That wandering slave has returned, returned; he has come before You burning and melting like a candle.
Smile upon him, O Soul, like anemone and sugar-candy; do not shut the door, O Soul, for he comes in need.
And even if You close the door, he will submit to Your decree; the servant is all servile need, the king is full of pride and disdain.
Every molten candle has become the brightness of the eye, for he who has suffered melting has become privy to the secret.
If I make a difference between envenomed water from His hand and wine, in the path of the Spirit my spirit has come, by Allah, but insincerely.
How should any animal drink His water of life? How should the eye which is closed behold His face?
I have abandoned travel, I have come to dwell with the Friend, I have become secure from death because that long life has come.
My heart, since you are in this stream why then do you still seek for water? How long will you say, “Come to the Feast”? The time of prayer has come.
