What I aspire for? Ghazal 441 from Deewan Shams Tabrizi, by Rumi

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

بنمای رخ که باغ و گلستانم آرزوست

Manifest your face, for I aspire for the flowers and gardens therein;

بگشای لب که قند فراوانم آرزوست

Unclasp your lips, for I aspire for the nectar therein.

ای آفتاب حسن برون آ دمی ز ابر

Come out from behind the clouds, O shining sun

کان چهره مشعشع تابانم آرزوست

for I aspire for your glittering, glowing countenance

بشنیدم از هوای تو آواز طبل باز

Beckoning breeze gushed out of the falcon-drum; I heard

باز آمدم که ساعد سلطانم آرزوست

and rushed back, for I aspired to perch on the sultan's forearm.

گفتی ز ناز بیش مرنجان مرا برو

Full of coquetry you said "Trouble me no more; be gone!"

آن گفتنت که بیش مرنجانم آرزوست

I aspire to hear that utterance always "Trouble me no more"

وان دفع گفتنت که برو شه به خانه نیست

And your rebuff, "Be gone, the king is not at home,"

وان ناز و باز و تندی دربانم آرزوست

and those mighty airs and brusqueness of the doorkeeper, are what I aspire for.

در دست هر که هست ز خوبی قراضه‌ هاست

In the hand of every one who exists there are mineral elements of beauty

آن معدن ملاحت و آن کانم آرزوست

I aspire for those from the mine of elegance .

این نان و آب چرخ چو سیل‌ست بی‌وفا

This bread and water of heavens wheel are like a treacherous torrent;

من ماهیم نهنگم عمانم آرزوست

I am a fish, an unfettered endless Ocean is what I aspire for

یعقوب وار وااسفاها همی‌زنم

Like Jacob I am seeking

دیدار خوب یوسف کنعانم آرزوست

the fair visage of Joseph of Canaan.

والله که شهر بی‌تو مرا حبس می‌شود

By Allah, without you the city is a prison for me;

آوارگی و کوه و بیابانم آرزوست

I aspire to wander abroad in the mountains and deserts

زین همرهان سست عناصر دلم گرفت

My heart is weary of these weak-spirited fellow-travellers;

شیر خدا و رستم دستانم آرزوست

I aspire for the the Lion of God and Rustam of lore.

جانم ملول گشت ز فرعون و ظلم او

My soul is sick of Pharaoh and his tyranny;

آن نور روی موسی عمرانم آرزوست

I aspire for that light of the countenance of Moses

زین خلق پرشکایت گریان شدم ملول

I am a weary of these miserable people so full of complaints;

آن‌های هوی و نعره مستانم آرزوست

I aspire for the incoherent utterances of the intoxicated

گویاترم ز بلبل اما ز رشک عام

I am more eloquent than the nightingale, but because of vulgar envy

مهرست بر دهانم و افغانم آرزوست

a seal is on my tongue and I aspire for lamentation

دی شیخ با چراغ همی‌گشت گرد شهر

Yesterday (in broad daylight) the shaikh went all about the city, lamp in hand,

کز دیو و دد ملولم و انسانم آرزوست

crying, "I am weary of beast and devil", and I aspire for a Man

گفتند یافت می‌نشود جسته‌ایم ما

They said, "He is not to be found, we too have searched."

گفت آنک یافت می‌نشود آنم آرزوست

He answered, "I aspire for him, who may not be found (easily)"

هر چند مفلسم نپذیرم عقیق خرد

Though I am penniless, I will not accept an ordinary gem,

کآن عقیق نادر ارزانم آرزوست

I aspire for that rare, precious carnelian.

پنهان ز دیده‌ها و همه دیده‌ها از اوست

Hidden from every eye, and all things seen are from Him—

آن آشکار صنعت پنهانم آرزوست

I aspire to see the hidden One manifest in works

خود کار من گذشت ز هر آرزو و آز

My state has gone beyond every desire and yearning;

از کان و از مکان پی ارکانم آرزوست

From mine and place to the elements.

گوشم شنید قصه ایمان و مست شد

My ear heard the tale of faith and became drunk;

کو قسم چشم صورت ایمانم آرزوست

where is the portion of sight? I aspire for that faith

یک دست جام باده و یک دست جعد یار

In one hand the winecup, in the other the Beloved's curl

رقصی چنین میانه میدانم آرزوست

I aspire to dance so in the midst of the arena."

می‌گوید آن رباب که مردم ز انتظار

That rabab says, "I am dead of expectation;

دست و کنار و زخمه عثمانم آرزوست

and I aspire for the hand and bosom and plectrum of Uthman (Sharaf al-Din-i Qavval the minstrel)

من هم رباب عشقم و عشقم ربابی‌ست

I am at once Love's rabab, and Love is my rabab-player;

وان لطف‌های زخمه رحمانم آرزوست

I aspire for those favors of the plucking of the All-merciful.

باقی این غزل را ای مطرب ظریف

Cunning minstrel, number the rest of this ode after this fashion,

زین سان همی‌شمار که زین سانم آرزوست

for it is after this fashion I seek.

بنمای شمس مفخر تبریز رو ز شرق

Show your face from the east, Sun of the Pride of Tabriz;

من هدهدم حضور سلیمانم آرزوست

I am the hoopoe, the presence of Solomon is my hope and aspiration.

Qaseedah of Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jeelani (May Allah be pleased with him)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

One of the poems (Qaseedah) of Shaykh Abdul Qadir al-Jeelani (May Allah be pleased with him)

مَا فِي الصَبابَةِ مَنْهَلٌ مُسْتعْذَبُ إِلاّ وَلِي فِيهِ اْلأَلَذُ الأَطْيَبُ

Whatever source of sweetness exists in intense love, mine is the most delicious and the most delicate

أَوْ فِي الْوِصَالِ مَكَانَهُ مَخْصوْصَةٌ إلاَّ وَمَنْزلَتي أَعَزُّ وَأَقْرَبُ

However special any rank may be in love’s embrace, my station is yet more splendid and more intimate.

وَهَبَتْ لِيَ الأَيّامُ رَوْنَقَ صَفْوِهَا فَحَلَتْ مَنَاهِلْهَا وَطَابَ الْمَشْرَبُ

The days have bestowed on me their lustrous purity, so the drink from their springs is pleasing to the palate.

وَغَدَوْتُ مَخْطُوباً لِكُلِّ كَرِيمةٍ لاَ يَهْتَدي فِيهَا اللَّبِيبُ فَيَخْطُبُ

I am now the fiancé of every noble lady, who has not been discovered and proposed to by an eligible candidate.

أَنَا مِنْ رِجَالِ لاَ يَخَافُ جَليسُهُمْ رَيْبَ الزَّمَانِ وَلاَ يَرى مَا يَرْهَبُ

I am the kind of man whose companion is never worried, and can never see any reason to be afraid or hesitate.

قَوْمٌ لَهُمْ فِي كُلِّ مَجْدٍ رُتْبَةٌ عُلْويَّةٌ وَبِكُلِّ جَيْشٍ مَوْكِبُ

For such there is an escorting retinue in every army, and in every domain of dignity they hold a lofty estate.

أَنَا بُلْبُلُ الأَفْرَاحِ أَمْلأَ دَوْحَها طَرَباً وَفِي الْعَلْيَاءِ بَازٌ أَشْهَبُ

As the bulbul of all young birds, I fill their nests with song, and as the Falcon I soar and levitate..

أَضْحَتْ جُيُوشُ الحُبِّ تَحْتَ مَشِيئَتي طَوْعاً وَمَهْمَا رُمْتُهُ لاَ يَعْزُبُ

The armies of love are subject to my will, obedient, gallant, and ever intact, so that they never separate.

أَصْبَحْتُ لاَ أَمَلاً ولاَ أُمْنِيَّةً أَرْجُو وَلاَ سَوْعُودةً أَتَرَقَّبُ

I abstained from entertaining hope and expectation, or looking for something promised on a certain date.

مَا زِلْتُ أَرْتَعُ فِي مَيَادِينِ الرِّضَا حَتَّى بَلَغْتُ مَكَانَةً لاَ تُوهَبُ

I continued to graze in the pastures of contentment, until I was granted a status that has no duplicate.

أَضْحَى الزَّمَانُ كَحُلَّةٍ مَرْقُومَةٍ نَزْهُو وَنَحْنُ لَهَا الطِّرَازُ المُذْهَبُ

Then Time became like a garment finely embroidered, we being the gilded stitches that made it immaculate.

أَفَلتْ شُمُوسُ الأَوَّلِينَ وَشَمْسُنَا أَبَداً عَلَى فَلَكِ الْعُلَى لاَ تَغْرُبُ

The suns of the ancients have set, but our own Sun, in its orbit up on high, will never cease to radiate.

Translation from (http://shaikhabdalqadir.org/about-him/meaning-of-the-grey-falcon/)