Some of the finest recordings of Ḥaḍrah music I’ve found online are these recordings of a Boutchichi gathering in which they sing a poem by Shaykh ‘abd al-Raḥman Shaghouri :

 

 

Translation:

The Saqi approahced us

and presented the cup to us

So we sipped and quenched our thirst

from the cups of Hamza (al-Hashim in the original poem)

He shouted and took lives as spoils of war

how many corpses has he brought back to life!

Far be it from him that he disappoint at all

whosoever comes with sincerity of intention

Empty your heart for the divine disclosure (tajallī)

and clear your eyes to see fully

And empty yourself of otherness, o friend

and annihilate yourself in the exalted Essence

Drink from the cup openly

and don’t see any shame in drinking

Go mad with love’s thirst and cast off all restraint

in the most holy meanings

Strive in your journey through the waystations

and follow the way of the ancients

Don’t pay any attention to what the blamers say

listening to them is a trial

 

 

Translation:

O joy of my heart and eyes

O my life after death

after my unification and separation

God returned us to God

Live happy o my heart

and fulfill your desire

This is not by my own effort

but only by the grace of God

Everything that is in life is good

there is nothing in it that does not change

Throw away shifting fantasies

you’ll see all is from God

Then we truly see the Real/Truth

and sincerely find sincerity

We will see neither east nor west

apart from Him while God is our sufficiency

 

Chorus: O the fortunate of the folk, by God they have succeeded

and they don’t see amongst mankind, other than Him

 

He draws them near to himself and choses them for himself

and they make their meditation transcendent in His exaltedness

and they have no other cares

How have they witnessed His splendour?

He removes the covering veils from them

And they inhale the fragrance of His love

He manifests himself to them in light and glory

So they say, O He, O He!

 

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