1. Glory in my humiliation for one who believes
In your death while equipped against your enemy,
١. العِزُّ في ذُلّي لِمَن هُوَ مُؤمِنٌ
بِوَلاكَ وَهوَ عَلى عَدوَكَ عَدَّتي
2. And my equal shows grace from your beauty
While I who, through you am graced, show my humility.
٢. وَسِوايَ يُظهِرُ عَن جَمالِكَ سَلَوَةً
وَأَنا الَّذي بِكَ عَن وُجودي سَلوَتي
3. To meet you is the limit of my hopes, O endpoint
Of my desires, for which near you I've set my death.
٣. وَلِقاكَ أَقصى مُنيَتي يا مُنتَهى
أَمَلي وَقَد شَرِطَت لَدَيهِ مَنِيَّتي
4. So for you I've armed myself with piety and put on
As my raiment your love - my coat of mail, my shield.
٤. فَلِذا اِدَّرَعتُ لَكَ التُقى وَخَلَعتُ في
لُبسي هَواكَ مِنَ الحِمامِ تَقِيَّتي