The Poem of Hamzah Fansuri - by G.W.J Drewes and L.F. Brakel

Aho segala kita anak Adam
Jangan lupa akan Shahi Alam
Pada bahr al-dhunub jangan terkaram
Supaya 'ashiq siang dan malam

Oh my fellow-Adamites
Do not forsake the Ruler of the universe
Do not get drowned in the ocean of sin
So that you may be lovers all day long

Ashiqmu itu jangan bercawang
Meninggalkan dunia jangan kepalang
Suluh Muhammad yogya kau pasang
Pada Rabb al-alamin supaya kau datang

Let your love be undivided
And your renunciation of the world not half-hearted
Light the torch of Muhammad
In order to come to the Lord of the world

Shariat Muhammad terlalu amiq
Cahayanya terang di bayt al-atiq
Tandanya ghalib lagi sempurna tariq
Banyaklah kafir menjadi rafiq

Muhammad's religion is very profound
It brightly irradiates the ancient shrine
Indicative of its superiority and the perfection of its way
Is that it turned countless unbelievers into follower

Bayt al-atiq bernama Ka'bah
Ibadat di dalamnya tiada berlelah
Tempatnya ma'lum di tanah Mekah
Akan qiblat Islam menyembah Allah

The ancient shrine is known as the Ka'ba
The site of unflagging worship
As is well known it is located on Meccan soil
To serve as the direction to which Islam turns in prayer

Aho kita segala yang membawa iman
Jangan berwaqtu mengaji Quran
Halal dan haram terlalu bayan
Jalan kepada Tuhan dalamnya 'iyan

Oh all ye who are believers
Do not recite the Quran at set times only
What is lawful and what is forbidden are most plainly revealed there
Clearly marking the road towards god

Quran itu ambil akan dalil
Pada mizan Allah supaya thaqil
Jika kau ambil syariat akan wakil
Pada kedua alam engkaulah jamil

Take the Quran for your guide
So that you may turn God's balance in your favour
With the Law for your advocate
You will fare well in both world

Kerjakan salat lagi dan saim
Inilah ma'na bernama qa'im
Pada segala malam kurangkan naim
Napikan alam kerjakan da'im

Perform the ritual prayer and practice fasting
The explanation of qaim is this
Reduce your sleep every night
Be constantly occupied with renouncing the world

Ukhrujkan dirimu daripada sayyi'at
Jangan taqsir mengerjakan hasanat
Tuntut oleh mu hakikat salat
Supaya wasil adamu dengan Dhat

Get rid of your sins
Do not be lacking in carrying out of good works
Strive after the essence of ritual prayer
So that your being may attain with the Divine Essence

Salat itu terlalu kamal
Di dalamnya liqa' lagi dan wisal
Apabila lenyaplah daripada waham dan khayal
Engkaulah sultan yang tiada bermithal

The ritual prayer is sublime
Encompassing both meeting and union
If you get rid of delusions and fancies
You will be a ruler without compare

Malak al-mawt terlalu garang
Tiada berwaqtu iya akan datang
suluh Muhammad yogya kau pasang
Supaya mudah pulang ke sarang

The angel of death acts most indiscriminately
His coming is unpredictable
Light the torch of Muhammad
So that you may readily return to the nest

Hikmat dan khayal jangan kau cari
Supaya jangan menjadi 'asi
Kerjanya itu sifat nafsani
Tiada dapat sampai kepada rabbani

Do not go in for worldly wisdom and fancies
Lest you lapse into sin
Being given to these is characteristic of self-assertion
And bars the road to knowledge from the Lord

Hikmat dan khayal tinggalkan bapai
Supaya engkau jangan terlalai
ma'rifat dan haqiqat yogya kau pakai
Itulah amal yang tiada berbagai

Leave alone worldly wisdom and fancies
Lest you become negligent
Rather turn to gnosis and Reality
For this ia a work of incomparable value

Hamzah nin asalnya Fansuri
mendapat Wujud di tanah Shahrnawi
Beroleh khilafat ilmu yang 'ali
Daripada 'Abd al-Qadir Jilani

Hamzah, hailing from Fansur
Found the Being in the territory of Shahr-inau
His license to transmit the august science
Trace back to 'Abd al-Qadir the sayyid from Jilan