لِذا الْحُبِّ عِنْدي

لِذا الْحُبِّ عِنْدي

مقَامٌ عظِيمْ

مقَامٌ عظِيمْ

This love, in my eyes,

For this love I have

holds a lofty station.

A great esteem

وأنَّه كُلُّوا

وأنَّه كُلُّوا

لِمَنْ لَو صَبَرْ

لِمَنْ لَو صَبَرْ

And indeed it belongs wholly

That all is

to whoever would endure.

For he who is patient

فمَن بُلِي مِنْكم

فمَن بُلِي مِنْكم

بِهذا الْهَوَى

بِهذا الْهَوَى

So whoever among you is afflicted

So whoever among you

with this passion,

Is afflicted by

يصْبِر ولا يَجْعَلْ

يصْبِر ولا يَجْعَلْ

لِدَاؤُ هُ دَوَا

لِدَاؤُ هُ دَوَا

let him be patient and seek no

This passion, be patient and do not make

cure for his malady.

A cure for his malady

وِصالُوا وهجْرُوا

وِصالُوا وهجْرُوا

هُ عِنْدِي سَوَا

هُ عِنْدِي سَوَا

His union and his estrangement

Union and separation

are the same to me.

Are equal to me

إِنْ كانْ حَبِيبَكْ

إِنْ كانْ حَبِيبَكْ

بقَلْبِكْ مُقِيم

بقَلْبِكْ مُقِيم

If your beloved

If your beloved

dwells in your heart,

Resides in your heart

فَلاَش تَشكُو هَجْرُو

فَلاَش تَشكُو هَجْرُو

مَتى ما هَجَرْ

مَتى ما هَجَرْ

then why complain of his desertion

Then do not complain of his estrangement

whenever he deserts you?

Whenever he is estranged

لَم قَطْ هَجَرنِي

لَم قَطْ هَجَرنِي

حَبِيبي أنَا

حَبِيبي أنَا

Never has he deserted me,

My beloved has never

my own beloved;

Estranged me

ولا جارْ عَليَّا

ولا جارْ عَليَّا

ولاَ قَد جَنَى

ولاَ قَد جَنَى

nor has he wronged me,

Nor has he been unjust to me

nor has he done me harm.

Nor has he committed a crime

يَعْمَلْ إِشْ ما يَعمل

يَعْمَلْ إِشْ ما يَعمل

هُ عِنْدي الْمُنَى

هُ عِنْدي الْمُنَى

Let him do whatever he will;

He does what he does

he is all I desire.

He is my wish

وِصالُوا وهَجْرُوا

وِصالُوا وهَجْرُوا

جعَلْتُوا نَعِيمْ

جعَلْتُوا نَعِيمْ

His union and his estrangement

Union and separation

I have made into bliss.

I have made bliss

وأنْتَ يا عاقِل

وأنْتَ يا عاقِل

أنْظُرْ ذَا النّظَرْ

أنْظُرْ ذَا النّظَرْ

And you, O discerning one,

And you, O rational one

look with this vision:

Look closely

لاشْ تُبْصِرْ مُفَرِّق

لاشْ تُبْصِرْ مُفَرِّق

والتَّفْريقْ مُحالْ

والتَّفْريقْ مُحالْ

why look while making distinctions,

Lest you divide

when division is impossible,

And division is impossible

وتَجْعلْ لِحُبِّكْ

وتَجْعلْ لِحُبِّكْ

هِجارْ وَوِصالْ

هِجارْ وَوِصالْ

and assign to your love

And you make for your love

estrangement and union?

Estrangement and union

ما هُو إِلاَّ واحِد

ما هُو إِلاَّ واحِد

وبغَير انْفِصال

وبغَير انْفِصال

He is only one,

It is nothing but one

without separation.

And without separation

فأنْتَ الْمُعَوِّجْ

فأنْتَ الْمُعَوِّجْ

وهو الْمُسْتقِيم

وهو الْمُسْتقِيم

It is you who are crooked,

So you twist

while he is straight.

And he is straight

وأيْش ما ظَهَرْ لَكْ

وأيْش ما ظَهَرْ لَكْ

فِمِنَّكْ ظَهَرْ

فِمِنَّكْ ظَهَرْ

And whatever appears to you,

And whatever has appeared

it is from you that it appears.

To you is from you

تُريدْ أنْ نُقِيم لكْ

تُريدْ أنْ نُقِيم لكْ

على ذَا دَلِيلْ

على ذَا دَلِيلْ

Do you want us to establish for you

You want us to prove

a proof of this?

To you a evidence

مُور أنْظُرْ لِوَجْهِكْ

مُور أنْظُرْ لِوَجْهِكْ

في مِرْآهْ صَقِيل

في مِرْآهْ صَقِيل

Go, look at your face

Look at your face

in a polished mirror:

In a polished mirror

عَلَى حالْ جمالِكْ

عَلَى حالْ جمالِكْ

تَرَى ثَمْ جَمِيلْ

تَرَى ثَمْ جَمِيلْ

in keeping with your beauty,

See there your beauty

you see a fair form there.

How beautiful it is

وإِنْ كانْ ظَهَرْ لَكْ

وإِنْ كانْ ظَهَرْ لَكْ

مَلَكْ أو رَجِيم

مَلَكْ أو رَجِيم

And if there appears to you

And if an angel or a devil

an angel or an accursed one,

Has appeared to you

فأنْتَ هُ وحْدَكْ

فأنْتَ هُ وحْدَكْ

ما ثَمَّ آخَرْ

ما ثَمَّ آخَرْ

then you alone are he;

Then you alone are there

there is no other.

There is no other

إِياك لا تعمل

إِياك لا تعمل

صِنَاعَك صِناع

صِنَاعَك صِناع

Beware: do not make

Do not do your deeds, doer

your craft mere artifice;

And do not spend your spending, spender

وإِيّاكْ لا تُنْفِقْ

وإِيّاكْ لا تُنْفِقْ

قِطاعكْ قِطاعْ

قِطاعكْ قِطاعْ

and beware: do not spend

Lest it be said to you,

your pieces piecemeal,

Go back and be encouraged

لِئلاَّ يُقالْ لَكْ

لِئلاَّ يُقالْ لَكْ

إِرْجَعْ وانْطِباعْ

إِرْجَعْ وانْطِباعْ

lest you be told:

And lest it be said to you

'Go back and be stamped!'

An old example

وإِلاَّ يُقالْك

وإِلاَّ يُقالْك

مِثَالاً قَديمْ

مِثَالاً قَديمْ

Or else you will be told

Indeed, o my beloved

an ancient saying:

You walk away on a journey

حَقَّا يا حَبِيبي

حَقَّا يا حَبِيبي

تَمْشِي للسَّفَر

تَمْشِي للسَّفَر

'Truly, my beloved,

you go forth on a journey.'