Saki e ba wafa manam,                A humble poet, I am 

dam hame dam Ali Ali       ... 1     Let me be your muse 

                                     Drink of me

Sufi e ba safa manam,                In rapture, my very being cries out: Ali Ali

    dam hame dam Ali Ali   ... 2    

                                     A Sufi, I am

Ashike Murtaza manam,                Pure of heart

    dam hame dam Ali Ali   ... 3     In rapture, my very being cries out: Ali Ali

                                    

Mutribe khushnava manam,             A lover, I am

    dam hame dam Ali Ali   ... 4     Of Murtaza Ali

                                     In rapture, my very being cries out: Ali Ali

Adam ba safa tueen,                  

    Yusufe mah laka tueen  ... 5     My joy uncontained  

                                     I am in song

Khidhre rahe khuda tueen,            In rapture, my very being cries out: Ali Ali

    dam hame dam Ali Ali   ... 6     

                                     Adam the Pure be you

Shahe shariyatam tueen,              Yusuf the Beautiful too  

    pire tariqotam tueen   ... 7     Tis you who's Khidr's guide

                                     His teacher, his inspiration

Haq ba hakikatam tueen,              In rapture, my very being cries out: Ali Ali  

    dam hame dam Ali Ali   ... 8    

                                     Lord, Lawgiver, Teacher, True Guide  

Ham dame sayeedul basher,            Truth be, you are the Truth; the Absolute 

    raj e shamshul qamar   ... 9     In rapture, my very being cries out: Ali Ali

                                    

Babe shabirro ham shabbar,           Faithful Companion, in virtue incomparable     

    dam hame dam Ali Ali   ... 10    In whose company pales even the Sun, the moon

                                     Oh, Father of Hassan, Hussein

Sayeede sarware karam,               In rapture, my very being cries out: Ali Ali

    goft bato ay ibne am   ... 11 

                                     Declared Muhammed, the Most Generous of generous

Lahamak lahmi  dammak dammi,         My cousin, the son of my uncle

    dam hame dam Ali Ali   ... 12    My flesh is your flesh, my blood your blood

                                     In rapture, my very being cries out: Ali Ali

Ayah e Innama barat,              

    taje la fata sarat     ... 13    You are the Guardian, the Master of believers

                                     That the Holy Quran makes clear

Shamsh gulame Kambarat,              Garbed, Crowned, Invincible, Unvanquished

    dam hame dam Ali Ali   ... 14    I Shams, your humble servant

                                     your Kambar Gulam, am

                                     In rapture, my very being cries out: Ali Ali





                Mowlana Rumi                  English Rendition by  Arif Babul