يا من فدت نفسه نفسي ومن جُعلتْ

يا من فدت نفسه نفسي ومن جُعلتْ

له وقاء لما يخشى واخشاهُ

له وقاء لما يخشى واخشاهُ

O you whose life my life has ransomed, and for whom it was made

O you who sacrificed yourself for my soul, and for whom

a shield against what you fear and what I fear.

I was made a protection from what is feared, and I feared him,

أبلغِ أخانا أدام اللّه نعمته

أبلغِ أخانا أدام اللّه نعمته

أنّي وإن كنت لا ألقاه ألقاهُ

أنّي وإن كنت لا ألقاه ألقاهُ

Tell our brother—may God perpetuate his blessing—

Convey to our brother, may God prolong his bounty,

that, though I do not meet him, I meet him;

That I, though I do not meet with him, meet with him,

وإنَّ طرفي موصول برؤيته

وإنَّ طرفي موصول برؤيته

وإن تباعد عن مثواي مثواهُ

وإن تباعد عن مثواي مثواهُ

and that my gaze is bound to the sight of him,

And though my gaze is connected with seeing him

even if his dwelling lies far from mine.

And his abode is far from my abode,

ما نعمة قدمت عندي ولا حدثت

ما نعمة قدمت عندي ولا حدثت

إلاّ ومنه بها أحظاني اللّهُ

إلاّ ومنه بها أحظاني اللّهُ

No blessing, old or new, has been mine

No blessing was bestowed upon me or happened

but God has favored me with it through him.

Except through him Allah granted me its delight,

ولا بلاء جميل جرَّ لي حسنا

ولا بلاء جميل جرَّ لي حسنا

إلاّ به نلت أولاه وأُخراهُ

إلاّ به نلت أولاه وأُخراهُ

Nor has any gracious favor brought me good

And no beautiful affliction brought me goodness

but through him I gained its beginning and its end.

Except through it I attained its beginning and its end,

اللّه يعلم أنى لست اذكره

اللّه يعلم أنى لست اذكره

وكيف يذكره من ليس ينساهُ

وكيف يذكره من ليس ينساهُ

God knows that I do not recall him—

Allah knows I do not remember him

how can one recall him who never forgets him?

And how can he be remembered by one who does not forget him,

عُدّوا فهل حَسَن لم يحوه حَسَن

عُدّوا فهل حَسَن لم يحوه حَسَن

وهل فتى عدلت جدواه جدواهُ

وهل فتى عدلت جدواه جدواهُ

Count them: is there any virtue Hasan does not possess?

Count them - did the good he did not contain goodness?

And is there any young man whose bounty equals his?

And has any youth's generosity matched his generosity?

البحر يفنى ولا تفنى مكارمه

البحر يفنى ولا تفنى مكارمه

والقطر يحصى ولا تحصى عطاياه

والقطر يحصى ولا تحصى عطاياه

The sea perishes, yet his noble deeds do not;

The sea diminishes but his virtues do not diminish,

the raindrops can be counted, but his gifts cannot.

And drops are counted but his gifts are uncountable,

أراني اللّه ما قلبي يزاوله

أراني اللّه ما قلبي يزاوله

وحاطه وتولاّه وأبقاه

وحاطه وتولاّه وأبقاه

May God show me what my heart pursues,

May Allah show me what my heart busies itself with,

and guard him, care for him, and preserve him.

And protect it, take care of it, and keep it alive,

لا شيء مما نرى إلاّ له شبه

لا شيء مما نرى إلاّ له شبه

وما لكم آل إبراهيم أشباهُ

وما لكم آل إبراهيم أشباهُ

Nothing we see is without a likeness,

There is nothing of what we see but that it resembles Him,

but you, house of Ibrahim, have no equals.

And what likenesses do you have, O family of Abraham?

لي حبيب أنا أهوا

لي حبيب أنا أهوا

هُ على ما كان فيهِ

هُ على ما كان فيهِ

I have a beloved; I love

I have a beloved whom I love,

him, whatever may be in him.

He is as he was,

لي موتان بجبي

لي موتان بجبي

ه وبغضي لأبيهِ

ه وبغضي لأبيهِ

I have two deaths, through my loving

I have two deaths in my soul,

him and my hatred of his father.

My love for him and my hatred for his father,

ليس بفضي لأبيه

ليس بفضي لأبيه

دون بفضي لأخيه

دون بفضي لأخيه

My hatred of his father is not

It is not for his father’s sake

less than my hatred of his brother.

But for his brother’s sake,

أشتهي موتهما مث

أشتهي موتهما مث

ل اشتهائي لثم فيهِ

ل اشتهائي لثم فيهِ

I desire the death of them both, just

I desire both their deaths

as I desire to kiss his mouth.

As I desire a kiss from him.