Let us burn away melancholy and madness

Let us drink at every moment the wave of blood

We are the intoxicated companions of those who drink from hell

Who will tear apart the green-hued roof (of heaven)

What will the eternal candle do?

To the heavens and these two inverted candles (the sun and moon)

Let us cut off the hand of the thief of sorrow

Who has stolen the intellect of a hundred weaklings

Let us pour out pure royal wine

Let us put to sleep the ingenious intellect

When it becomes drunk, we will enforce the law upon it

For it has exceeded the limit of deceit and trickery

Even if it is Zubay' and the master of all

What does it know of the trick of time's uncertainties?

We will make it so senseless and intoxicated

That when it comes, it will not know the way of how

Such an old man and such a world of annihilation is better

So that it may become a lesson for those who do not know

Now the world will become aware that it gave its life for love

Now it will become aware of the knowledge within

He sees it within the house of the heart

The pillar of this world without a pillar

That is wandering with these heads, otherwise

There would be stillness for the world without stillness

The body with a head does not know the secret of the one who does it

The body without a head knows the 'kaf' and 'nun' (the letters of creation)

Put down your head for a moment, O brother

What will happen for the sake of the test?

Tame for a moment for the sake of the Sultan (God)

Such a dog, such a stubborn horse

Consider the self-awareness of the world as hell

Become annihilated, seek less of this superiority

Be so immersed in the attributes of God

That you do not see this outward youthfulness

What do you seek the taste of this black water?

What do you smell the greenery of this roof of yours?

I have become silent, I cannot explain

From the envy and jealousy of every base, immature person

Show, O Shams of Tabriz, a perfection

So that there may be no imperfection for the 'kaf' and 'nun'