In both worlds, I found no joy without you; I saw many wonders, but none as marvelous as you.
They said the fire's burn is the fate of the infidel; I saw none deprived of your fire except Abu Lahab.
I listened intently at the window of the heart; I heard many words, but I saw no lips.
You suddenly showered mercy upon the servant; I saw no cause for it other than your boundless grace.
O chosen cupbearer, like you, O two eyes, I found none in Persia nor among the Arabs.
Of that wine whose juice never came to the press, and that glass whose likeness I found not in Aleppo.
Pour so much wine that I become free of myself, for in selfhood and existence, I saw nothing but toil.
O sun and moon, O honey and sugar, O mother and father, I saw no lineage but you.
O infinite love, O divine manifestation, both support and refuge, I saw no equal to you.
We are pieces of steel, and your love is the magnet; the essence of all seeking is you, I saw no quest but in you.
Be silent, O brother, abandon virtue and manners; though you studied manners, I saw no manners in you.
O Sun of Truth of Tabriz, O essence of all souls, without the sight of your existence, I saw not a single date.