So intoxicated I am, so intoxicated I am today,
That out of my hoop I have leapt today!
Such a thing that cannot be imagined,
That’s how I am, that’s how I am today!
In spirit out to the Heaven of Love I went,
Though in body still in this world I am today!
I took reason by the ear and said, “Out!
Get out of here! Free of you I am today!
“O reason, wash your hands of me!
For one with the Madness of Love I am today!”
That beautiful Yusuf has given me an orange,
For both of my hands I have cut today!
To such a state it has brought me that cup of wine,
That so many vats of wine I have smashed today!
I know not where I am, but surely,
In a station of blessedness I am today!
Good fortune came coyly to my door and I,
Out of intoxication closed my door on him today!
When he returned, after him I ran,
Not for one minute did I sit down today!
Now that my “We Are Nearer” has concluded,
No more will I worship myself today!
Do not tie up that tress, Shams al-Din-e-Tabriz,
For like a fish in that net of yours I am today!
Translated from Persian by Ikram Hawramani, March 2017.
Below is this poem as sung by Shajarian. The word “today” has been replaced with “tonight” in the song, and some of the verses are omitted: