Ishrab Sharab ahl al-Safa

اشرب شراب أهل الصفا

Arabic text

اشْرَبْ شَرَابْ أَهْلِ الصَّفَا الله الله تَرَى عَجَائِبْ
مَعَ رِجَالِ الْمَعْرِفَة الله الله وَالْقَلْبُ طَائِبْ
قَدْ زُرْتُهُمْ أَحْدَ الْأَيَامْ الله الله يَاقَومُ خَطْرَة
وَجَدْتُهُمْ أَهْلَ الْغَرَامْ الله الله وَهُمْ فِي حَضْرَة
عُيُـونُهُمْ مُذَبَّلَةْ الله الله وَوُجُوة صُفْرَا
رُؤُوسُهُمْ مُشَعَّثَةْ الله الله وَشُعُورٌ غُبْرَا
أَصْحَابَ الْعَهْدِ وَالْمِيثَاقْ الله الله نَظْرَة هَنِيَّه
بِالْمَوْلَى طَابَتِ الْأَذْوَاقْ الله الله لَيْلَة عَلَوِيَّة
قُلْتُ لَهُمْ نَدْخُلْ حِمَاكُمْ الله الله يَاذَا الْمَوَالَي
قَالُوا لِي تَقْبَلْ شَرْطَنَا الله الله وَالشَّرْطُ غَالِي
تَصْبِرْ عَلَى مُرِّالْهَوَى الله الله بِالنَّفْسِ وَالْمَال
تَصْبِرْ عَلَى هَذَا الْغَرَامْ الله الله طُولَ الْلَيَالِي
تُسْقَى كُؤُوساً مِنْ حَنْظَلْ الله الله وَالْمُرُّ يَحْلَا
حَتَّي يُمْسِي الْحَنْظَلُ عَسَلَا الله الله وَتَشْهَدِ الْوَالِي
تُصْبِحْ سَبِيكَه مِنْ ذَهَبْ الله الله يَا مَنْ عَرَفْنَا
تُجْلَى مَعْ أَهْلِ الْإِصْطِفَا الله الله فِي الْحَيِّ مَعَنَا
يَا مَنْ يَلُمْنِي فِي الْحَبِيب الله الله اَلَّذِي شَاهَدْتُ
فِي الْقَلْبِ حَاضِرْ لَايَغِيب الله الله إِنْ غَابَ مِتُّ

Transliteration

Ishrab sharāb ahla ṣ-ṣafā Allāh Allāh tarā ʿajāʾib
Maʿa rijāli l-maʿrifah Allāh Allāh wa l-qalbu ṭāʾib
Qad zurtuhum aḥada l-ayyām Allāh Allāh yā qawmu khaṭrah
Wa wajadtuhum ahla l-gharām Allāh Allāh wa hum fī ḥaḍrah
ʿUyūnuhum mudhabbalah Allāh Allāh wa wujūhun ṣufrā
Ruʾūsuhum mushaʿathah Allāh Allāh wa shuʿūrun ghubrā
Aṣḥāba l-ʿahdi wa l-mīthāq Allāh Allāh naẓratun hanīyyah
Bi l-mawlā ṭābati l-adhwāq Allāh Allāh laylatun ʿalawiyyah
Qultu lahum nadkhul ḥimākum Allāh Allāh yā dhā l-mawālī
Qālū lī taqbal sharṭanā Allāh Allāh wa sh-sharṭu ghālī
Taṣbir ʿalā murri l-hawā Allāh Allāh bi n-nafsi wa l-māl
Taṣbir ʿalā hādhā l-gharām Allāh Allāh ṭūla l-layālī
Tusqā kuʾūsan min ḥanẓal Allāh Allāh wa l-murru yaḥlā
Ḥattā yumsī l-ḥanẓalu ʿasalā Allāh Allāh wa tashhadi l-wālī
Tuṣbiḥ sabīkah min dhahab Allāh Allāh yā man ʿarafnā
Tujlā maʿ ahli l-iṣṭifā Allāh Allāh fī l-ḥayyi maʿanā
Yā man yalumunī fī l-ḥabīb Allāh Allāh alladhī shāhadtu
Fī l-qalbi ḥāḍir lā yaghīb Allāh Allāh in ghāba mittu

English translation

Drink the drinks of the people of utmost purity (Allah Allah) (and) you will see wonders
With the people of true gnosis (Allah Allah) the heart is beautified and pleasured
I visited them one day (Allah Allah) just once O People
I found them people of true love (Allah Allah) and they were always present
Eyes that are humble and have not slept for days (Allah Allah) faces that are pale from fasting
Heads that are not combed (Allah Allah) and dusty hair
(As for) the people who took their oath and covenant (with God), (Allah Allah) gazing upon them is pleasure!
By our master (Ali) our taste has been refined (Allah Allah) a truly blessed night
I begged: can you take me under your wing (Allah Allah) Oh my masters?
They said: you have to accept our condition (Allah Allah) and the price is high
Remain steadfast on the bitterness of love (Allah Allah) sacrificing self and wealth
Remain steadfast on this love (Allah Allah) throughout the nights
You will drink very bitter drinks (Allah Allah) until the bitter gradually becomes sweet
Until the bitter changes character to honey (Allah Allah) And you move beyond witnessing the protective friend
You will become shining as gold (Allah Allah) O once you know us
You will be cleansed by the chosen people (Allah Allah) In the same neighbourhood with us
O you who blame me in my love of the beloved (Allah Allah) that you just saw
He is ever present in my heart, never absent (Allah Allah) for the second he disappears I die

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