke bārash hame shādī.
My God, the water of Your care reached a stone, and the stone bore fruit; the stone brought forth a tree, and the tree bore fruit. What sort of tree? One whose fruit is all joy,
مَزه اَش هَمه اُنْس وَ بویَش هَمه آزادی دِرَختی کِه ریشهٔ آن دَر زَمینِ وَفا، شاخِ آن بَرایِ رِضا، میوهٔ آن مَعرِفَت وَ صَفا، حاصِلِ آن دیدار وَ لِقا
Maze-ash hame ons va būyash hame āzādī; derakhtī ke rīshe-ye ān dar zamīn-e vafā, shākh-e ān barā-ye rezā, mīve-ye ān maʿrefat o safā, ḥāsel-e ān dīdār o leqā.
Its taste is all intimacy and its fragrance all freedom: a tree rooted in fidelity, its branches reaching toward contentment, its fruit knowledge and purity, and its harvest a face-to-face meeting.
مُنَاجَات ۱۷۶
اِلٰهِی بِنامِ تُو زَبانها گویا شُده، بِنامِ تُو جانها شِیدا شُده، بیگانه آشنا شُده، زِشت ها زیبا شُده، کار ها هُوَیدا شُده، راهها پَیدا شُده،
Elāhī, be nām-e to zabānhā gūyā shode, be nām-e to jānhā sheydā shode, bīgāne āshnā shode, zesht hā zībā shode, kār hā hoveydā shode, rāhhā peydā shode.
My God, in Your name tongues have found speech and souls have grown lovestruck. Strangers have become familiar, ugliness beauty; what was hidden has come to light, and paths have appeared.
بِنامِ تُو چَشمِ مُشتاقان گِریان، دِلهایِ عارِفان سوزان، سَر هایِ والِه هایِ خَرو شان تَنهایِ عاشِقان بیجان.
Be nām-e to chashm-e moshtāqān geryān, delhā-ye ʿārefān sūzān, sar hā-ye vāleh hā-ye kharū shān tanhā-ye ʿāsheqān bījān.
In Your name the eyes of the longing weep, the hearts of the knowers burn, the heads of the bewildered cry out, and the lovers’ bodies lose all life.
مُنَاجَات ۱۷۷
اِلٰهِی تُو جانها اَسیرِ پَیغامِ تُو، عارِف اُفتاده بِدامِ تُو مُشتاقان مَستِ مِهر اَز اَز جامِ تُو خُوشا بِحالِ کَسی کِه اَز این جام شَربَتی چِشید یا دَر این راه مَنزِلی بُرید،
Elāhī, to jānhā asīr-e peyghām-e to, ʿāref oftāde be dām-e to, moshtāqān mast-e mehr az az jām-e to. Khoshā be ḥāl-e kasī ke az īn jām sharbātī cheshīd yā dar īn rāh manzelī borīd.
My God, souls are captive to Your message, the knower is caught in Your snare, and those who long for You are intoxicated with love from Your cup. Happy is anyone who has tasted a sip from that cup or crossed even one stage of this path.
دِلِ وَی بِنورِ حَق اَفروخته وَ بِروحِ اُنْس زِنده وَ بِفروصال فَرَخُنده، گَهی دَر حَیرَتِ شُهودِ مُکاشَفِ جَلال، گَهی دَر بَحرِ وُجود غَرقَهٔ لُطف وَ جَمال.
Del-e vey be nūr-e ḥaqq afrūkhte va be rūḥ-e ons zende va befroṣāl farakhonde; gahī dar ḥeyrat-e shohūd-e mokāshef-e jalāl, gahī dar baḥr-e vojūd gharqe-ye lotf o jamāl.
Their heart is lit by the light of Truth, alive with the spirit of intimacy, and gladdened by union; now bewildered by witnessing majesty unveiled, now immersed in the sea of being, in kindness and beauty.
دَر عِشقِ تُو مَن کیم کِه دَر مَنزِلِ مَن
Dar ʿeshq-e to man kīam ke dar manzel-e man
In love of You, who am I that in my dwelling,
اَز وَصلِ رُخَت گُلی دَمَد بَر گِلِ مَن
Az vasl-e rokhat golī damad bar gel-e man
A flower should rise from the clay of my being through union with Your face?
این بَس نَبود ز عِشقِ تُو حاصِلِ مَن
Īn bas nabūd ze ʿeshq-e to ḥāsel-e man
Would this not be enough for me as the fruit of loving You,
کاراستهٔ وَصلِ تُو باشَد دِلِ مَن
Kārāste-ye vasl-e to bāshad del-e man
That my heart be adorned with union with You?
مُنَاجَات ۱۷۸
اِلٰهِی اَز وُجودِ تُو هَر مُفلِسی را نَصیبی اَز کَرَمِ تُو هَر دَردمَندی را طَبیبی اَست اَز سِعَتِ رَحمَتِ تُو هَر کَسی را بَهره ای وَ اَز بِسیاریِ بَخشِشِ تُو هَر نیازمَندی را قَطره ایست بَر سَرِ هَر مُومِن اَز تُو تاجی اَست وَ دَر دِلِ هَر مُحِب اَز تُو سِراجی اَست وَ هَر مُنتَظِری را آخِرِ روز دیداریست
Elāhī, az vojūd-e to har moflesī rā nasībī; az karam-e to har dardmandī rā ṭabībī ast; az seʿat-e raḥmat-e to har kasī rā bahre-ī, va az besyārī-ye bakhshesh-e to har niyāzmandī rā qaṭre-īst. Bar sar-e har moʾmen az to tājī ast, va dar del-e har moḥebb az to serājī ast, va har montazerī rā ākher-e rūz dīdārīst.
My God, every destitute person receives a share of Your being; through Your generosity, every sufferer finds a healer. Everyone has a portion of Your boundless mercy, and every person in need receives a drop of Your plentiful gifts. Every believer wears a crown from You, every lover carries Your lamp within, and every watcher will at last have a meeting.
مُنَاجَات ۱۷۹
اِلٰهِی این چِه بَد تَر روزی اَست تَرسَم کِه مَرا اَز تُو جُز حَسرَت نَه روزی اَست، خُداوَندا اَز بَختِ خُود چون بِپَرهیزَم وَ اَز بودَنی کُجا گریزَم ؟ وَ ناچارِه را چِه آمیزَم ؟ وَ دَر هامون کُجا گریزَم
Elāhī, īn che bad tar rūzī ast? Tarsam ke marā az to joz ḥasrat na rūzī ast. Khodāvandā, az bakht-e khod chon beparhīzam va az būdanī kojā gorīzam? Va nāchāre rā che āmīzam? Va dar hāmūn kojā gorīzam?
My God, what a harsh lot this is. I fear that longing alone is my portion from You. Lord, how can I escape my fate? Where can I flee from what must be? What can a helpless person do, and where can I run in the open plain?
مُنَاجَات ۱۸۰
اِلٰهِی کَریما دِلِ مَن کانِ حَسرَت اَست وَ تَنِ مَن مایَهٔ دَرد وَ غَم نیارَم گُفت کِه اینهَمه چِرا بِهَمره مَن نَه دَست رَسَد مَرا چارهٔ مَن.
Elāhī, karīmā, del-e man kān-e ḥasrat ast va tan-e man māye-ye dard o gham; nayāram goft ke īnhame cherā be-hamre-ye man; na dast rasad marā chāre-ye man.
My God, O Generous One, my heart is a mine of longing and my body a source of pain and sorrow. I dare not ask why so much has fallen to me. My own hand cannot reach a remedy.
مَرا تا باشَد این دَردِ نِهانی
Marā tā bāshad īn dard-e nehānī
As long as this hidden pain remains with me,
تُو را جویم کِه دَرمانَم تُو دانی
To rā jūyam ke darmānam to dānī
I seek You, for You know my cure.
مُنَاجَات ۱۸۱
اِلٰهِی اِی گُشایَندهٔ زَبانِ مُناجات گویان وَ اُنْس اَفزایِ خَلوَتهایِ ذاکِران وَ حاضِرِ نَفَسهایِ راز داران. خُداوَندا دَر حاجَتِ کَسی نَظَر کُن کِه او تُو را یَک حاجَت بیش نیست
Elāhī, ey goshāyande-ye zabān-e monājāt-gūyān va ons-afzā-ye khalvathā-ye zākerān va ḥāzer-e nafashā-ye rāzdārān. Khodāvandā, dar ḥājat-e kasī nazar kon ke ū to rā yek ḥājat bīsh nīst.
My God, You loosen the tongues of those who speak to You in private prayer, deepen the intimacy of those who remember You in solitude, and are present in the breath of those who confide their secrets. Lord, look upon the need of one who asks for nothing but You.
مُنَاجَات ۱۸۲
اِلٰهِی دَعویِ صاقانی، فَرْزَندهٔ نَفَسهایِ دوستانی، آرامِ دِلِ غَریبانی، چون دَر میانِ جان حاضِری اَز بیدِلی میگویم کِه کُجایی،
Elāhī, daʿvī-ye ṣāqānī, farzande-ye nafashā-ye dūstānī, ārām-e del-e gharībānī; chon dar miyān-e jān ḥāzerī az bīdelī mīgūyam ke kojāyī.
My God, You are the meaning of the truthful ones’ claim, the kindler of Your friends’ breath, and the comfort of strangers’ hearts. Though You are present within the soul, my heartless bewilderment makes me ask, “Where are You?”
زِندِگانی را جانی وَ آیینِ زیاد بِه خُود اَز خُود تَرجُمانی، بِه حَقِّ تُو بَر تُوت کِه ما دَر سایَهٔ غُرور نَنشانی وَ بِوِصالِ خُود رَسانی.
Zendegānī rā jānī va āyīn-e ziyād be khod az khod tarjomānī; be ḥaqq-e to bar tot ke mā dar sāye-ye ghorūr naneshānī va be vesāl-e khod resānī.
You are the life of life itself, and You interpret Yourself through Yourself. By Your own right, do not leave us seated in the shadow of conceit; bring us to union with You.
مُنَاجَات ۱۸۳
اِلٰهِی بِهَر صِفَت کِه هَستَم بَر خواستِ تُو مَوقوفَم، بِه هَر نام کِه مَرا خوانَند بِه بَندِگیِ تُو مَعروفَم، تا جان دارَم رَخت اَز این کوی بَر نَدارَم،
Elāhī, be har ṣefat ke hastam bar khvāst-e to mowqūfam; be har nām ke marā khvānand be bandegī-ye to maʿrūfam; tā jān dāram rakht az īn kūy bar nadāram.
My God, whatever state I am in depends upon Your will. Whatever name people give me, I am known through service to You. As long as I live, I will not leave this lane.
هَر کَس کِه تُو آن اَدیی بِهِشتِ او را بَنده اَست وَ آن کَس کِه تُو دَر زِند گانیِ او هَستی زِندهٔ جاوید اَست.
Har kas ke to ān adīyī behesht-e ū rā bande ast va ān kas ke to dar zend gānī-ye ū hastī zende-ye jāvdīd ast.
Whoever has You finds even paradise a servant; whoever has You within life lives forever.
مُنَاجَات ۱۸۴
اِلٰهِی اَگَر تُو فَضل کُنی، دیگَران چِه داد وَ چِه بیداد، وَ اَگَر تُو عَدل کُنی فَضلِ دیگَرا چون باد. خُداوَندا گُفتارِ تُو راحَتِ دِل اَست وَ دیدارِ تُو زِندِگیِ جان، زَبان بِیادِ تُو نازَد وَ دِل بِهَر جان بِه عِیان.
Elāhī, agar to fazl konī, dīgarān che dād o che bīdād, va agar to ʿadl konī fazl-e dīgarā chon bād. Khodāvandā, goftār-e to rāḥat-e del ast va dīdār-e to zendegī-ye jān; zabān be yād-e to nāzad va del be har jān be ʿeyān.
My God, if You show grace, what do others’ justice or injustice matter? If You judge with justice, others’ favors are like wind. Lord, Your words soothe the heart and the sight of You gives life to the soul; the tongue glories in remembrance of You, and the heart longs to see You openly.
مُنَاجَات ۱۸۵
اِلٰهِی چَند نِهان باشی وَ چَند پَیدا ؟ کِه دِلَم حَیران گَشت وَ جان شِیدا، تا کِی دَر اِستِتار وَ تَجَلّی کِیبود آن تَجَلّیِ جاوِدانی. خُداوَندا چَند خوانی وَرانی،
Elāhī, chand nehān bāshī va chand peydā? Ke delam ḥeyrān gasht va jān sheydā. Tā key dar estetār o tajallī? Keybovad ān tajallī-ye jāvedānī? Khodāvandā, chand khvānī varānī?
My God, how long will You be hidden, and how long manifest? My heart is bewildered and my soul is lovestruck. How long this veiling and unveiling? When will there be a lasting revelation? Lord, how long will You call me and drive me away?
بِگداختَم دَر آرَزویِ روزی کِه دَر آن روز تُو مانی، تا کِی اَفگَنی وَ بَر گیری، این چِه وَعده اَست بِدین دَرازی وَ بِدین دیری.
Begdākhtam dar ārezū-ye rūzī ke dar ān rūz to mānī; tā key afganī va bar gīrī? Īn che vaʿde ast bedīn derāzī va bedīn dīrī?
I have melted with longing for the day when You alone remain. How long will You cast me down and lift me up? Why is this promise so long delayed?
مُنَاجَات ۱۸۶
اِلٰهِی این بوده وَ هَست وَ بودَنی، مَن بِقَدرِ شَآنِ تُو نادانَم وَ سَزایِ تُو را نَتوانَم دَر بیچارِگیِ خُود گَردانَم، روز– بِروز بَر زِیانَم،
Elāhī, īn būde va hast o būdanī; man be qadr-e shaʾn-e to nādānam va sazā-ye to rā natavānam; dar bīchāregī-ye khod gardānam, rūz be rūz bar ziyānam.
My God, You are what has been, what is, and what will be. I cannot comprehend the measure of Your rank or give You what is Your due. I circle in my helplessness, losing more day by day.
چون مَنی چون بود اَر نِگریستَن دَر تاریکی بِفَغانَم کِه خُود بَر هیچ چیز هَست ماندَنَم نَدانَم،
Chon manī chon būd ar negerīstan dar tārīkī be faghānam ke khod bar hīch chīz hast māndanam nadānam.
How can someone like me be anything? Gazing into darkness, I cry aloud, for I cannot know whether anything of me will remain.
چَشم بَر روی دارَم کِه تُو مانی وَ مَن نَمانَم چون مَن کیست اَگَر آن روز بِبینَم اَگَر بِه بینَم بِجان فِدایِ آنَم. خُداوَندا آنچِه مَن اَز تُو دیدَم، دو گیتی بِیارایَد،
Chashm bar rūy dāram ke to mānī va man namānam; chon man kīst agar ān rūz bebīnam? Agar be bīnam, be jān fedā-ye ānam. Khodāvandā, ānche man az to dīdam do gītī biyārāyad.
I keep my gaze fixed upon the day when You remain and I do not. Who am I, that I should see that day? If I do, I will give my life for it. Lord, what I have seen of You could adorn both worlds.
شِگِفت آنکِه جانِ مَن اَز تُو نَمی آیَد.
Shegeft ānke jān-e man az to namī āyad.
How strange that my soul does not come from You.
مُنَاجَات ۱۸۷
اِلٰهِی روزگاری تُو را می جُستَم خُود را می یافتم، اَکنون خُود را می جویم تُو را می یابَم اِی مُحِب را یاد وَ اُنْس را یادگار، چون حاضِری این جُستَن بِچِه کار ؟
Elāhī, rūzegārī to rā mījustam khod rā mīyāftam; aknūn khod rā mījūyam to rā mīyābam. Ey moḥebb rā yād va ons rā yādgār, chon ḥāzerī īn jostan be che kār?
My God, once I sought You and found myself; now I seek myself and find You. O remembrance of the lover, lasting sign of intimacy, if You are present, what use is this searching?
مُنَاجَات ۱۸۸
اِلٰهِی یافته می جویم، با دیده دَر میگویم کِه دارَم چِه جویم، کِه می بینَم چِه گویم ؟ شِیفتهٔ این جُست وَ جویم گِرِفتارِ این گُفت وَ گویم،
Elāhī, yāfte mījūyam; bā dīde dar mīgūyam: ke dāram che jūyam? Ke mībīnam che gūyam? Sheyfte-ye īn jost o jūyam, gereftār-e īn goft o gūyam.
My God, I seek what I have already found. With eyes open, I ask: what is there to seek when I have it? What is there to say when I see it? Still I am captivated by this search and caught up in this conversation.
اِی پیش اَز هَر روز وَ جُدا اَز هَر کَس مَرا دَرین سوز هِزار مُطرِف نَه بَس.
Ey pīsh az har rūz va jodā az har kas, marā darīn sūz hezār moṭref na bas.
O You who precede every day and are apart from everyone, even a thousand sumptuous cloaks would not be enough for this burning in me.
خُداوَندا سَزَد کِه اَکنون سَمومِ قَهر اَز آن باز داری وَ کُشتهٔ عِنایَتِ اَزَلی را بِه رِعایَتِ اَبَدی مَدَد کُنی.
Khodāvandā, sazād ke aknūn samūm-e qahr az ān bāz dārī va koshte-ye ʿenāyat-e azalī rā be reʿāyat-e abadī madad konī.
Lord, it is fitting now that You hold back the scorching wind of wrath and sustain with everlasting care the one slain by Your eternal favor.
مُنَاجَات ۱۸۹
اِلٰهِی بِه عِنایَتِ اَزَلی تُخمِ هِدایَت کاشتی، بِه رِسالَتِ پَیامبَران آب دادی، بِه یاری وَ تَوفیق پَروَردی بِنَظَرِ خُود بار آوَردی.
Elāhī, be ʿenāyat-e azalī tokhm-e hedāyat kāshtī, be resālat-e peyāmbarān āb dādī, be yārī va towfīq parvardī, be nazar-e khod bār āvardī.
My God, through Your eternal care You sowed the seed of guidance, watered it through the prophets’ missions, nurtured it with help and enabling grace, and brought it to fruit beneath Your gaze.
مُنَاجَات ۱۹۰
اِلٰهِی گاه گِریَم کِه دَر اِختِیارِ دیوَم اَز بَس تاریکی بینَم، باز ناگاه نوری تابَد کِه جُملهٔ بَشَرِیَّت دَر جَنبِ آن ناپَدید بود.
Elāhī, gāh geryam ke dar ekhtiyār-e dīvam az bas tārīkī bīnam; bāz nāgāh nūrī tābad ke jomle-ye bashariyyat dar janb-e ān nāpadīd būd.
My God, at times I weep, thinking I am in the demon’s power because I see so much darkness. Then suddenly a light shines, beside which all human existence disappears.
خُدایا اَز تُو می گُفتَم وَ گاه اَز تُو می نیوشیدَم میانِ جُرمِ خُود وَ لُطفِ تُو می اَندیشیدَم، کَشیدا آنچِه کَشیدَم هَمه نوش گَشت چون آوایِ تُو شِنیدَم.
Khodāyā, az to mīgoftam va gāh az to mīnīyūshīdam; miyān-e jorm-e khod va lotf-e to mīandīshīdam. Kashīdā ānche kashīdam hame nūsh gasht chon āvā-ye to shenīdam.
God, I spoke of You and sometimes listened to You. I pondered my wrongdoing and Your kindness. All the suffering I endured became sweetness when I heard Your voice.
مُنَاجَات ۱۹۱
اِلٰهِی تُو دَر اَزَل ما را بَر گِرِفتی وَ کَسی نَگُفت کِه بَردار، اَکنون کِه بَر گِرِفتی نَه بِگذار، وَ دَر سایَهٔ لُطفِ تُو خُود میدار.
Elāhī, to dar azal mā rā bar gereftī va kasī nagoft ke bardār; aknūn ke bar gereftī na begozār, va dar sāye-ye lotf-e to khod mīdār.
My God, You took us up in eternity, and no one told You to do so. Now that You have taken us up, do not set us down; keep us in the shade of Your kindness.
مُنَاجَات ۱۹۲
اِلٰهِی آنچِه نا خواسته یافتَنی اَست، خواهَندهٔ آن کیست ؟ وَ آنچِه اَز پاداش بَر تَر اَست پُرسِش دَر جَنبِ آن چیست ؟ پَس هَر چِه اَز بارانِ مِنَّت اَست بَهارِ آن دَمی اَست وَ دانِش وَ کوشِش مِحنَتِ آدَمی اَست.
Elāhī, ānche nā khvāste yāftanī ast, khvāhande-ye ān kīst? Va ānche az pādāsh bar tar ast, porsesh dar janb-e ān chīst? Pas har che az bārān-e mennat ast, bahār-e ān damī ast va dānesh o kūshesh meḥnat-e ādamī ast.
My God, what comes unasked—who can claim to have sought it? What surpasses every reward—what does asking amount to beside it? Whatever comes from the rain of Your favor has its spring in an instant; human knowledge and effort are a burden by comparison.
مُنَاجَات ۱۹۳
اِلٰهِی مَرا دَردی اَست کِه بِهی مَباد پَس این دَرد مَرا صَواب اَست، با خُرسَندی دَردمَندی بِه دَردِ خُود کَسی را چِه حِساب اَست.
Elāhī, marā dardī ast ke behī mabād; pas īn dard marā ṣavāb ast; bā khorsandī-ye dardmandī be dard-e khod kasī rā che ḥesāb ast.
My God, I have a pain I pray will never heal, for this pain is right for me. When a sufferer is content with the pain, what claim can anyone else make against it?
مُنَاجَات ۱۹۴
اِلٰهِی گاهی بِخُود نِگَرَم گویم اَز مَن زار تَر کیست، گاهی بِه تُو نِگَرَم گویم اَز مَن بُزُرگوار تَر کیست ؟ بَنده چون بِهیِ خُود نِگَرد بِزَبانِ تَحقیر اَز کوفتِگی وَ شِکَستِگیِ خُود گوید :
Elāhī, gāhī be khod negaram gūyam az man zār tar kīst; gāhī be to negaram gūyam az man bozorgvār tar kīst? Bande chon behī-ye khod negarad be zabān-e taḥqīr az kūftegī o shekastegī-ye khod gūyad:
My God, when I look at myself, I ask, “Who is more wretched than I?” When I look to You, I ask, “Who has been more generously honored than I?” When a servant looks at his own condition, he speaks humbly of his exhaustion and brokenness:
پُر آب دو دیده وَ پُرآتَش جِگَرَم
Por āb do dīde va por-ātash jegaram
My eyes brim with water, my heart with fire;
پُر باد دو دَستَم وَ پُر اَز خاک سَرم
Por bād do dastam va por az khāk saram
My hands are full of wind, my head covered in dust.
وَ چون بِه لُطفِ اِلٰهِی وَ فَضلِ رَبّانی نِگَرد، بِزَبانِ شادی وَ نِعمَتِ آزادِگی گوید :
Va chon be lotf-e elāhī va fazl-e rabbānī negarad, be zabān-e shādī va neʿmat-e āzādegī gūyad:
But when he looks upon divine kindness and the Lord’s grace, he speaks with joy and the freedom grace brings:
چِه کُنَد عَرش کِه او غاشِیَهٔ مَن بِکِشَد
Che konad ʿarsh ke ū ghāshiye-ye man bekeshad
What can the Throne do but carry my saddle cloth,
چون بِه دِل غاشِیَهٔ حُکم وَ قَضایِ تُو کِشَم
Chon be del ghāshiye-ye ḥokm o qazā-ye to kesham
When in my heart I carry the saddle cloth of Your command and decree?
بویِ جان آیَدَم اَز لَب چو حَدیثِ تُو کُنَم
Bū-ye jān āyadam az lab chū ḥadīs-e to konam
The scent of life rises from my lips whenever I speak of You;
شاخِ عِز رویدَم اَز دِل چو بَلایِ تُو کِشَم
Shākh-e ʿezz rūyadam az del chū balā-ye to kesham
A branch of honor grows from my heart whenever I bear Your trials.
مُنَاجَات ۱۹۵
اِلٰهِی آمَدَم با دو دَستِ تِهی، سوختَم بِه اُمیدِ روزِ بِهی، چِه باشَد اَگَر بَر این دِلِ خَسته اَم مَرهَم نِهی.
Elāhī, āmadam bā do dast-e tohī, sūkhtam be omīd-e rūz-e behī; che bāshad agar bar īn del-e khaste-am marham nehī.
My God, I have come empty handed. I have burned in hope of a better day. Will You not lay a balm on this weary heart of mine?
مُنَاجَات ۱۹۶
اِلٰهِی اَز آرَندهٔ غَمِ پَشیمانی دَر دِلهایِ آشنایان وَ اِی اَفگَندهٔ سُوز دَر دِلِ تایِبان اِی پَذیرَندهٔ گُناهکاران وَ مُعتَرِفان؛
Elāhī, az ārande-ye gham-e pashīmānī dar delhā-ye āshnāyān va ey afgande-ye sūz dar del-e tāyebān, ey pazīrande-ye gonāhkārān va moʿtarefān:
My God, You bring the sorrow of repentance into the hearts of those who know You. You kindle yearning in the hearts of the penitent and receive sinners who confess.
کَسی باز نَیامَد تا باز نَیاوَردی وَ کَسی راه نَیافْت تا دَست نَگِرِفتی،
Kasī bāz nayāmad tā bāz nayāvardī va kasī rāh nayāft tā dast nagereftī.
No one returned until You brought them back; no one found the path until You took their hand.
دَستگیر کِه چون تُو دَستگیر نیست دَریاب کِه جُز تُو پَناه نیست وَ پُرسِشِ ما را جُز تُو جَواب نیست وَ دَردِ ما را جُز تُو دَوا نیست وَ اَز این غَم جُز تُو ما را راحَت نیست.
Dastgīr ke chon to dastgīr nīst; daryāb ke joz to panāh nīst va porsesh-e mā rā joz to javāb nīst va dard-e mā rā joz to davā nīst va az īn gham joz to mā rā rāḥat nīst.
Take our hand, for no one helps as You do. Come to our aid, for there is no refuge but You, no answer to our questions but Yours, no cure for our pain but You, and no relief from this grief except in You.
مُنَاجَات ۱۹۷
اِلٰهِی کارِ تُو بی ما بِه نیکویی دَر گِرِفتی، چِراغِ خُود را بی ما بِه مِهربانی اَفروختی، خِلعَتِ نور اَز غَیب بی ما، بِه بَنده نَوازی فِرِستادی،
Elāhī, kār-e to bī mā be nīkūyī dar gereftī; cherāgh-e khod rā bī mā be mehrbānī afrūkhtī; khelʿat-e nūr az gheyb bī mā, be bande-navāzī ferestādī.
My God, You brought Your work to fruition without us. Without us You lit Your lamp in kindness, and sent a robe of light from the unseen as a gift to Your servants.
چون رَهی را بِه لُطفِ خُود بِه این آرَزو آوَردی چِه شَوَد بِه لُطفِ خُود ما را بِه سَربِری.
Chon rahī rā be lotf-e khod be īn ārezū āvardī, che shavad be lotf-e khod mā rā be sarberī?
Having brought this servant to such longing through Your kindness, would You now, through that same kindness, see us through to its fulfillment?
مُنَاجَات ۱۹۸
اِلٰهِی تُو دوستانِ خُود را بِه لُطف پَیدا گَشتی تا قَومی را بِشَرابِ اُنْس مَست کَردی، قَومی را بِه دَریایِ دَهشَت غَرق کَردی، نِدا اَز نَزدیک شِنَوانیدی وَ نِشان اَز دور دادی؛
Elāhī, to dūstān-e khod rā be lotf peydā gashtī tā qowmī rā be sharāb-e ons mast kardī, qowmī rā be daryā-ye dahshat gharq kardī; nedā az nazdīk shenavānīdī va neshān az dūr dādī.
My God, through kindness You revealed Yourself to Your friends. You intoxicated some with the wine of intimacy and drowned others in the sea of awe; You let them hear a call from near and gave them a sign from far away.
رَهی را باز خواندی وَ آنگاه خُود نِهان گَشتی اَز وَراءِ پَرده خُود را عَرضه کَردی وَ بِه نِشانِ بُزُرگی خُود را جِلوه نَموده تا آن جوانمَردانرا دَر وادیِ دَهشَت گُم کَردی،
Rahī rā bāz khvāndī va āngāh khod nehān gashtī; az varāʾ-e parde khod rā ʿarze kardī va be neshān-e bozorgī khod rā jelwe namūde tā ān javānmardān rā dar vādī-ye dahshat gom kardī.
You called the servant back, and then hid Yourself. You showed Yourself from behind a veil and displayed a sign of Your grandeur, until those brave souls lost their way in the valley of awe.
وَ ایشان را دَر بیتابی وَ بی توانی سَر گَردان کَردی؛ داوَرِ آن داد خواهان تُویی وَ داد دِهِ آن فَریاد کُنان تُویی وَ دِیَتِ آن کُشتِگان تُویی،
Va īshān rā dar bītābī va bī tavānī sar gardān kardī; dāvar-e ān dādkhvāhān toʾī va dād deh-e ān faryād konān toʾī va diyat-e ān koshtegān toʾī.
You left them wandering, restless and without strength. You are the judge of those who seek justice, the one who vindicates those who cry out, and the blood price for those slain.
تا آن گُم شُده کِی بِه راه آیَد وَ آن غَرق شُده کُجا بِه کَران اُفتَد، وَ آن جانهایِ خَسته کُجا بِیاسایَند،
Tā ān gom shode key be rāh āyad va ān gharq shode kojā be karān oftad, va ān jānhā-ye khaste kojā biyāsāyand?
When will the lost one find the path? Where will the drowned one come ashore? Where will those weary souls find rest?
وَ این قِصَّهٔ نِهانی را کِی جَواب آیَد وَ شَبِ اِنتِظارِ آنان را کِی بامداد آیَد ؟
Va īn qesse-ye nehānī rā key javāb āyad va shab-e entezār-e ānān rā key bāmdād āyad?
When will this hidden story find an answer, and when will dawn break upon their night of waiting?
یار اَز غَمِ مَن خَبَر نَدارَد گویی
Yār az gham-e man khabar nadārad gūyī
It seems my beloved knows nothing of my sorrow;
یا خواب بِه مَن گُذَر نَدارَد گویی
Yā khvāb be man gozar nadārad gūyī
It seems sleep will not visit me.
تاریک تَر اَست هَر زَمانی شَبِ مَن
Tārīk tar ast har zamānī shab-e man
My night grows darker with every passing moment;
یارَب شَبِ مَن سَحَر نَدارَد گویی
Yā rabb, shab-e man saḥar nadārad gūyī
Lord, it seems my night will never see dawn.
مُنَاجَات ۱۹۹
اِلٰهی تُو آنی کِه نُورِ تَجَلّی بَر دِلهایِ دُوستان تابان کَردی وَ چَشمه هایِ مِهر دَر سِرِّ ایشان رَوان کَردی، تُو پِیدا وَ بِه پِیداییِ خُود دَر هَر دُو گیتی نا پِیدا کَردی.
Elāhī to ānī ke nūr-e tajallī bar delhā-ye dūstān tābān kardī va cheshmehā-ye mehr dar serr-e īshān ravān kardī, to peydā va be peydāyī-ye khod dar har do gītī nā peydā kardī.
My God, you are the One who made the light of self-disclosure shine upon your friends’ hearts and set springs of love flowing in their innermost being. You are manifest, and through your very manifestation you made both worlds vanish from sight.
اِی نُورِ دیدهٔ آشنایان وَ سُوزِ دِلِ دُوستان وَ سُرُورِ جانِ نَزدیکان، هَمه تُو بُودی وَ تُویی، تُو نَه دُوری تا تَرا جُویَنده نَه غافِل تا تَرا پُرسَند،
Ey nūr-e dīde-ye āshnāyān va sūz-e del-e dūstān va sorūr-e jān-e nazdīkān, hame to būdī va toyī, to na dūrī tā torā jūyand(e), na ghāfel tā torā porsand,
O light in the eyes of those who know you, ardor in the hearts of your friends, and joy in the souls of those near you: you were and are everything. You are not far away, for them to seek you, nor unaware, for them to inquire after you;
نَه تَرا جُز بِتُو یابَند. خُداوَندا یَکبار این پَردهٔ مَن اَز مَن بَردار،
Na torā joz be to yāband. Khodāvandā yekbār īn parde-ye man az man bardār,
nor can they find you except through you. Lord, take this veil of my self away from me once and for all;
وَ عَیبِ هَستیِ مَن اَز مَن وادار وَ مَرا دَر دَستِ کُوشِش مَگُذار بار خُدایا کِردار اَز ما دَر مَیار وَ زَبانِ ما اَز ما وادار.
Va ʿeyb-e hastī-ye man az man vādār va marā dar dast-e kūshesh magozār. Bār Khodāyā kerdār az mā dar mayār va zabān-e mā az mā vādār.
Remove the defect of my selfhood from me and do not leave me in the hands of my own striving. Lord God, do not bring our deeds out against us; take our words from us.
مُنَاجَات ۲۰۰
اِلٰهی هَر چِه نِشان می شُمُردَم پَرده بُود وَ هَر چِه مایه می دانِستَم بِهیده بُود. اِی کَردِگارِ نیکُو کار آنچِه بی ما ساختی بی ما راست دار وَ آنچِه تُو بَر تاوی بِه ما مَسپار.
Elāhī har che neshān mī-shomordam parde būd va har che māye mī-dānestam behīde būd. Ey kardegār-e nīkū kār, ānche bī mā sākhtī bī mā rāst dār va ānche to bar tāvī be mā maspār.
My God, everything I counted as a sign was a veil, and everything I thought a source of strength proved worn away. O gracious Creator, sustain without our help what you fashioned without us; do not entrust to us what you yourself bring about.
اَز بَسکِه دُو دیده دَر خَیالَت دارَم
Az baske do dīde dar khiyālat dāram
So constantly do I keep both eyes fixed on the thought of you
دَر هَرچِه نِگَه کُنَم تُویی پِندارَم
Dar harche negah konam toyī pendāram
that wherever I look, I imagine it is you.
مُنَاجَات ۲۰۱
اِلٰهی راهَم نُما بِخُود وَ باز رَهان مَرا اَز بَندهٔ خُود، اِی رَسانَنده بِخُود بِرَسانَم کِه کَسی نَرَسیده بِخُود، بار اِلٰها یادِ تُو عَیش اَست وَ مِهرِ تُو سُور،
Elāhī rāham nomā be khod va bāz rahān marā az bande-ye khod; ey rasānande be khod, berasānam, ke kasī naresīde be khod. Bār Elāhā yād-e to ʿeysh ast va mehr-e to sūr,
My God, show me the way to you and free me from my own self. O you who bring people to yourself, bring me there, for no one reaches you by their own power. Lord God, remembrance of you is delight, and love of you a feast;
شِناختِ تُو مُلک اَست وَ یادِ تُو سُرُور، وَ صُحبَت وَ نَزدیکیِ تُو نُور، جُویَندهٔ تُو کُشتهٔ با جان اَست وَ یافتِ تُو رَستخیزِ بی صُوَر.
Shenākht-e to molk ast va yād-e to sorūr, va sohbat va nazdīkī-ye to nūr; jūyande-ye to koshte-ye bā jān ast va yāft-e to rastākhīz-e bī sovar.
knowledge of you is a kingdom, remembrance of you a joy, and companionship and nearness with you a light. Your seeker is slain yet alive; finding you is a resurrection beyond all forms.
مُنَاجَات ۲۰۲
اِلٰهی نَه جُز اَز شِناختِ تُو شادی اَست نَه جُز اَز یافتِ تُو زِندِگانی، زِندِگانی بی تُو، بَردِگی اَست وَ زِنده بِه تُو هَم زِنده وَ هَم زِندِگانی اَست.
Elāhī na joz az shenākht-e to shādī ast na joz az yāft-e to zendegānī; zendegānī bī to, bardegī ast va zende be to ham zende va ham zendegānī ast.
My God, there is no joy except in knowing you, and no life except in finding you. Life without you is slavery; one who lives through you is both alive and life itself.
غَم کِی خُورَد آنکِه شاد وَ ما نیش تُویی
Gham key khorad ānke shād va mā nīsh toyī
How could one grieve when you are their joy and abiding life?
یا کِی مُرد اُو کِه زِندِگانیش تُویی
Yā key mord ū ke zendegānīsh toyī
And how could one die whose very life is you?
دَر نیسیه آن جَهان کُجا دِل بَندَد
Dar nīsiye ān jahān kojā del bandad
Why should they set their heart on that other world, promised for later,
آن کَس کِه بِنَقدِ این جَهانیش تُویی
Ān kas ke be naqd-e īn jahānīsh toyī
when here and now, in this world, they have you?
مُنَاجَات ۲۰۳
اِلٰهی اِی یافتَه وَ یافتَنی، اَز مَست چِه نِشان دَهَند جُز بی خویشتَنی هَمه خَلق را مِحنَت اَز دُوری اَست وَ این بیچاره را اَز نَزدیکی، هَمه را تِشنِگی اَز نایافتِ آب اَست وَ ما را اَز سیر آبی.
Elāhī ey yāfte va yāftanī, az mast che neshān dahand joz bī-khīsh-tanī? Hame-ye khalq rā mehnat az dūrī ast va īn bīchāre rā az nazdīkī; hame rā teshnegī az nāyāft-e āb ast va mā rā az sīr-ābī.
My God, you who have been found and are still to be found, what sign can intoxication give but loss of self? Everyone suffers from distance, while this poor one suffers from nearness. Others thirst for want of water; I thirst because I have drunk my fill.
اِی عاشِقِ دِل سُوختَه اَندُوه مَدار
Ey ʿāsheq-e del-sūkhte andūh madār
O lover with a burning heart, do not despair:
رُوزی بِه مُرادِ عاشِقان گَردَد کار
Rūzī be morād-e ʿāsheqān gardad kār
one day matters will turn toward what lovers long for.
مُنَاجَات ۲۰۴
اِلٰهی اِی دانَندهٔ هَر چیز وَ سازَندهٔ هَر کار وَ دارَندهٔ هَر کَس نَه کَس را با تُو اَنبازی وَ نَه کَس را اَز تُو بی نیازی کار بِه حِکمَت می اَندازی وَ بِه لُطف می سازی،
Elāhī ey dānande-ye har chīz va sāzande-ye har kār va dārande-ye har kas, na kas rā bā to anbāzī va na kas rā az to bī-niyāzī; kār be hekmat mī-andāzī va be lotf mī-sāzī,
My God, knower of everything, maker of every work, and sustainer of every person: no one is your partner, and no one can do without you. In wisdom you set things in motion, and in kindness you bring them to completion;
نَه بیداد اَست وَ نَه بازی بار خُدایا بَنده را نَه چُون وَ چِرا دَر کارِ تُو دانِشی وَ نَه کَسی را بَر تُو فَرمایِشی،
Na bīdād ast va na bāzī. Bār Khodāyā bande rā na chūn-o-cherā dar kār-e to dāneshī va na kasī rā bar to farmāyeshī,
there is neither injustice nor play in it. Lord God, no servant has knowledge of the how and why of your work, and no one has any authority to direct you;
سَزا ها هَمه تُو ساختی وَ نَوا ها هَمه تُو ساختی نَه اَز کَس بِتُو نَه اَز تُو بِه کَس، هَمه اَز تُو بِتُو هَمه تُویی وَ بَس؛ خَلایِق فانی وَ حَقِّ یَکتا بِخُود باقیست.
Sazāhā hame to sākhtī va navāhā hame to sākhtī; na az kas be to, na az to be kas, hame az to be to, hame toyī va bas; khalāyeq fānī va Haqq-e yektā be khod bāqīst.
You fashioned every due and every gift. Nothing comes to you from anyone, nor passes from you to another as an equal: all is from you and returns to you. You alone are all; creatures pass away, and the one Truth abides in itself.
نامِ تُو شِنید بَنده دِل داد بِتُو
Nām-e to shenīd bande del dād be to
The servant heard your name and gave you his heart;
چُون دید رُخِ تُو دِل داد بِتُو
Chūn dīd rokh-e to del dād be to
when he saw your face, he gave you his heart.
مُنَاجَات ۲۰۵
اِلٰهی بِه عِنایَت هِدایَت دادی وَ بِه مَعُونَت ها بَذرِ خِدمَت رُویانیدی وَ بِه پَیغام آبِ پَذیرِش دادی،
Elāhī be ʿenāyat hedāyat dādī va be maʿūnathā bazr-e khedmat rūyānīdī va be peyghām āb-e pazīresh dādī,
My God, through your care you gave guidance; through your help you made the seed of service grow; through your message you watered it with acceptance;
بِنَظَرِ خویش میوهٔ مَحَبَّت وارَسانیدی اَکنُون سَزَد کِه سَمُومِ مَکر اَز آن باز داری وَ بِنایی کِه خُود ساختَهٔ بِگُناهِ ما خَراب نَکُنی. خُداوَندا تُو ضَعیفان را پَناهی،
Be nazar-e khīsh mīve-ye mahabbat vārasānīdī. Aknūn sazad ke samūm-e makr az ān bāz dārī va benāyī ke khod sākhte-ye be gonāh-e mā kharāb nakonī. Khodāvandā to zaʿīfān rā panāhī,
and with your own gaze brought the fruit of love to ripeness. Now it is fitting that you keep the searing wind of deception from it and do not let our sin ruin a building you yourself made. Lord, you are a refuge for the weak,
قاصِدان را بَر سَرِ راهی وَ وِجدان را گَواهی چِه باشَد فَزایی وَ نَکاهی.
Qāsedān rā bar sar-e rāhī va vejdān rā gavāhī; che bāshad fazāyī va nakāhī.
you meet those who set out on the road, and you bear witness to what is found within. May you increase your gift and never diminish it.
رَوضهٔ رُوحِ مَن رِضایِ تُو باد
Rawze-ye rūh-e man rezā-ye to bād
May your pleasure be the garden of my soul;
قِبله گاهَم دَر سَرایِ تُو باد
Qeblegāham dar sarā-ye to bād
may the place I turn toward be in your dwelling.
سُرمهٔ دیدهٔ جَهان بینَم
Sorme-ye dīde-ye jahān-bīnam
May the kohl upon my world-seeing eyes,
تا بُوَد گَردِ خاکِ پایِ تُو باد
Tā bovad gard-e khāk-e pā-ye to bād
as long as they see, be dust from the ground beneath your feet.
گَر هَمه رایِ تُو فَنایِ مَن اَست
Gar hame rāy-e to fanā-ye man ast
If your will is wholly that I should pass away,
کارِ مَن بَر مُرادِ رایِ تُو باد
Kār-e man bar morād-e rāy-e to bād
let my fate unfold according to your will.
شُد دِلَم ذَرّه وار دَر هَوَست
Shod delam zarre-vār dar havast
My heart has become a tiny particle caught in desire for you;
دائِم این ذَرّه دَر هَوایِ تُو باد
Dāʾem īn zarre dar havā-ye to bād
may this little particle forever remain in your air.
مُنَاجَات ۲۰۶
اِلٰهی تُو آنی کِه اَز اِحاطَتِ اَدهام بیرونی وَ اَز اِدراکِ عُقُول مَصُونی، نَه مَدَرَکِ عُیُونی کار سازِهَر مَفتُونی وَ شاد سازِ هَر مَحزُونی، دَر حُکم بی چِرا وَ دَر ذات بی چَند وَ دَر صِفات بی چُونی.
Elāhī to ānī ke az ehāte-ye adhām bīrūnī va az edrāk-e ʿoqūl masūnī, na madarak-e ʿoyūnī, kār-sāz-e har maftūnī va shād-sāz-e har mahzūnī; dar hokm bī cherā va dar zāt bī chand va dar sefāt bī chūnī.
My God, you are beyond the reach of darkened thoughts, shielded from what minds can comprehend and beyond what eyes can perceive. You set right the affairs of every afflicted soul and bring joy to everyone who grieves. No one may demand why of your judgment, measure your essence, or ask how your attributes can be.
تُو لاله سُرخ وَ لُؤلُؤِ مَکنُونی
To lāle sorkh va loʾloʾ-e maknūnī
You are the red tulip and the hidden pearl;
مَن مَجنُونَم تُو لِیلیِ مَجنُونی
Man Majnūnam to Leylī-ye Majnūnī
I am Majnun, and you are the Layla he loves.
تُو مُشتَریانِ با بِضاعَت داری
To moshtariyān-e bā bezāʿat dārī
You have buyers who possess the means to pay;
با مُشتَریانِ بی بِضاعَت چُونی
Bā moshtariyān-e bī bezāʿat chūnī
how will you treat those buyers who have nothing?
مُنَاجَات ۲۰۷
اِلٰهی نَصیبِ این بیچاره اَز این کار هَمه دَرد اَست مُبارَک باد کِه مَرا این هَمه دَرد دَر خُورد اَست بیچاره آن کَس اَز این دَرد فَرد اَست، حَقّا کِه هَر کَس بِدین دَرد نَنازَد نا جَوانمَرد اَست.
Elāhī nasīb-e īn bīchāre az īn kār hame dard ast; mobārak bād ke marā īn hame dard dar khord ast. Bīchāre ān kas az īn dard fard ast; haqqā ke har kas be dīn dard nanāzad nā-javānmard ast.
My God, all this poor soul receives from this path is pain. Blessed be that pain, for I am worthy of it. Poor indeed is the one deprived of such pain; truly, anyone who does not take pride in it lacks nobility of spirit.
مَن گِریه بِه خَنده دَر هَمی پِیوَندَم
Man gerye be khande dar hamī peyvandam
I mingle my tears with laughter:
پِنهان گِریَم بِه آشکارا خَندَم
Penhān geryam be āshkārā khandam
in secret I weep, in public I smile.
اِی دُوست گُمان مَبَر کِه مَن خُرسَندَم
Ey dūst gomān mabar ke man khorsandam
Friend, do not suppose that I am content;
آگاه نَه اِی کِه چُون نیازمَندَم
Āgāh na ī ke chūn niyāzmandam
you do not know how deeply I am in need.
مُنَاجَات ۲۰۸
اِلٰهی دَر دِلِ دُوستانِ تُو نُورِ عِنایَت پِیداست وَ جانها دَر آرزُویِ وِصالِ تُو حَیران وَ شِیداست، چُون تُو مَولا کَراست ؟ وَ چُون تُو دُوست کُجاست ؟
Elāhī dar del-e dūstān-e to nūr-e ʿenāyat peydāst va jānhā dar ārezū-ye vesāl-e to heyrān va sheydāst; chūn to mowlā kerāst? Va chūn to dūst kojāst?
My God, the light of your care shines in your friends’ hearts, while souls yearning for union with you are bewildered and enraptured. Who has a master like you? Where is there a friend like you?
مُنَاجَات ۲۰۹
اِلٰهی هَر چِه دادی نِشان اَست وَ آیینِ فَرداست وَ آنچِه یافتیم پَیغام اَست وَ خِلعَت بَر جاست. خُدایا نِشانَت بیقَراریِ دِل وَ غارَتِ جان اَست وَ خِلعَتِ وِصال دَر مُشاهَدهٔ جَلال.
Elāhī har che dādī neshān ast va āyīn-e fardāst va ānche yāftīm peyghām ast va khelʿat bar jāst. Khodāyā neshānat bī-qarārī-ye del va ghārat-e jān ast va khelʿat-e vesāl dar moshāhade-ye jalāl.
My God, all you have given is a sign, a foretaste of tomorrow; what we have found is a message, while the robe of honor still awaits. God, your sign is a restless heart and a soul carried away, and the robe of union is to behold your majesty.
رُوزی کِه سَر اَز پَرده بُرُون خواهی کَرد
Rūzī ke sar az parde borūn khāhī kard
On the day you lift your head from behind the veil,
دانَم کِه زَمانه را زَبُون خواهی کَرد
Dānam ke zamāne rā zabūn khāhī kard
I know you will bring the whole age to its knees.
گَر زیب وَ جَمال اَز این فُزُون خواهی کَرد
Gar zīb o jamāl az īn fozūn khāhī kard
If you reveal still more beauty than this,
یارَبّ چِه جِگَر هاست کِه خُون خواهی کَرد
Yā Rabb che jegarhāst ke khūn khāhī kard
Lord, how many hearts will bleed for love of you!
اِی خُداوَندی کِه فَلَک وَ مَلَک را نِگاهدارَنده تُویی، اِی بُزُرگی کِه اَز ماه تا مااهی دارَنده تُویی، اِی کَریمی کِه دُعا را نیوشَنده تُویی وَ جَفا را پُوشَنده تُویی،
Ey khodāvandī ke falak o malak rā negāhdārande toyī, ey bozorgī ke az māh tā māāhī dārande toyī, ey karīmī ke doʿā rā nīyūshande toyī va jafā rā pūshande toyī,
O Lord who sustains the heavens and the angels; O Great One who upholds all things from the moon to the fish beneath the world; O Generous One who hears prayers and covers over wrongdoing;
اِی لَطیفی کِه عَطا را دَهَنده تُویی وَ خَطا را بَرازَنده تُویی اِی یَکتایی کِه دَر صِفَتِ جَلال وَ جَمال پایَنده تُویی، عاصِیان را شُویَنده تُویی وَ طالِبان را جُویَنده تُویی.
Ey latīfī ke ʿatā rā dahande toyī va khatā rā barāzande toyī; ey yektāyī ke dar sefat-e jalāl o jamāl pāyande toyī, ʿāsiyān rā shūyande toyī va tālebān rā jūyande toyī.
O Gentle One who gives freely and deals graciously with faults; O One who endures in majesty and beauty: you wash sinners clean, and you seek those who seek you.
بِنمای رَهی کِه رَه نَمایَنده تُویی
Benmāy rahī ke rah-nomāyande toyī
Show us a path, for you are the one who guides;
بُگشای دَری کِه دَر گُشایَنده تُویی
Bogshāy darī ke dar-goshāyande toyī
open a door, for you are the one who opens.
زَنگارِ غَمان گِرِفت دُورِ دِلِ دِلِ مَن
Zangār-e ghamān gereft dūr-e del-e del-e man
The rust of sorrows has covered my heart’s very heart;
بِزُدای کِه زَنگِ دِل زُدایَنده تُویی
Bezodāy ke zang-e del-zodāyande toyī
clear it away, for you remove the heart’s rust.
مُنَاجَات ۲۱۰
اِلٰهی دَر ذات بی نَظیری دَر صِفات بی مانَندی وَ گُناهکاران را آمُرزِگاری وَ ایشانرا راز داری زیبا صُنع وَ شیرین گُفتاری دانایِ راز ها،
Elāhī dar zāt bī-nazīrī, dar sefāt bī-mānandī va gonāhkārān rā āmorzegārī va īshānrā rāzdārī, zībā sonʿ o shīrīn-goftārī, dānā-ye rāzhā,
My God, in your essence you have no equal, and in your attributes no likeness. You forgive sinners and keep their secrets; your making is beautiful, your speech sweet, and you know every secret;
عالِمِ اَسرار وَ مَعیُوبان را خَریداری، دَرمانده را دَستگیر وَبیچاره را دَستیاری.
ʿĀlem-e asrār va maʿyūbān rā kharīdārī, darmānde rā dastgīr va bīchāre rā dastyārī.
you know what is hidden and accept those with faults; you take the helpless by the hand and help the destitute.
اِی مُونِسِ دیده با ضَمیرَم یاری
Ey mūnes-e dīde bā zamīram yārī
O companion of my sight, you are with my innermost self;
اَندَر دِلِ مَن نِشَستهٔ بیداری
Andar del-e man nesheste-ye bīdārī
you sit awake within my heart.
گَر با دِگَری قَرار گیرد دِلِ مَن
Gar bā degarī qarār gīrad del-e man
If my heart finds rest with anyone else,
اَز جانِ خُودَش مَباد بَرخُورداری
Az jān-e khodash mabād barkhordārī
may it find no joy in its own life.
مُنَاجَات ۲۱۱
اِلٰهی نالیدنِ مَن دَر دَرد اَز بیمِ زَوالِ آنست کِه اُو کِه اَز زَخمِ دُوست بِنالَد دَر مِهرِ دُوست نامَرد اَست،
Elāhī nālīdan-e man dar dard az bīm-e zavāl-e ānast ke ū ke az zakhm-e dūst benālad dar mehr-e dūst nāmard ast,
My God, if I cry out in pain, it is from fear that this pain may pass away; for anyone who complains of a wound from the Friend is unworthy of that Friend’s love.
اِی جَوان اَگَر زَهرهٔ این کار داری قَصدِ راه کُن وَ شَربَتِ بَلا نُوش کُن وَ دُوست بَر آن گَواه دار اَگَر بِه عافِیَت بِه ناز دار سُخَن کُوتاه کُن.
Ey javān agar zahre-ye īn kār dārī qasd-e rāh kon va sharbat-e balā nūsh kon va dūst bar ān gavāh dār; agar be ʿāfiyat be nāz dār sokhan kūtāh kon.
Young seeker, if you have the courage for this, set out on the path, drink the cup of trial, and let the Friend witness it. If you prefer to bask in safety, say no more.
مُنَاجَات ۲۱۲
اِلٰهی آن کَرده را بَر سَرِ کُویِ بَلا آوَردی وَ بَلا وَ مُصیبَتها را بِایشان نَمُودی،
Elāhī ān karde rā bar sar-e kūy-e balā āvardī va balā va mosībathā rā be īshān nomūdī,
My God, you brought those you had made to the threshold of trial and showed them suffering and afflictions;
این یَک گُروه هِزار قِسم شُدَند هَمه رُوی اَز بَلا بَرگَردانیدَند مَگَر یَک گُروهِ اَندَک کِه رُوی گَردان نَشُدَند وَ عاشِق وار سَر بِه کُویِ بَلا نِهادَند وَ اَز بَلا نَیَندیشیدَند وَ گُفتَند ما را هَمان دَولَت بَس کِه تَحَمُّلِ اَندُوهِ تُو گَشتیم وَ غَمِ بَلایِ تُو خُوردیم وَ یَک یَک بِزَبانِ حال می گُفتَند :
Īn yek gorūh hezār qesm shodand; hame rūy az balā bargardānīdand magar yek gorūh-e andak ke rūy-gardān nashodand va ʿāsheq-vār sar be kūy-e balā nehādand va az balā nayandīshīdand va goftand: mā rā hamān dowlat bas ke tahammol-e andūh-e to gashtīm va gham-e balā-ye to khordīm, va yek-yek be zabān-e hāl mī-goftand:
That one company split into a thousand kinds. All turned away from trial except a small group who did not turn back. Like lovers, they laid their heads at the entrance to suffering and gave no thought to it. They said, “It is enough good fortune for us to bear sorrow for your sake and endure the grief of trials from you.” Each of them said, by the language of their state:
مَن کِه باشَم کِه بِه تَن رَختِ وَفایِ تُو کُنَم
Man ke bāsham ke be tan rakht-e vafā-ye to konam
Who am I to clothe myself in fidelity to you?
دیده حَمّال کُنَم بارِ جَفایِ تُو کِشَم
Dīde hammāl konam bār-e jafā-ye to kesham
I would make my eyes bearers and carry the burden of your harshness.
گَر تُو بَر مَن بِه تَن وَ جان وَ دِلی حُکم کُنی
Gar to bar man be tan o jān o delī hokm konī
If you lay claim to my body, soul, and heart,
هَر سِه را رَقصکُنان پیشِ هَوایِ تُو کِشَم
Har se rā raqs-konān pīsh-e havā-ye to kesham
I shall bring all three dancing before your desire.
مُنَاجَات ۲۱۳
اِلٰهی اِی یادگارِ جانها وَ یادِ رِشتهٔ دِلها، بِه فَضلِ خُود ما را یاد کُن؛ وَ بِیادِ لُطفی ما را شاد کُن.
Elāhī ey yādegār-e jānhā va yād-e reshte-ye delhā, be fazl-e khod mā rā yād kon; va be yād-e lotfī mā rā shād kon.
My God, cherished remembrance of souls and memory woven through the hearts: remember us in your grace, and gladden us with a remembrance of your kindness.
مُنَاجَات ۲۱۴
اِلٰهی تُو بِه یادِ خُودی وَ مَن بِیادِ تُو، تُو بَر خواستِ خُودی وَ مَن بَر نِهادِ تُو :
Elāhī to be yād-e khodī va man be yād-e to; to bar khāst-e khodī va man bar nehād-e to:
My God, you are mindful of yourself and I of you. You act according to your will, and I abide by what you have ordained:
سَرِ سَروران بَستهٔ دامِ تُو
Sar-e sarvarān baste-ye dām-e to
The heads of the great are caught in your snare;
دِلِ دِلبَران دَفتَرِ نامِ تُو
Del-e delbarān daftar-e nām-e to
the hearts of those who captivate others are books inscribed with your name.
بِیَک دَم دُو صَد جانِ آزاد را
Be yek dam do sad jān-e āzād rā
In a single breath, two hundred free souls
کُنَد بَنده یَک دانه اَز دامِ تُو
Konad bande yek dāne az dām-e to
become captives to a single grain of bait from your snare.
بَسا عَقلِ آسُوده دِل را کِه کَرد
Basā ʿaql-e āsūde-del rā ke kard
How many a mind at ease has been thrown into turmoil
سَراسیمه یَک قَطره اَز جامِ تُو
Sarāsīme yek qatre az jām-e to
by a single drop from your cup.
مُنَاجَات ۲۱۵
اِلٰهی ذِکرِ تُو بَهرهٔ مُشتاق اَست وَ رُوشَناییِ دیده وَ دَولَتیِ جان وَ آیینِ جَهان یَک ذَرّه فُزُودَن بِه دُوستی اَز دُو جَهان اَست یَک لَحظه با دُوست خُوشتَر اَز جان اَست پَس یَک نَفَس با دُوست مُلکِ جاوِدان اَست،
Elāhī zekr-e to bahre-ye moshtāq ast va rowshanāyī-ye dīde va dowlatī-ye jān va āyīn-e jahān; yek zarre fozūdan be dūstī az do jahān ast; yek lahze bā dūst khoshtar az jān ast; pas yek nafas bā dūst molk-e jāvedān ast,
My God, remembrance of you is the longing soul’s portion, the eye’s light, the soul’s good fortune, and the world’s adornment. The least increase in love is worth more than both worlds; a moment with the Friend is sweeter than life, and a single breath with the Friend is an everlasting kingdom.
عَزیز آن بَنده کِه سَزاوارِ آنست این چِه کار اَست کِه بی نام وَ نِشان اَست، شُغلِ بَنده اَست وَاَز بَنده نِهان اَست،
ʿAzīz ān bande ke sazāvār-e ānast. Īn che kār ast ke bī nām o neshān ast, shoghl-e bande ast va az bande nehān ast,
Blessed is the servant worthy of this. What kind of work is this, without name or sign? It is the servant’s occupation, yet hidden from the servant;
رَفیقی اَز آن بی طاقَت وَ بِه آن یازان اَست وَ اُو کِه طالِبِ آنست دَر مِیانِ آتَش نازان اَست.
Rafīqī az ān bī-tāqat va be ān yāzān ast va ū ke tāleb-e ānast dar miyān-e ātash nāzān ast.
a companion cannot bear to be without it and reaches for it; whoever seeks it glories even amid the flames.
اَر دَستَت ز آتَش بُوَد
Ar dastat ze ātash bovad
If your hand were made of fire,
ما را گُل مَفرَش بُوَد
Mā rā gol mafresh bovad
to us it would be a bed of flowers.
هَر چِه اَز تُو آیَد خُوش بُوَد
Har che az to āyad khosh bovad
Whatever comes from you is welcome;
خواهی شِفا خواهَم اَلَم
Khāhī shefā khāham alam
you may will a cure, but I ask for the pain.
مُنَاجَات ۲۱۶
اِلٰهی بِقَدرِ تُو نادانَم وَ سَزایِ تُو را ناتَوانَم دَر بیچارِگیِ خُود سَرگَردانَم، رُوز بِرُوز بَر زِیانَم، چُون مَنی چُون بُوَد چُنانَم،
Elāhī be qadr-e to nādānam va sazā-ye to rā nātavānam, dar bīchāregī-ye khod sargardānam; rūz be rūz bar ziyānam; chūn manī chūn bovad chonānam,
My God, I cannot know your true measure or give you what is your due. Lost in my helplessness, I diminish day by day. How can someone like me be any other way?
وَ اَز نِگَریستَن دَر تاریکی بِفَغانَم کِه بَر هیچ چیز هَستِ ما نَدانَند چَشم بَر رُوزی دارَم کِه تُو بِمانی وَ مَن نَمانَم پَس چُون مَن کیست کِه آنرُوز بِه بینَم پَس وَر بِه بینَم فِداییِ آنَم.
Va az negarīstan dar tārīkī be faghānam ke bar hīch chīz hast-e mā nadānand. Cheshm bar rūzī dāram ke to bemānī va man namānam; pas chūn man kīst ke ānrūz be bīnam? Pas var be bīnam fedāyī-ye ānam.
I cry out from gazing into darkness, where they know nothing of our being. I look toward the day when you remain and I no longer do. Who, then, would I be to see that day? Yet if I see it, I give myself to it.
مُنَاجَات ۲۱۷
اِلٰهی چُون یَتیمِ بی پِدَر گِریانَم؛ دَرمانده دَر دَستِ خَصمانَم، خَستهٔ گُناهَم وَ اَز خویشتَن بَر تاوانَم، خَرابِ عُمر وَ مُفلِسِ رُوزِگار، مَن آنَم. خُداوَندا فَریاد رَس کِه اَز نا کَسیِ خُود بِفَریادَم.
Elāhī chūn yatīm-e bī pedar geryānam; darmānde dar dast-e khasmānam, khaste-ye gonāham va az khīsh-tan bar tāvānam; kharāb-e ʿomr o mofles-e rūzegār, man ānam. Khodāvandā faryād ras ke az nā-kasī-ye khod be faryādam.
My God, I weep like a fatherless orphan, helpless in the hands of enemies. I am wounded by sin and have come to grief through my own self. Mine is a wasted life and an impoverished lot. Lord, come to my aid, for my utter abandonment makes me cry out.
مُنَاجَات ۲۱۸
اِلٰهی دَریغا کِه رُوزِگار بَر باد دادیم وَ شُکرِ نِعمَتِ وَلِیِّ نِعمَت نَگُذاردیم، دَریغا کِه قَدرِ عُمرِ خویشتَن نَشناختیم وَ اَز کارِ دُنیا بِه اِطاعَتِ مَولا نَپَرداختیم،
Elāhī darīghā ke rūzegār bar bād dādīm va shokr-e neʿmat-e valī-ye neʿmat nagzārdīm; darīghā ke qadr-e ʿomr-e khīsh-tan nashenākhtīm va az kār-e donyā be etāʿat-e mowlā napardākhtīm,
My God, alas, we squandered our days and failed to give thanks for the blessings of our Benefactor. Alas, we did not recognize the worth of our lives or turn from worldly business to the service of our Lord;
دَریغا کِه عُمرِ عَزیز بِسَر آمَد وَ رُوزِگار بِگُذَشت.
Darīghā ke ʿomr-e ʿazīz be sar āmad va rūzegār begzasht.
alas, our precious lives have come to an end and our time has passed.
اِی خُداوَندانِ مال اَلْعِتِبار اَلِاعْتِبار
Ey khodāvandān-e māl, al-ʿitibār, al-ʿitibār
O people of wealth, take heed, take heed!
اِی خُداوَندانِ قال اَلِاعْتِذار اَلِاعْتِذار
Ey khodāvandān-e qāl, al-iʿtidhār, al-iʿtidhār
O people of words, seek pardon, seek pardon!
پیش اَزاین کاین جانِ عُذرآوَرفُرُومانَد ز نُطق
Pīsh azīn kāyn jān-e ʿozr-āvar forūmānad ze notq
Before this soul, which seeks to make excuses, loses its speech;
پیش اَز آن کین چَشمِ عِبرَت بین فُرُو مانَد زکار
Pīsh az ān kīn chashm-e ʿebrat-bīn forū mānad ze kār
before these eyes, which ought to take warning, cease to work;
تَوبه پیش آرید وَ نادِم اَز گُنه کاریِ خویش
Towbe pīsh ārīd va nādem az gonah-kārī-ye khīsh
come forward in repentance, contrite for your sins,
چَشمِ گِریان جانِ لَرزان رُو سُویِ پَروَردِگار
Chashm-e geryān jān-e larzān rū sūy-e Parvardegār
with weeping eyes and a trembling soul; turn toward the Lord.
مُنَاجَات ۲۱۹
اِلٰهی اِی نا دَریافتَه یافتَه وَ نا دیدهٔ عَیان،
Elāhī ey nā-daryāfte-ye yāfte va nā-dīde-ye ʿayān,
My God, found though beyond our grasp, unseen yet plainly present;
اِی دَر نِهانی پِیدا وَ دَر پِیدایی نِهان یافتِ تُو رُوز اَست کِه خُود بَر آیَد ناگَهان یابَندهٔ تُو نَه بِشادی پَرداز نَه بِاَندُوهان،
Ey dar nehānī peydā va dar peydāyī nehān, yāft-e to rūz ast ke khod bar āyad nāgahān. Yābande-ye to na be shādī pardāz na be andūhān,
you appear in what is hidden and are hidden in what appears. Finding you is a day that dawns without warning. One who finds you has no time for joys or sorrows;
بَر سَرِ ما را کاری کِه اَز آن عِبارَت نَتوان.
Bar sar-e mā rā kārī ke az ān ʿebārat natavān.
bring upon us something that no words can express.
مُنَاجَات ۲۲۰
اِلٰهی زِندِگی هَمه با یادِ تُو، شادی هَمه با یافتِ تُو وَ جان آنست کِه دَر اُو شِناختِ تُو اَست، خُدایا مَوجُودِ نَفَسهایِ جَوانمَردانی،
Elāhī zendegī hame bā yād-e to, shādī hame bā yāft-e to va jān ānast ke dar ū shenākht-e to ast; Khodāyā mowjūd-e nafas-hā-ye javānmardānī,
My God, all life lies in remembering you, all joy in finding you, and the soul is truly alive when it knows you. God, you are present in the very breath of the noble-hearted;
حاضِرِ دِلهایِ ذِکر کُنَندگانی اَزنَزدیکَت نِشان می دَهَند وَ بَر تَر اَز آنی، اَز دُورَت می پِندارَند وَ نَزدیکتَر اَز جانی، نَدانَم کِه دَر جانی یا خُود جانی،
Hāzer-e delhā-ye zekr-konandegānī; az nazdīkat neshān mī-dahand va bartar az ānī; az dūrat mī-pendārand va nazdīktar az jānī; nadānam ke dar jānī yā khod jānī,
you are present in the hearts of those who remember you. They call you near, but you transcend even that; they imagine you far away, though you are nearer than life itself. I do not know whether you dwell in the soul or are the soul itself;
نَه اینی وَ نَه آنی جان را زِندِگی می یابَد تُو آنی.
Na īnī va na ānī; jān rā zendegī mī-yābad to ānī.
you are neither this nor that. You are the one through whom the soul finds life.
رُوزی کِه مَرا وَصلِ تُو دَر چَنگ آیَد
Rūzī ke marā vasl-e to dar chang āyad
The day union with you comes into my grasp,
اَز حالِ بِهِشتیان مَرا نَنگ آیَد
Az hāl-e beheṣtiyān marā nang āyad
even the state of those in Paradise will seem wanting to me.
مُنَاجَات ۲۲۱
اِلٰهی عَظیم شَانی وَ هَمیشه مِهرَبانی، قَدیم اِحسان وَ رُوشَن بُرهانی هَم نِهانی هَم عَیانی اَز دیده ها نِهانی وَ جانها را عَیانی نَه بِه چیزی مانی تا گُویَم کِه چُنانی،
Elāhī ʿazīm-shānī va hamīshe mehrabānī, qadīm-ehsān o rowshan-borhānī, ham nehānī ham ʿayānī; az dīdehā nehānī va jānhā rā ʿayānī; na be chīzī mānī tā gūyam ke chonānī,
My God, your station is exalted and your kindness never ends. Your generosity is ancient and your proof plain. You are hidden and manifest: hidden from eyes, yet evident to souls. You resemble nothing, so I cannot say what you are like;
آنی کِه خُود گُفتی وَ چُنانکِه خُود گُفتی آنی.
Ānī ke khod goftī va chonānke khod goftī ānī.
you are what you yourself have said, just as you have said it.
مُنَاجَات ۲۲۲
اِلٰهی اُو کِه حَق بِدَلیل جُویَد بِه بیم وَ طَمَع پَرَستَد اُو کِه حَق را بِاِحسان دُوست دارَد رُوزِ مِحنَت بَرگَردَد، اُو کِه حَق را بِخویشتَن جُویَد نا یافتَه یافتَه پِندارَد.
Elāhī ū ke Haqq be dalīl jūyad be bīm o tamaʿ parastad; ū ke Haqq rā be ehsān dūst dārad rūz-e mehnat bargardad; ū ke Haqq rā be khīsh-tan jūyad nā-yāfte yāfte pendārad.
My God, one who seeks the Truth through proofs worships from fear and desire. One who loves the Truth for its gifts turns away on the day of hardship. One who seeks the Truth by the self thinks it has found, even though it has not.
مُنَاجَات ۲۲۳
اِلٰهی عارِف تُو را بِه نُورِ تُو میدانَد وَ اَز شُعاعِ وُجُود عِبارَت نَمیتَوانَد دَر آتَشِ مِهر می سُوزَد وَ اَز نار باز نَمی پَردازَد.
Elāhī ʿāref to rā be nūr-e to mī-dānad va az shoʿāʿ-e vojūd ʿebārat namī-tavānad; dar ātash-e mehr mī-sūzad va az nār bāz namī-pardāzad.
My God, the one who knows you knows you by your own light, yet cannot put the radiance of existence into words. Such a one burns in the fire of love and does not turn away from the flame.
این جَهان وَ آن جَهان وَ هَر چِه هَست
Īn jahān o ān jahān o har che hast
This world and the next, and all that is in them—
عاشِقان را رُویِ مَعشُوق اَست وَ بَس
ʿĀsheqān rā rūy-e maʿshūq ast va bas
for lovers, only the Beloved’s face matters.
گَر نَباشَد قِبلهٔ عالَم مَرا
Gar nabāshad qeble-ye ʿālam marā
Even if I had no share in the world’s direction of prayer,
قِبلهٔ مَن کُویِ مَعشُوقَست وَ بَس
Qeble-ye man kūy-e maʿshūq ast va bas
the Beloved’s street alone would be my qibla.
مُنَاجَات ۲۲۴
اِلٰهی تُو آنی کِه اَز بَنده نا سَزا بینی وَ بِه عُقُوبَت نَشتابی،
Elāhī to ānī ke az bande nā-sazā bīnī va be ʿoqūbat nashtābī,
My God, you see a servant do what is unworthy, yet do not rush to punish;
اَز بَنده کُفر می شِنَوی وَ نِعمَت اَز اُو باز نَگیری وَ تَوبَت وَ اِنابَت بَر اُو عَرصه کُنی وَ بِه پَیغام وَ خِطابِ خُود اُو را باز خوانی وَ اَگَر باز آمَد اُو را وَعدهٔ مَغفِرَت دَهی پَس چُون با دُشمَنِ بَد کِردار چُنینی با دُوستانِ نیکُو کار چُونی ؟
Az bande kofr mī-shenavī va neʿmat az ū bāz nagīrī va towbat o enābat bar ū ʿarze konī va be peyghām o khetāb-e khod ū rā bāz khānī va agar bāz āmad ū rā vaʿde-ye maghferat dehī; pas chūn bā doshman-e bad-kerdār chonīnī bā dūstān-e nīkū-kār chūnī?
you hear a servant speak disbelief, yet do not withdraw your blessings. You offer repentance and return, call the servant back through your message and address, and promise forgiveness if that person returns. If you treat even an enemy who acts badly in this way, how will you treat friends who do good?
مُنَاجَات ۲۲۵
اِلٰهی دَر یافتی خُود یاری وَ یادگاری، مَعنیِ دَعویِ صادِقانی، فُرُوزَندهٔ نَفَسهایِ دُوستانی آرامِ دِلِ غَریبانی چُون دَر مِیانِ جانی،
Elāhī dar yāftī khod yārī va yādegārī, maʿnī-ye daʿvī-ye sādeqānī, forūzande-ye nafas-hā-ye dūstānī, ārām-e del-e gharībānī chūn dar miyān-e jānī,
My God, when found, you are a friend and an abiding remembrance, the truth in the sincere seekers’ claim. You kindle the breath of your friends and comfort the hearts of strangers, for you are within the soul;
اَز بیدِلی میگویم کِه کُجایی جان را زِندِگی می بایَد تُو آنی بِه خُود وَ اَز خُود تَرجُمانی،
Az bī-delī mī-gūyam ke kojāyī; jān rā zendegī mī-bāyad to ānī; be khod va az khod tarjomānī,
in my heedlessness I ask, “Where are you?” The soul needs life, and you are that life. You interpret yourself, by yourself and from yourself;
بِه حَقِّ تُو بَر حُودَت کِه ما را دَر سایهٔ غُرُور نَنشانی وَ بِه عِزِّ وِصالِ خُود رَسانی.
Be haqq-e to bar hūdat ke mā rā dar sāye-ye ghorūr nanshānī va be ʿezz-e vesāl-e khod rasānī.
by your own truth, do not let us settle in the shadow of self-delusion; bring us to the honor of union with you.
چَشمَم هَمی بِخواهَد دیدارَت
Chashmam hamī bekhāhad dīdārat
My eyes keep longing to see you;
گُوشَم هَمی بِخواهَد گُفتارَت
Gūsham hamī bekhāhad goftārat
my ears keep longing to hear you speak.
هِمَّت بُلَند کَردَند این هَر دُو
Hemmat boland kardand īn har do
Both have set their hopes high,
هَر چَند نیستَند سَزاوارَت
Har chand nīstand sazāvārat
though neither is worthy of you.
مُنَاجَات ۲۲۶
اِلٰهِی بِه عِنَایَتِ اَزَلِی تُخْمِ هِدَایَت کَاشْتِی،
Elāhī, be ʿenāyat-e azalī tokhm-e hedāyat kāshtī,
My God, by Your eternal care You planted the seed of guidance;
بِه رِسَالَتِ پَیَامْبَرَان آبْدَادِی وَ بِیَارِیِ تَوْفِیق رُویَانِیدِی وَ بِه نَظَر وَ اِحْسَانِ خُود بِه بَر آوَرْدِی اَز لُطْفِ تُو مِیخْوَاهَم کِه زَهْر هَایِ خَشْم اَز آن بَاز دَارِی وَ نَسِیمِ دَاد بَر او بِجَهَانِی وَ کَاشْتِهٔ عِنَایَتِ اَزَلِی رَا بِه رِعَایَتِ اَبَدِی مَدَد کُنِی.
Be resālat-e payāmbarān ābdādī o be yārī-ye towfīq rūyānīdī o be nazar o eḥsān-e khod be bar āvardī. Az loṭf-e to mīkhāham ke zahrhā-ye khashm az ān bāz dārī o nasīm-e dād bar ū bejahānī o kāshte-ye ʿenāyat-e azalī rā be reʿāyat-e abadī madad konī.
You watered it through the prophets’ missions, made it grow with the help of enabling grace, and brought it to fruit under Your gaze and generosity. I ask Your kindness to keep the poisons of wrath away from it, breathe the breeze of justice upon it, and sustain what Your eternal care planted with everlasting care.
مُنَاجَات ۲۲۷
اِلٰهِی وَقْت رَا بِدَرْد مِینَازَم وَ زِیَادَتِی رَا مِیسَازَم بَامِیدِ آنْکِه چُون دَر اِین دَرْد بِگُذَارَم دَر دُو رَاحَت هَر دُو بَر اَنْدَازَم.
Elāhī, vaqt rā be dard mīnāzam o ziyādatī rā mīsāzam, be omīd-e ānke chūn dar īn dard bogozāram, dar do rāḥat har do bar andāzam.
My God, I cherish this moment for its pain and bear what is added to it, hoping that when I pass through this pain I may cast both kinds of ease aside.
مُنَاجَات ۲۲۸
اِلٰهِی دُوسْتَانِ تُو سَرَان وَ سَرْهَنْگَانَنْد وَ بِی گَنْچ وَ خْوَاسْتِه تُو نِگَرَانَنْد وَ بِنامِ دَرْوِیشَانَنْد وَ بِحَقِیقَت تَوَانْگَرَانِ جَهَان اِیشَانَنْد، دَرْد هَا دَارَنْد وَ اَز گُفْتَنِ آن بِیزَبَانَنْد.
Elāhī, dūstān-e to sarān o sarhangānand o bī ganj o khāste to negarānand o be nām darvīshānand o be ḥaqīqat tavāngarān-e jahān īshānand; dardhā dārand o az goftan-e ān bīzabānand.
My God, Your friends are leaders and captains. With neither treasure nor possessions, they look to You. They are called poor dervishes, yet in truth they are the rich ones of the world. They bear pains they have no words to tell.
مُنَاجَات ۲۲۹
اِلٰهِی هَر چَنْد اَز بَد سَزَایِ خْوِیش بِدَرْدَم لِیکِن اَز مُفْلِس نَوَازِیِ تُو شَادَم.
Elāhī, har chand az bad-sazā-ye khīsh be dardam, līkan az mofles-navāzī-ye to shādam.
My God, though my own poor deserts cause me pain, I rejoice in the way You tend the destitute.
خُدَاوَنْدَا مَن قَدْرو شَانِ تُو رَا نَدَارَم وَ سَزَایِ تُو رَا نَا تَوَانَم وَ دَر بِیچَارِگِیِ خُود سَر گَرْدَانَم وَ رُوز بِرُوز بَر زِیَانَم.
Khodāvandā, man qadr o shān-e to rā nadāram o sazā-ye to rā nā tavānam o dar bīchāregī-ye khod sargardānam o rūz be rūz bar ziyānam.
Lord, I cannot match Your worth and majesty or give what befits You. I wander helplessly and lose more with each passing day.
خُدَایَا مَن کِیسْتَم کِه بَر دَرْگَاهِ تُو زَارَم یَا قِصِّهٔ دَرْدِ خُود بِتُو پَرْدَازَم
Khodāyā, man kīstam ke bar dargāh-e to zāram yā qeṣṣe-ye dard-e khod be to pardāzam?
My God, who am I to lament at Your threshold or lay the tale of my pain before You?
دَر عِشْقِ تُو مَن کِیَم کِه دَر مَنْزِلِ مَن
Dar ʿeshq-e to man kiyam ke dar manzel-e man
In love for You, what am I that within my dwelling
اَز وَصْلِ رُخَت گُلِی دَمَد بَر گِلِ مَن
Az vaṣl-e rokhat golī damad bar gel-e man?
a flower should bloom from union with Your face upon my clay?
مُنَاجَات ۲۳۰
اِلٰهِی اِی رَاهْنُمَا بِه کَرَم، فُرُو مَانْدَم دَر حَیْرَت یَکْدَم آن کُدَام اَست ؟ دَمِی کِه نَه حَوَّا دَر آن گُنْجَد نَه آدَم، اَگَر مَن آن دَم بِیَابَم چُون مَن کِیست ؟ بِیچَارِه زِنْدِه اِی کِه بِی نَفَسَش بَایَد زِیست.
Elāhī, ey rāhnomā be karam, forū māndam dar ḥeyrat: yekdam ān kodām ast? Damī ke na Ḥavvā dar ān gonjad na Ādam. Agar man ān dam biyābam, chūn man kīst? Bīchāre zende-ī ke bī nafasash bāyad zīst.
My God, generous Guide, I stand bewildered: which is that one breath in which neither Eve nor Adam can fit? If I find that breath, who could be like me? Poor living soul, required to live without its breath.
مُنَاجَات ۲۳۱
اِلٰهِی اَز خُودِ تُو هَر مُفْلِسِی رَا نَصِیبِی وَ اَز کَرَمِ تُو هَر دَرْد مَنْدِی رَا طَبِیبِی وَ اَز وُسْعَتِ رَحْمَتِ تُو هَر کَسِی رَا سَهْمِی اَست.
Elāhī, az khod-e to har moflesī rā naṣībī o az karam-e to har dardmandī rā ṭabībī o az vosʿat-e raḥmat-e to har kasī rā sahmī ast.
My God, every destitute one receives a share from You; every sufferer finds a healer in Your generosity; and everyone has a portion of Your boundless mercy.
اِی یَار بَارَم دِه تَا دَاسْتَانِ دَرْدِ خُود بِه تُو پَرْدَازَم، بَر دَرْگَاهِ تُو مِیزَارَم وَ دَر اُمِید بِینَم تُو مِینَازَم یَک نَظَر دَر مَن نِگَر تَا دُو گِیتِی بِه آب اَنْدَازَم
Ey yār, bāram deh tā dāstān-e dard-e khod be to pardāzam; bar dargāh-e to mīzāram o dar omīd bīnam to mīnāzam; yek nazar dar man negar tā do gītī be āb andāzam.
Friend, admit me so I may tell You the story of my pain. I weep at Your threshold and rejoice in the hope of seeing You. Look at me once, and I will cast both worlds into the water.
مِهرِ تُو بِه مُهرِ خَاتَمِ جَم نَدَهَم
Mehr-e to be mohr-e khātam-e Jam nadaham
I would not trade Your love for Jamshīd’s signet ring,
وَصْلَت بِه دَمِ مَسِیحِ مَرْیَم نَدَهَم
Vaṣlat be dam-e Masīḥ-e Maryam nadaham
nor union with You for the life giving breath of Mary’s Messiah.
عِشْقَت بِه هَزَار بَاغِ خُرَّم نَدَهَم
ʿEshqat be hazār bāgh-e khorram nadaham
I would not trade Your love for a thousand flourishing gardens,
یَکْدَم غَمِ تُو بِه هَر دُو عَالَم نَدَهَم
Yekdam gham-e to be har do ʿālam nadaham.
nor one moment of longing for You for both worlds.
مُنَاجَات ۲۳۲
اِلٰهِی هَر چَنْد مَا گُنَه کَارِیم تُو غَفَّارِی هَر چَنْد مَا زِشْت کَارِیم تُو سَتَّارِی، پَادْشَاهَان گَنْجِ فَضْلِ تُو دَارِی وَبِی نَظِیر وَ بِی یَارِی سَزَاسْت کِه خَطَا هَایِ مَا رَا دَر گُذَارِی.
Elāhī, har chand mā gonahkārīm to ghaffārī, har chand mā zeshtkārīm to sattārī; pādshāhān ganj-e faẓl-e to dārī o bī naẓīr o bī yārī; sazāst ke khaṭāhā-ye mā rā dar gozarī.
My God, however sinful we are, You forgive; however ugly our deeds, You conceal them. Sovereign, You hold the treasury of grace, without peer or partner. It befits You to pardon our faults.
مُنَاجَات ۲۳۳
اِلٰهِی بِه نِشَانَت بِینَنْدِگَانِیم بِه نَامَت زِنْدِگَانِیم، بِفَضْلَت شَادَانِیم بِه مِهْرَت نَازَانِیم اَز جَامِ مِهْرِ تُو مَسْت مَایِیم، بِه صَیْدِ عِشْقِ تُو دَر دَام مَایِیم.
Elāhī, be neshānat bīnandagānīm, be nāmat zendagānīm; be faẓlat shādānīm, be mehrat nāzānīm; az jām-e mehr-e to mast māyīm, be ṣeyd-e ʿeshq-e to dar dām māyīm.
My God, we see by Your signs and live by Your name. Your grace gladdens us; Your love is our pride. We are drunk from the cup of Your love and caught in the snare of longing for You.
زَنْجِیرِ مُعَنْبَرِ تُو دَامِ دِلِ مَاسْت
Zanjīr-e moʿanbar-e to dām-e del-e māst
Your amber scented chain is the snare around our hearts;
عَنْبَر زِ نَسِیمِ او غُلَامِ دِلِ مَاسْت
ʿAnbar ze nasīm-e ū gholām-e del-e māst
even amber, touched by its breeze, is servant to our hearts.
دَر عِشْقِ تُو چُون خَطِّی بِنامِ دِلِ مَاسْت
Dar ʿeshq-e to chūn khaṭṭī be nām-e del-e māst
In love for You, a decree seems written in our hearts’ name;
گُویِی کِه هَمِه جَهَان بِکَامِ دِلِ مَاسْت
Gūyī ke hame jahān be kām-e del-e māst.
it is as though the whole world has answered our hearts’ desire.
مُنَاجَات ۲۳۴
اِلٰهِی دَانِی کِه مَن بِه خُود بِه اِین وَرْزَم وَ نَه بِکِفَایَتِ خُود شَمْعِ هِدَایَت اَفْرُوزَم اَز مَن چِه آیَد ؟ وَ اَز کِرْدَارِ مَن چِه گُشَایَد طَاعَتِ مَن بِه تَوْفِیقِ تُو خِدْمَت بِهْدَایَتِ تُو،
Elāhī, dānī ke man be khod be īn varzam o na be kefāyat-e khod shamʿ-e hedāyat afrūzam; az man che āyad? Va az kerdār-e man che goshāyad? Ṭāʿat-e man be towfīq-e to, khedmat be hedāyat-e to,
My God, You know I do not pursue this by my own power or kindle the candle of guidance through my own ability. What can come from me, and what can my deeds unlock? My obedience depends on Your enabling grace; my service, on Your guidance,
تَوْبِهٔ مَن بَرِعَایَتِ تُو، شُکْرِ مَن بَانْعَامِ تُو، ذِکْرِ مَن بَالْهَامِ تُو هَمِه تُویِی مَن کِیَم اَگَر فَضْلِ تُو نَبَاشَد مَن چِه اَم.
Towbe-ye man be reʿāyat-e to, shokr-e man be enʿām-e to, zekr-e man be elhām-e to. Hame toyī; man kiyam? Agar faẓl-e to nabāshad, man che-am?
my repentance, on Your care; my gratitude, on Your gifts; my remembrance, on Your inspiration. You are all of it. Who am I? Without Your grace, what am I?
هَر کِه او رَا دِلِی وَ جَانِی بُوَد
Har ke ū rā delī o jānī bovad
Whoever has a heart and soul
شُد بِمِیْدَانِ عَاشِقِی گُویَش
Shod be meydān-e ʿāsheqī gūyash
becomes a ball on love’s playing field.
کُشْتِه گَشْتَنْد عَاشِقَان وَ هَنُوز
Koshte gashtand ʿāsheqān o hanūz
The lovers were slain, yet still
نَشْنِیدِه اَست هِیچْکَس بُویَش
Nashnīde ast hīchkas būyash
no one has caught His scent.
رِحْلَتِ عَاشِقَان زِهَر سُویِی
Reḥlat-e ʿāsheqān ze har sūyī
From every direction the lovers set out;
هَسْت اَز قَصْدِ دِل مَگَر سُویَش
Hast az qaṣd-e del magar sūyash.
the heart’s purpose can only be to journey toward Him.
مُنَاجَات ۲۳۵
اِلٰهِی کُدَام زَبَان بِه سِتَایِشِ تُو رَسَد ؟ کُدَام خِرَد صِفَتِ تُو رَا بَر تَابَد، کُدَام شُکْر بَا نِیکُویِیِ تُو بَرَابَر آیَد، کُدَام بَنْدِه بِه گُزَارْدَنِ عِبَادَتِ تُو رَسَد.
Elāhī, kodām zabān be setāyesh-e to rasad? Kodām kherad ṣefat-e to rā bar tābad? Kodām shokr bā nīkūyī-ye to barābar āyad? Kodām bande be gozārdan-e ʿebādat-e to rasad?
My God, what tongue can ever praise You adequately? What mind can bear Your attributes? What thanksgiving can equal Your goodness? What servant can fulfill the worship due to You?
خُدَایَا اَز مَا هَر کِه رَا بِینِی مَعْیُوب بِینِی، هَر کِرْدَار بِینِی هَمِه بَا تَقْصِیر بِینِی، بَا اِینْهَمِه بَارَانِ رَحْمَتِ تُو بَاز اِیسْتَد وَ
Khodāyā, az mā har ke rā bīnī maʿyūb bīnī, har kerdār bīnī hame bā taqṣīr bīnī; bā īnhame bārān-e raḥmat-e to bāz īstad o
My God, everyone You see among us is flawed, and every deed You see falls short. Yet with all this, would the rain of Your mercy cease, and
جُز گُلِ کَرَم نَرُویَد، چُون بَا دُشْمَن بَا چُنَان پَس بَا دُوسْتَان چِه اَنْدَازِه وَ چَار پَایَان.
Joz gol-e karam narūyad, chūn bā doshman bā chonān pas bā dūstān che andāze o chār pāyān.
would anything but the flower of generosity grow? If this is how You treat an enemy, what measure or limit could there be to Your care for friends?
مُنَاجَات ۲۳۶
اِلٰهِی اِین سُوزِ اِمْرُوزِ مَا دَرْد آمِیز اَست، نَه طَاقَت بِسَر بُرْدَن وَ نَه جَایِ گُرِیز اَست، اِین چِه تِیغ اَست کِه چُنِین تِیز اَست، نَه جَایِ آرَام وَ نَه رُویِ پَرْهِیز اَست.
Elāhī, īn sūz-e emrūz-e mā dardāmīz ast, na ṭāqat-e be sar bordan o na jā-ye gorīz ast; īn che tīgh ast ke chonīn tīz ast? Na jā-ye ārām o na rū-ye parhīz ast.
My God, today’s burning is shot through with pain. We have neither the strength to endure nor anywhere to flee. What blade cuts so sharply? There is no place to rest and no way to avoid it.
مُنَاجَات ۲۳۷
اِلٰهِی هَر کَس بَر چِیزِی اَست وَ مَن نَدَانَم بَر چِه اَم، بِیمَم آنَسْت کِه کِی دَانِسْتِه شَوَد کِه مَن کِیَم ؟
Elāhī, har kas bar chīzī ast o man nadānam bar che-am; bīmam ānast ke key dāneste shavad ke man kiyam?
My God, everyone stands on something, but I do not know what sustains me. I fear the day when what I am becomes known.
مُنَاجَات ۲۳۸
اِلٰهِی اِین تَن کَانِ حَسْرَت اَست وَ دِلِ مَن مَایِهٔ دَرْد وَ مِحْنَت، مِی نِیَارَم گُفْت کَاِین هَرِه چِرَا بَهْرِهٔ مَن، نَه دَسْت رَسَد مَرَا بَر کَانِ چَارِهٔ مَن.
Elāhī, īn tan kān-e ḥasrat ast o del-e man māye-ye dard o meḥnat; mī niyāram goft kīn hare cherā bahre-ye man, na dast rasad marā bar kān-e chāre-ye man.
My God, this body is a mine of longing, and my heart a source of pain and hardship. I cannot say why such a lot should be mine; I cannot reach the source of my remedy.
مُنَاجَات ۲۳۹
اِلٰهِی بِقَدْرِ تُو نَادَانَم، سَزَایِ تُو رَا نَاتَوَانَم، بِه بِیچَارِگِیِ خُود سَر گَرْدَانَم وَ رُوزبِرُوز دَر زِیَانَم، چُون مَنِی چُون بُوَد ؟
Elāhī, be qadr-e to nādānam, sazā-ye to rā nātavānam, be bīchāregī-ye khod sargardānam o rūz be rūz dar ziyānam; chūn manī chūn bovad?
My God, I do not know Your measure and cannot give You what is due. My helplessness leaves me wandering, and day by day I lose ground. What becomes of someone like me?
چُنَانَم وَ اَز نِگَرِیسْتَن دَر تَارِیکِی بِفَغَانَم کِه خُود هَسْتَمَان رَا بَر هِیچ دَانَم وَ چَشْم بَر رُوزِی دَارَم کِه تُو مَانِی وَ مَن نَمَانَم، چُون مَن کِیست ؟
Chonānam o az negarīstan dar tārīkī be faghānam ke khod hastamān rā bar hīch dānam o chashm bar rūzī dāram ke to mānī o man namānam; chūn man kīst?
So I am; staring into the dark, I cry out. I count my own being as nothing and look toward a day when You remain and I do not. Who is like me?
اَگَر آن رُوز بِه بِینَم بِه جَان فِدَایِ آنَم
Agar ān rūz be bīnam be jān fedā-ye ānam.
If I see that day, I will give my life for it.
مُنَاجَات ۲۴۰
اِلٰهِی دَر دِلِ دُوسْتَانَت نُورِ عِنَایَت پِیْدَاسْت وَ جَانْهَا دَر آرْزُویِ وِصَالَت حَیْرَان وَ شِیْدَاسْت چُون تُو مَوْلَا کَرَاسْت ؟ چُون تُو دُوسْت کُجَاسْت ؟
Elāhī, dar del-e dūstānat nūr-e ʿenāyat peydāst o jānhā dar ārezū-ye veṣālat ḥeyrān o sheydāst; chūn to mow lā karāst? Chūn to dūst kojāst?
My God, the light of Your care shines in Your friends’ hearts, and souls are bewildered and enraptured by longing for union with You. Who has a master like You? Where is a friend like You?
هَر چِه دَادِی نِشَان اَست وَ آیِینِ فَرْدَاسْت، آنچِه یَافْتِیم پَیْغَام اَست وَ خِلْعَت بَر خَاسْت، نِشَانَت بِیقَرَارِیِ دِل وَ غَارَتِ جَان اَست وَ خِلْعَتِ وِصَال دَر مُشَاهَدِهٔ جَمَال.
Har che dādī neshān ast o āyīn-e fardāst; ānche yāftīm peyghām ast o khelʿat bar khāst; neshānat bīqarārī-ye del o ghārat-e jān ast o khelʿat-e veṣāl dar moshāhede-ye jamāl.
Everything You gave is a sign and a promise of tomorrow. What we received is a message and a robe of honor. Your sign is a restless heart and a ravished soul; the robe of union is to behold Beauty.
رُوزِی کِه سَر اَز پَرْدِه بِرُون خْوَاهِی کَرْد
Rūzī ke sar az parde borūn khāhī kard
On the day You lift Your head beyond the veil,
دَانَم کِه زَمَانِه رَا زَبُون خْوآهِی کَرْد
Dānam ke zamāne rā zabūn khāhī kard
I know You will humble the whole age.
گَر زِیب وَ جَمَال اَز اِین فُزُون خْوَاهِی کَرْد
Gar zīb o jamāl az īn fozūn khāhī kard
If You reveal yet more grace and beauty,
یَارَب چِه جِگَر هَاسْت کِه خُون خْوَاهِی کَرْد
Yā rab, che jegarhāst ke khūn khāhī kard!
Lord, how many hearts will You cause to bleed!
مُنَاجَات ۲۴۱
اِلٰهِی دُوسْتْدَار اَز زَبَان خَامُوش اَست وَلِی حَالَش هَمِه زَبَان اَست، وَ اَگَر جَان دَر سَرِ دُوسْتِی کَرْد شَایَد، کِه دُوسْت رَا بِجَایِ جَان اَست،
Elāhī, dūstdār az zabān khāmūsh ast valī ḥālash hame zabān ast, va agar jān dar sar-e dūstī kard shāyad, ke dūst rā be jā-ye jān ast,
My God, the lover’s tongue is silent, but the lover’s whole state speaks. It is fitting to give one’s life for love, for the Friend has taken the place of life itself.
غَرْق شُدِه آب نَه بِینَد کِه گِرِفْتَارِ آن اَست بِه رُوز چِرَاغ نَیَفْرُوزَنْد کِه رُوز خُود چِرَاغِ جَهَان اَست.
Gharq shode āb na bīnad ke gereftār-e ān ast; be rūz cherāgh nayafrūzand ke rūz khod cherāgh-e jahān ast.
One submerged in water does not see the water that holds him. No one lights a lamp by day, for daylight itself lights the world.
خُدَاوَنْدَا گُنَاهِ مَن زِیرِ حِلْمِ تُو پِنْهَان اَست تُو پَرْدِهٔ عَفْو بَر مَن گُسْتَرَان وَ مَرَا بِبَخْش.
Khodāvandā, gonāh-e man zīr-e ḥelm-e to penhān ast; to parde-ye ʿafw bar man gostarān o marā bebakhsh.
Lord, my sin lies hidden beneath Your forbearance. Spread the veil of pardon over me and forgive me.
مُنَاجَات ۲۴۲
اِلٰهِی بُودِ مَن بَر مَن تَاوَان اَست، تُو یَک بَار بُود بَر مَن تَابَان مُصِیبَتِ مَن بَر مَن گِرَان اَست، تُو آبِ خُود بَر مَن بَارَان.
Elāhī, būd-e man bar man tāvān ast, to yek bār būd bar man tābān; moṣībat-e man bar man gerān ast, to āb-e khod bar man bārān.
My God, my very existence costs me dearly. Shine Your being upon me once. My hardship weighs heavily on me; rain Your own water upon me.
مُنَاجَات ۲۴۳
اِلٰهِی چُون بَا خُود نِگَرَم وَ کِرْدَارِ خُود بِینَم گُویم اَز مَن زَار تَر کِیست ؟ وَ چُون بَا تُو نِگَرَم وَ خُود رَا دَر بَنْدِگِیِ تُو بِینَم گُویم اَز مَن بُزُرْگْوَار تَر کِیست :
Elāhī, chūn bā khod negaram o kerdār-e khod bīnam, gūyam az man zārtar kīst? Va chūn bā to negaram o khod rā dar bandegī-ye to bīnam, gūyam az man bozorgvār-tar kīst:
My God, when I look at myself and my deeds, I ask: Who is more wretched than I? But when I look toward You and see myself as Your servant, I ask: Who is more honored than I?
گَاهِی کِه بِه طِینَتِ خُود اُفْتَد نَظَرَم
Gāhī ke be ṭīnat-e khod oftad nazaram
When my gaze falls upon my own nature,
گُویم کِه مَن اَز هَر چِه دَر عَالَم بَتَرَم
Gūyam ke man az har che dar ʿālam bataram
I say I am worse than anything in the world.
چُون اَز صِفَتِ خْوِیشْتَن اَنْدَر گُذَرَم
Chūn az ṣefat-e khīshtan andar gozaram
But when I pass beyond the traits of my own self,
اَز عَرْش هَمِی بِه خْوِیشْتَن دَرْنِگَرَم
Az ʿarsh hamī be khīshtan darnegaram.
I look down upon myself even from the Throne.
مُنَاجَات ۲۴۴
اِلٰهِی گَاهِی کِه بِخُود مِی نِگَرَم هَمِه سُوز وَ نِیَاز شَوَم وَ گَاهِی کِه بَا ا و نِگَرَم هَمِه رَاز وَ نَاز شَوَم، چُون بِخُود نِگَرَم گُویم :
Elāhī, gāhī ke be khod mīnegaram hame sūz o niyāz shavam o gāhī ke bā ū negaram hame rāz o nāz shavam; chūn be khod negaram gūyam:
My God, when I look at myself I become all burning and need; when I look toward Him I become all intimacy and joy. Looking at myself, I say:
پُر آبِ دُو دِیدِه وَ بَس آتَشِ جِگَرَم
Por āb-e do dīde o bas ātash-e jegaram
Both my eyes are full of tears, and my heart burns with fire;
بَر بَادِ دُو دَسْتَم وَ پُر اَز خَاک سَرَم
Bar bād-e do dastam o por az khāk saram
my hands are empty as the wind, and my head is covered with dust.
چُون بَاو نِگَرَم گُویم :
Chūn bā ū negaram gūyam:
But looking toward Him, I say:
چِه کُنَد عَرْش کِه او غَاشِیِهٔ مَن نَکِشَد
Che konad ʿarsh ke ū ghāshiye-ye man nakashad
How could the Throne fail to bear my train,
چُون بِدِل غَاشِیِهٔ حُکْم وَقَضَایِ تُو کَشَم
Chūn be del ghāshiye-ye ḥokm va qaẓā-ye to kasham
when in my heart I carry the train of Your judgment and decree?
بُویِ جَان آیَدَم اَز لَب کِه حَدِیثِ تُو کُنَم
Būy-e jān āyadam az lab ke ḥadīs-e to konam
The scent of life rises from my lips whenever I speak of You;
شَاخِ عِزّ رُویَدَم اَز دِل کِه بَلَایِ تُو کَشَم
Shākh-e ʿezz rūyadam az del ke balā-ye to kasham.
a branch of honor grows from my heart whenever I bear Your trials.
مُنَاجَات ۲۴۵
اِلهی تُو آنی کِه خُود گُفتی و چُنانکِه خُود گُفتی چُنانی پَس عَظیم شانی و بُزُرگ اِحسانی، عَزیز سُلطانی، دَیّان وَمِهربانی هَم نِهانی و هَم عِیانی دیدِه را نِهانی و جانرا عِیانی مَن سَزایِ تُو نَدانَم و تُو دانی.
Elāhī to ānī ke khod goftī o chenānke khod goftī chenānī pas ʿazīm shānī o bozorg ehsānī, ʿazīz soltānī, dayyān o mehrabānī ham nehānī o ham ʿeyānī dīde rā nehānī o jān rā ʿeyānī man sazā-ye to nadānam o to dānī.
My God, You are who You have said You are, exactly as You have said. Your station is sublime, Your kindness immense; You are a mighty sovereign, a just Judge and compassionate. You are both hidden and manifest: hidden from the eye, manifest to the soul. I do not know what is worthy of You; You know.
مُنَاجَات ۲۴۶
اِلهی آنچِه بَر سَرِ ما آیَد بَر سَرِ کَسی نَیایَد دیدِهٔ کِه بِنَظارِهٔ تُو آیَد هَرگِز باز پَس نَیایَد، اَصلِ وِصال دِل اَست و باقی زَحمَتِ آب و گِل
Elāhī ānche bar sar-e mā āyad bar sar-e kasī nayāyad dīde-ye ke benazāre-ye to āyad hargez bāz pas nayāyad, asl-e vesāl del ast o bāqī zahmat-e āb o gel
My God, may what happens to us happen to no one else. An eye that comes to behold You never turns back. Union belongs truly to the heart; the rest is the toil of water and clay.
مُنَاجَات ۲۴۷
اِلهی نَظَرِ خُود بَر ما مُدام کُن و ما را بَرداشتهٔ خُود نام کُن و بِوَقتِ رَفتَن بَر جانِ ما سَلام کُن.
Elāhī nazar-e khod bar mā modām kon o mā rā bardāshte-ye khod nām kon o bevaght-e raftan bar jān-e mā salām kon.
My God, keep Your gaze upon us always; count us among those You have raised up. And when our time comes to depart, greet our souls with peace.
مُنَاجَات ۲۴۸
اِلهی فَرمایی کِه بِجوی و میتَرسانی کِه بِگُریز، مینُمایی کِه بِخواه و میگویی پَرهیز.
Elāhī farmāʾī ke bejūy o mītarsānī ke begorīz, mīnomāʾī ke bekhāh o mīgūʾī parhīz.
My God, You command me to seek, yet fill me with fear so that I flee. You show me what to desire, yet tell me to abstain.
مُنَاجَات ۲۴۹
اِلهی زَبانَم دَر سَرِ ذِگَر شُد و ذِکرِ سَر مَذکور، دِل دَر سَرِ مِهر شُد و مِهر دَر سَرِ نور جان دَر سَرِ عِیان شُد اَز بَیان دور.
Elāhī zabānam dar sar-e zegar shod o zekr-e sar mazkūr, del dar sar-e mehr shod o mehr dar sar-e nūr jān dar sar-e ʿeyān shod az bayān dūr.
My God, my tongue gave itself over to remembrance, and remembrance to the One remembered; my heart gave itself to love, and love to light; my soul gave itself to direct vision, beyond all words.
مُنَاجَات ۲۵۰
اِلهی نَه نیستَم نَه هَستَم نَه بُریدَم نَه پِیوَستَم نَه بِخُود بَیان بَستَم، لَطیفِهٔ بودَم اَز آن مَستَم اَکنون زیرِ سَنگ اَست دَستَم
Elāhī na nīstam na hastam na borīdam na peyvastam na bekhod bayān bastam, latīfe-ye būdam az ān mastam aknūn zīr-e sang ast dastam
My God, I neither cease to be nor truly am; I have neither broken away nor joined. I have not bound myself to my own account of things. I was a subtle mystery, intoxicated by it; now my hand lies trapped beneath a stone.
مُنَاجَات ۲۵۱
اِلهی گُریختِه بودَم تا تُو خواندی تَرسیدِه بودَم بَر خوان نِشاندی اِبتِدا میتَرسیدَم کِه مَرا بِگیری بِه بَلایِ خُویش، اَکنون میتَرسَم کِه مَرا بِفِریبی بِه عَطایِ خُویش.
Elāhī gorīkhte būdam tā to khāndī tarsīde būdam bar khān neshāndī ebtedā mītarsīdam ke marā begīrī be balā-ye khīsh, aknūn mītarsam ke marā befarībī be ʿatā-ye khīsh.
My God, I was fleeing until You called me; I was afraid, and You seated me at Your table. At first I feared that You would seize me with Your trials; now I fear that Your gifts might beguile me.
مُنَاجَات ۲۵۲
اِلهی چُون بِدانِستَم کِه تَوانگَری دَرویشی اَست دوستِ دَرویشَم چُون وَعدهٔ دیدارِ دوست کَردی غُلامِ دیدِهٔ خُویشَم.
Elāhī chūn bedānestam ke tavāngarī darvīshī ast dūst-e darvīsham chūn vaʿde-ye dīdār-e dūst kardī gholām-e dīde-ye khīsham.
My God, when I learned that true wealth is poverty before You, I came to love being poor. Since You promised a meeting with the Friend, I am devoted to the eyes that may behold You.
مُنَاجَات ۲۵۳
اِلهی چُون ما را دَر حُجرهٔ بی شَمع و چِراغ مُبتَلا کُنَند ایمانِ ما را تُو چِراغِ لَحَدِ ما گَردانی،
Elāhī chūn mā rā dar hojre-ye bī shamʿ o cherāgh mobtalā konand īmān-e mā rā to cherāgh-e lahad-e mā gardānī,
My God, when they place us in a chamber without candle or lamp, make our faith the light of our grave.
چُون دَر مُعامَلهٔ خُود مینگَرَم سَزاوارِ هَمه عُقوبَتها هَستَم و چُون دَر کَرَمِ تُو نَظارِه میکنَم سَزاوارِ هَمهٔ خُداوَندیها هَستی.
Chūn dar moʿāmele-ye khod mīnegaram sazāvār-e hame ʿoqūbat-hā hastam o chūn dar karam-e to nazāre mīkonam sazāvār-e hame-ye khodāvandī-hā hastī.
When I examine my own conduct, I deserve every punishment; when I contemplate Your generosity, I see that every mark of lordship is Yours by right.
مُنَاجَات ۲۵۴
اِلهی شادی نَمی شِناختَم می پِنداشتَم کِه شادَم اَکنون مَرا چِه شادی کِه شادی شِناسی را بِباد دادَم.
Elāhī shādī namī shenākhtam mī pendāshtam ke shādam aknūn marā che shādī ke shādī-shenāsī rā bebād dādam.
My God, I did not know what joy was, yet imagined I was joyful. What joy can I claim now that I have let even my sense of joy blow away?
مُنَاجَات ۲۵۵
اِلهی حاجَت بِسیار دارَم و بَر هَمه چیز تَوانایی آنچِه میخواهَم میتوانی کِه بِاین بَنده بِرَسانی و اَز شَرِّ ظالِمان مَرا بِرَهانی اِی رَحمَتِ تُو دَستگیرِ ما و اِی کَرَمِ تُو عُذر پَذیرِ ما،
Elāhī hājat besyār dāram o bar hame chīz tavānāʾī ānche mīkhāham mītavānī ke beīn bande beresānī o az sharr-e zālemān marā berahānī ey rahmat-e to dastgīr-e mā o ey karam-e to ʿozr-pazīr-e mā,
My God, my needs are many and Your power extends over everything. You can grant this servant what I ask and deliver me from the harm of oppressors. Your mercy takes us by the hand, and Your generosity accepts our excuses.
اِی دانَندهٔ هَر حالی و شِنَوَندهٔ هَر شِکوایی، اِی مُجیبِ هَر خوانَنده و اِی قَریبِ هَر دانَنده.
Ey dānande-ye har hālī o shenavande-ye har shekvāʾī, ey mojīb-e har khānande o qarīb-e har dānande.
You know every condition and hear every complaint; You answer everyone who calls and are near to everyone who knows.
مُنَاجَات ۲۵۶
اِلهی چُون عَزیزان بِناز پَروَرده ما را فَراموش کُنَند تُو بَر ما رَحمَت کُن.
Elāhī chūn ʿazīzān benāz parvarde mā rā farāmūsh konand to bar mā rahmat kon.
My God, when dear ones raised in comfort forget us, have mercy on us Yourself.
مُنَاجَات ۲۵۷
اِلهی غافِلانیم نَه کافِرانیم؛ صَمَدا بِبَرَکَتِ نَواختِگانِ حَضرَتِ تُو و بِبَرَکَتِ گُداختِگانِ هَیبَتِ تُو.
Elāhī ghāfelānīm na kāferānīm; Ṣamadā bebarakat-e navākhtegān-e hazrat-e to o bebarakat-e godākhtegān-e heybat-e to.
My God, we are heedless, not unbelievers. O Self-Sufficient One, by the blessing of those embraced by Your presence and those melted by awe of You.
مُنَاجَات ۲۵۸
اِلهی بِبَرَکَتِ مُتَحَیِّرانِ جَلالِ تُو و بِبَرَکَتِ مَقهورانِ قَهرِ تُو کِه ما را بِصَحرایِ هِدایَت آری و اَز این وَحشَت آباد بِه رَوضهٔ اَقدَس رَسانی.
Elāhī bebarakat-e motahayyerān-e jalāl-e to o bebarakat-e maqhūrān-e qahr-e to ke mā rā besahrā-ye hedāyat ārī o az īn vahshat-ābād be rowze-ye aqdas beresānī.
My God, for the sake of those awestruck by Your majesty and those subdued by Your power, lead us into the open plain of guidance and bring us from this place of desolation to the most holy garden.
مُنَاجَات ۲۵۹
اِلهی دانی کِه بی تُو هیچکَسَم، دَستَم گیر کِه دَر تُو رَسَم، بِظاهِر قَبول دارَم بِباطِن تَسلیم نَه اَز خَصم باک دارَم نَه اَز دُشمَن بیم، اَگَر دِل گویَد چِرا ؟
Elāhī dānī ke bī to hīch-kasam, dastam gīr ke dar to rasam, bezāher qabūl dāram bebāten taslīm na az khasm bāk dāram na az doshman bīm, agar del gūyad cherā ?
My God, You know that without You I am no one. Take my hand so that I may reach You. Outwardly I accept; inwardly I surrender. I fear neither adversary nor enemy. If my heart asks, “Why?”
گویَم اَمر را سَر اَفکَنده اَم و اَگَر خِرَد گویَد چِرا جَواب دِهَم کِه مَن بَنده اَم.
Gūyam amr rā sar afkande am o agar kherad gūyad cherā javāb deham ke man bande am.
I say that I have bowed my head to the command; if reason asks, “Why?” I answer, “Because I am a servant.”
مُنَاجَات ۲۶۰
اِلهی گَر زارَم، دَر تُو زاریدَن خُوش اَست، وَر نازَم بِه تُو نازیدَن خُوش اَست.
Elāhī gar zāram, dar to zārīdan khosh ast, var nāzam be to nāzīdan khosh ast.
My God, if I weep, it is sweet to weep before You; if I take delight, it is sweet to delight in You.
مُنَاجَات ۲۶۱
اِلهی ما دَر دُنیا مَعصیَت میکَردیم دوستِ تُو مُحَمَّد (ص) غَمگین شَوَد و دُشمَنِ تُو اِبلیس شاد.
Elāhī mā dar donyā maʿsiyat mīkardīm dūst-e to Mohammad (ṣ) ghamgīn shavad o doshman-e to Eblīs shād.
My God, when we committed sins in this world, Your friend Muhammad (peace be upon him) would grieve and Your enemy Iblis would rejoice.
اِی زِ دَردَت خَستِگان را بویِ دَرمان آمَدِه
Ey ze dardat khastegān rā bū-ye darmān āmade
O You whose very pain has brought the wounded the scent of healing,
یادِ تُو مَر عاشِقان را راحَتِ جان آمَدِه
Yād-e to mar ʿāsheqān rā rāhat-e jān āmade
remembrance of You has become rest for the lovers’ souls.
صَد هِزاران عاشِقِ سَر گَشتِه بینَم بَر اُمید
Sad hezārān ʿāsheq-e sar gashte bīnam bar omīd
I see countless lovers wandering in hope,
دَر بِیابانِ غَمَت اَلله گویان آمَدِه
Dar biyābān-e ghamat Allāh gūyān āmade
coming through the desert of longing for You, calling “Allah!”
سینِه ها بینَم زِ سوزِ هِجرِ تُو بِریان شُدِه
Sīne hā bīnam ze sūz-e hejr-e to beryān shode
I see chests scorched by the fire of separation from You;
دیدِه ها بینَم زِ دَردِ عِشق گِریان آمَدِه
Dīde hā bīnam ze dard-e ʿeshq geryān āmade
I see eyes weeping from the pain of love.
پیرِ اَنصار اَز شَرابِ شَوق خُوردِه جُرعِهٔ
Pīr-e Ansār az sharāb-e showq khorde jorʿe-ye
The Elder of Ansar has drunk a draught of longing’s wine,
هَمچُو مَجنون گِردِ عالَم مَستِ حَیران آمَدِه
Hamcho Majnūn gerd-e ʿālam mast-e heyrān āmade
and wanders the world like Majnun, drunk and dazed.
مُنَاجَات ۲۶۲
اِلهی بِبَرَکَتِ صِدّیقانِ دَرگاهِ تُو،
Elāhī bebarakat-e seddīqān-e dargāh-e to,
My God, for the sake of the sincere ones at Your threshold,
اِلهی بِبَرَکَتِ پاکانِ دَرگاهِ تُو کِه حاجَتِ این بیچارِهٔ دَرمانده را و مُهِمّاتِ جَمیعِ مُومِنین وَمُومِنان را بَرآوَرده بِگَردانی و آنچِه اُمید میداریم بِعافِیَت و دوستکامی بِرَسانی و پیش اَز مَرگ تَوبِهٔ نَصُوح کَرامَت نُمایی و خَتمِ کار ها بِکَلِمِهٔ شَهادَت فَرمایی،
Elāhī bebarakat-e pākān-e dargāh-e to ke hājat-e īn bīchāre-ye darmānde rā o mohemmāt-e jamīʿ-e mūmenīn vamūmenān rā barāvar de begardānī o ānche omīd mīdārīm beʿāfiyat o dūst-kāmī beresānī o pīsh az marg towbe-ye nasūh karāmat nomāʾī o khatm-e kār hā bekaleme-ye shahādat farmāʾī,
My God, for the sake of the pure at Your threshold, fulfill the need of this helpless one and the needs of all believing men and women. Bring us safely and joyfully to what we hope for; grant us sincere repentance before death, and let our lives end with the testimony of faith.
یَا اِلٰهَ اَلْعَالَمِینَ وَ خَیْرَ اَلنَّاصِرِینَ بِفَضْلِکَ وَ کَرَمِکَ یَا اَکْرَمَ اَلْاَکْرَمِینَ وَ یَا اَرْحَمَ اَلرَّاحِمِینَ وَ صَلَّی اللّٰهُ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ (ص) وَ آلِهِ اَجْمَعِینَ.
Yā ilāha al-ʿālamīn wa khayra al-nāṣirīn, bi-faḍlika wa karamika, yā akrama al-akramīn wa yā arḥama al-rāḥimīn, wa ṣallā Allāhu ʿalā Muḥammadin (ṣ) wa ālihi ajmaʿīn.
O God of all worlds and best of helpers, by Your grace and generosity, O most generous of the generous and most merciful of the merciful. May God bless Muhammad (peace be upon him) and all his family.
Reading notes
These notes record uncertain forms in the chosen digital transcription and editorial interpretations made for the aligned reading.
004.01.03 The source writes مُبّرا with a misplaced shadda; the translation follows the intended مُبَرّا (free of), without altering the source letters or marks.
010.01.01 The paradoxical phrase از تو رستن is retained and translated literally; it may reflect a mystical distinction between conceptual knowledge and true union.
016.01.02 The source spells سعداتش; the intended sense is “his felicity,” but its lettering has been retained.
027.01.01 The source syntax and بِنا بِه سَزاییِ ما are unstable. The translation conveys the most plausible prayer without asserting a definitive emendation.
043.01.01 The source divides یا د and joins خاموشگردیدم. The vocalized line preserves those spaces; the reading is yād and khāmūsh gardīdam.
049.01.01 The reading of بازان is uncertain in the source. “Rejoices” is interpretive.
051.01.01 دیده ور گشت is textually and syntactically uncertain; the translation follows its likely sense in context.
055.01.01 The phrase بزندان برون نه is irregular in the source; the translation follows the prison image and its likely intended sense.
056.03.01 The source separates و صال; the translation reads the intended وِصال (union) while preserving the source spacing.
059.01.02 The source has a stray vowel sign before جست; the clause «از صنایع آن باید جست که از آن گنجد» is syntactically uncertain. The English is a contextual reading.
069.01.01 The second half of the Persian sentence has no expressed final verb; the translation supplies the elliptical sense.
070.01.01 «آلای» is read as blessings (Arabic ālāʾ), with the printed spelling retained.
071.01.01 The final clause is compressed and syntactically uncertain; the English follows its literal sequence.
074.01.03 «و تو عطا آید» appears defective in the source; the translation gives the evident parallel, gifts and mercy from You.
088.03.01 «ا ز» has an internal space in the source; it is read as «از».
089.01.01 «بروز کار» is uncertain in the source; the translation reads it as the day when deeds are brought forward.
092.02.01 The source reads «دم ار رضای تو زند», likely for «دم از رضای تو زند». The translation follows the intended devotional sense.
095.01.01 The source splits «کَرَ م» typographically; it is read as «کرم».
100.01.02 «عذر بکاست اما عذر نخواست» is compressed and admits other readings; the translation preserves its apparent paradox.
107.01.01 The source reads «سنگر او دیدار است», apparently defective; the following quatrain contrasts the dog admitted to court with the stone granted vision.
113.01.01 The source reads «ااگر» with a duplicated initial alif; it is read as «اگر».
118.01.01 «از یادگار فردی ماند» is compressed and may admit other readings; the translation is tentative.
123.01.02 The source reads «احسان تن» (eḥsān tan); its final word is unclear, perhaps «تو». The English gives the evident broad sense without assigning ownership to the word.
125.01.01 The source writes «حیحون» in the third clause after «جیحون», apparently a transcription slip; the English follows the repeated river image.
126.01.01 The source has the difficult phrase «ما مرا بر داشتهٔ خود نام کن». Its wording is preserved; the English interprets the apparent petition.
127.01.01 The source has «دریازم», apparently an unusual or faulty form for «دریابم»; the translation conveys the likely meaning.
130.02.01 The source separates «ا و», evidently intended as «او». Its letters and spacing remain in Persian; transliteration and English read the pronoun ū (“Him”).
132.01.01 The source reads «بمه ما», an unclear expression; the translation reads it in the sense of care toward ourselves.
135.01.01 The source has «بها تو», likely a transcription of «با تو». The English interprets the phrase as “with You.”
136.01.01 The source phrase «با دیده ور میگویم» is uncertain; its letter spacing is preserved.
137.01.01 The source «مشقانانی» is unclear, possibly a corruption of «مشتاقانانی»; the English gives the apparent sense.
139.01.01 The source reads «بترا بطلب», an unusual contraction; the translation follows its likely intent.
139.01.03 The source reads «غزت» rather than the expected «عزت»; the marked reading and transliteration keep the source form.
141.01.01 The source reads حزینهٔ and ندا کردیم; both readings are uncertain in context.
142.03.01 The source spells دوالجلال, possibly for ذوالجلال.
143.01.02 The source reads پرواز, an uncertain construction; another verb may have been intended. The source spells آب as اب; its long vowel is marked without altering that letter.
145.01.01 The source spaces و حدانیت; it is read as وحدانیت, without altering its letters.
146.01.01 The source has the joined form میزارم, understood here as “I pine” (میزارم).
146.01.02 The last clause is syntactically uncertain in the source.
149.05.01 The source has بدر گََهَت, an uncertain spelling of “at Your threshold.”
151.01.01 The source has توت, likely تو, with an extra letter; it is retained.
151.01.02 The source has خوییش, an apparently corrupt form of خویش; the English follows the familiar sense of the prophetic prayer.
153.01.01 The source inserts و in شناخت و تو, apparently a textual error.
155.01.01 The source phrasing is compressed and its final contrast is uncertain.
156.01.01 The grammar of the third clause is uncertain in the source.
158.01.02 The last sentence is syntactically compressed in the source.
158.01.03 The source reads هر که نه کُشته ای خودی مُردار است, an elliptical construction.
159.01.01 The initial word کشیدید appears corrupt beside کشیدیم; its literal second-person sense is not carried into the English.
161.01.01 The idiom کی جست is unclear; “sought payment” is a contextual interpretation.
162.05.01 The source prints «جا ن» with an internal space; read as «جان».
163.01.01 «بیفروختم» can also be read biyafrūkhtam (“I kindled”); the wordplay with «بفروختم» is deliberate.
165.01.01 The source reads «خدای» without final «ا»; transliteration and translation use the vocative.
165.01.02 The transmitted phrase «لطیف نیک بار» is difficult; translation keeps its sense approximate.
169.01.01 «جلالا» and «مشتار» appear corrupt; the latter may intend «مشتاق» or «مژده‌آر». Translation conveys the surrounding sense without silently changing the source.
169.01.02 The source joins «نثار» and «دوستی» without a space; the Persian reading is uncertain.
170.01.01 «حاق» appears to be an error for «حقا» or another exclamation; translation of that word is tentative.
170.04.01 The source has an extra internal space in «ا ز»; read as «از».
171.01.02 The source has «بشریت تو ریختی»; the possessive-looking sequence is grammatically strained, and the translation follows the likely construction «بشریت، تو ریختی».
172.01.01 «محو اثبات» is conceptually terse and admits other readings; translation follows the Sufi contrast of effacement and self-attribution.
172.03.01 The final clause is syntactically compressed in the source.
173.01.01 «بآ روز» appears corrupt, probably «به آن روز»; the reading “until I reach that day” is contextual.
173.01.02 The last phrase «تو مرا ماندی» is ambiguous; it could mean “You remained for me,” and the translation is tentative.
176.01.02 The source divides «خروشان» into «خرو شان» and runs «تنهای» together; the reading here is contextual.
177.01.01 The source repeats «از»; reading retains repetition.
177.01.02 «بفروصال» is corrupt or fused; the translation understands it contextually as «به ... وصال», without changing letters.
177.05.01 «کاراسته» may represent «که آراسته» or a fused form, and the English follows the poetic sense.
179.01.01 «بد تر», «ناچاره را چه آمیزم» are problematic in the source; the translation of the latter is provisional.
180.01.01 The source has «بهمره» and a broken closing clause; translation follows likely sense.
182.01.01 The copied source reads «دعوی صاقانی، فرزندهٔ نفسهای دوستانی», which is damaged. Item 225 in the same collection offers the clearer parallel «معنی دعوی صادقانی، فروزندهٔ نفسهای دوستانی»; English follows that witness, while the vocalized line preserves item 182’s actual letters.
182.01.02 «آیین زیاد» and «بر توت» are damaged. Item 225’s parallel has «جان را زندگی می‌باید تو آنی، به خود و از خود ترجمانی، به حق تو بر حودت ...»; English cautiously follows the clearer meaning, retaining item 182’s letters in Persian.
183.01.02 «آن ادیی» is corrupt in this collection. The parallel in «مناجات پیر انصار», no. 180, reads «آن اوئی» (“You are his/hers”); English follows that witness, while Persian preserves the copied text.
184.01.01 The final phrase «دل بهر جان به عیان» is difficult; translation gives its contextual devotional sense.
185.01.01 The source fuses «کیبود» and «ورانی»; transliteration retains them, while English follows likely words.
186.01.01 The source begins «این» rather than explicit «تو»; translation infers the addressee. «ناتوانم» clause is elliptical.
186.01.02 Heavily corrupt syntax; English is a tentative interpretation.
186.01.03 The source has «به بینم» with an unusual space; translation follows «ببینم» contextually.
186.01.04 Literal rendering of «جان من از تو نمی‌آید». This puzzling reading appears also in a parallel collection; a smooth paraphrase would conceal its uncertainty.
188.01.01 «با دیده در میگویم» is syntactically unusual; English follows likely contemplative sense.
188.01.02 «مطرف» denotes a fine bordered cloak; the image of worldly finery may also be read more broadly.
190.01.02 «کشیدا» appears corrupt; the translation follows «آنچه کشیدم» (“what I endured”).
192.01.01 «نا خواسته», «بر تر» are spaced separately in the source; no letters silently altered.
194.01.01 «بهی خود» is unusual; interpreted as one’s own condition or self.
194.05.01 «غاشیه» is a horse’s saddle cloth borne before a noble; the poetic image claims exalted rank through service to God.
196.01.01 Source has «از آرنده» rather than expected vocative «ای آرنده»; English treats it as such.
199.01.04 The expression «در میار» is read here as the negative imperative «دَر مَیار», supported by the Sufism in Iran comparison text. Letters remain unchanged; the last petition is compressed.
200.01.01 The inherited digital text reads بهیده and بر تاوی. Their precise reading and sense are uncertain; the English renders the apparent meaning conservatively.
202.02.01 The inherited digital text segments ما نیش awkwardly; the verse may refer to the beloved as the seeker’s abiding joy. The letters and spacing are preserved.
205.01.03 The inherited text has وجدان, plausibly “those who find” or “inner finding”; other circulating versions have a different reading.
206.01.01 The inherited text reads ادهام and مَدَرک; these forms are problematic. Translation follows the probable contrast of thought, intellect, and vision without emending the letters.
209.06.01 The inherited text reads مااهی (double alif), retained; “moon to fish” invokes the traditional cosmic range.
209.09.01 The inherited text repeats دل; repetition is retained, though a scribal or transcription error is possible.
212.01.01 The referent of آن کرده is uncertain in this digital reading; “those you had made” is tentative.
215.01.03 The referent and syntax of رفیقی ... به آن یازان in the inherited text are uncertain.
216.01.02 Several phrases in this inherited line appear garbled. Its reading and rendering are tentative; no letters were emended.
218.02.01 First العتبار lacks the alif expected in الاعتبار; the second occurrence has it. Both spellings are preserved and read al-ʿitibār.
219.01.03 The inherited phrase بر سر ما را کاری is syntactically difficult; English follows the apparent prayer for an ineffable event.
220.01.03 The inherited syntax جان را زندگی می یابد تو آنی is difficult; rendering follows the evident meaning.
225.01.01 The opening syntax در یافتی خود یاری is difficult; translation is tentative.
225.01.03 The inherited text reads حودت, likely for خودت; it is left unemended. The English gives the probable meaning.
227.01.01 The source «در دو راحت هر دو بر اندازم» is difficult; the English retains its twofold contrast without identifying the two kinds.
231.01.02 The source reads «در امید بینم تو مینازم», an uncertain construction. The English interprets its evident hope of seeing the Beloved.
232.01.01 The source phrase «پادشاهان گنج فضل تو داری» is grammatically uncertain; the English takes «پادشاه» as a direct address.
234.01.01 The source has «به خود به این ورزم» and «بهدایت», both read with caution.
235.02.01 The second sentence is corrupt or elliptical in the source («چون با دشمن با چنان پس با دوستان چه اندازه و چار پایان»). Its final words cannot be resolved confidently; “what measure or limit” is a cautious contextual interpretation.
238.01.01 The source «کاین هره» and «بر کان چاره من» are uncertain. The translation offers a tentative reading without silently changing them.
240.01.02 The source phrase «خلعت بر خاست» is obscure; its rendering as a robe of honor is tentative.
242.01.01 The source is elliptical («تو یک بار بود بر من تابان … تو آب خود بر من باران»); these imperatives are inferred from its parallel images.
244.01.01 The source separates «ا و» where «او» is evidently intended. The Persian letters and spacing remain unchanged; the romanization reads ū.
245.01.01 The source joins several words (including ومهربانی and جانرا); the romanization separates words according to the likely reading.
246.01.01 دیدهٔ که is irregular. The translation reads it as “an eye that,” preserving the source lettering.
247.01.01 برداشتهٔ خود نام کن literally “name us among those You have raised”; the English follows the probable sense.
249.01.01 ذگر appears to be a source error for ذکر. The marked Persian retains ذگر (zegar), while the translation uses the intended “remembrance.” Syntax in the remaining clauses is compressed.
250.01.01 The wording لطیفهٔ بودم and نه بخود بیان بستم is unstable; the English gives a plausible sense without silently altering the original.
254.01.01 شادی شناسی is an unusual expression, literally “knowing joy.”
257.01.01 This unit is an unfinished invocation, completed syntactically by item 258 in some editions; no petition has been added to the translation.
261.08.01 The source line ends with the ezafe جرعهٔ (“a draught of”), without an explicit noun after it; the English does not invent one.
262.01.03 The closing formula is pronounced as Arabic. The source retains Persian-shaped letters, omitted initial hamzas, and the abbreviation (ص) for the blessing after Muhammad.
