1. آه يومَ نراكمْ

    بلغنا المنى

    Ah, on the day we see you,

    we have attained our wishes.

  2. آه ندخل حماكمْ

    وزالْ العنا

    Ah, we enter your sanctuary,

    and suffering is gone.

  3. آه نبغي رضاكمْ

    يا أهل المنى

    Ah, we seek your favor,

    O people of longing.

  4. جدّد فيه غرامك

    وعمّر وطيبْ

    Renew your passion for him,

    and make it flourish and sweeten it.

  5. آه جدّدْ عليا

    وصالْ الحبيب

    Ah, renew for me

    union with the beloved.

  6. لا تعشق يا قلبي

    سوى المصطفى

    Do not love, O my heart,

    anyone but al-Mustafa.

  7. نورُ اللهِ الممجدْ

    وبحر الوفا

    God's glorified light,

    and the sea of faithfulness;

  8. من حاز الحسن طرا

    وحاز الوفا

    he who has attained all beauty,

    and has attained faithfulness.

  9. أنت البدرُ المكملْ

    وسرك عجيب

    You are the full moon made perfect,

    and your mystery is wondrous.

  10. آه جدّد عليا

    وصالِ الحبيب

    Ah, renew for me

    union with the beloved.

  11. آه يا سيد الرسل

    مالي سواكْ

    Ah, O master of the messengers,

    I have none but you.

  12. آه يا نور عيني

    قتلني هواكْ

    Ah, O light of my eye,

    longing for you has slain me.

  13. آه اعطفْ عليا

    وَجُدْ برضاكْ

    Ah, show compassion toward me,

    and be generous with your favor.

  14. أنت البدرُ المكملْ

    وسرك عجيب

    You are the full moon made perfect,

    and your mystery is wondrous.

  15. آه جدّد عليا

    وصال الحبيبْ

    Ah, renew for me

    union with the beloved.

  16. حداةَ السُرى زَمْزِمُوا

    في أرضِ الحجازْ يمموا

    O night-traveling camel-drivers, chant.

    In the land of the Hijaz, set your course.

  17. ونشر الدليلُ العلمْ

    وقالْ للرجالْ عَزِّمُوا

    And the guide unfurled the banner,

    and said to the men, "Be resolute!"

  18. شَمِرْ يا نحيلَ الذيولْ

    أهل العزمِ قد شَمَّروا

    Gird yourself, O you of slender hems;

    the resolute have already girded themselves.

  19. ولعلعْ بصوتكَ وقولْ

    وبُحْ بالهوى واكتموا

    And let your voice ring out, and speak;

    and speak openly of love, and conceal it.

  20. وعَمَّر بحبِ الرسولْ

    قلبكْ بمثلِ ما عَمَّرُوا

    And fill with love for the Messenger

    your heart, as they filled theirs.

  21. سرُّ الحبيب لا تكتموا

    جميعُ الورى يعلموا

    Do not conceal the beloved's secret;

    all humankind knows it.

  22. من لا يرحموا الأنامْ

    إِلهْ السما يرحموا

    Whoever finds no mercy among humankind,

    the God of heaven has mercy on him.

  23. ترعرعْ جمالَ الحجيجْ

    سحيرا كما حملوا

    Bestir yourself, camel-driver of the pilgrims,

    just before dawn, as they set out.

  24. وللنوق تسمع ضجيجْ

    ما تقوى القلوب تحملوا

    And you hear a clamor from the she-camels,

    which hearts have no strength to bear.

  25. والعشاق بحال تهيجْ

    مليحْ لما يعلموا

    And lovers stir in a state

    lovely through what they know.

  26. في وادي النقا خيموا

    ونار الغرام أضرموا

    In Wadi al-Naqa they pitched their tents,

    and kindled the fire of passion,

  27. وهجروا لذيذ المنامْ

    وزادَ التقي قدمُوا

    and forsook sweet sleep,

    and offered piety as their provision.