1. حَبيبي مالُو ثانِي

    ولا علَيْهِ رقِيبْ

    My beloved has no equal,

    nor does any watcher stand over him.

  2. دنَا مِنِّي وأدْنانِي

    حاضِرٌ لا يَغِيبْ

    He drew near to me and drew me near,

    present, never absent.

  3. رضيب بالذِي يصْنعْ

    وأسندْتَّ إلَيْهْ

    I am content with what he does,

    and I have entrusted myself to him.

  4. وبهِ نَصِلْ وبهِ نقْطَع

    وبهِ نُثْنى علَيْهْ

    And through him I join, and through him I sever;

    and through him I praise him.

  5. وبهِ نَرَى وبهِ نَسْمعْ

    ورُوحِي بَيْن يَدَيْهْ

    And through him I see, and through him I hear,

    and my spirit is in his hands.

  6. بِنِعْمَتِه يُغَذِّينِي

    وعَيْشي بِهْ يَطِيبْ

    With his bounty he nourishes me,

    and through him my life grows sweet.

  7. أمَا نَفْرَحْ يا إِخْواني

    بِذَا السِّرِّ الْعَجِيبْ

    Should I not rejoice, my brothers,

    at this wondrous secret?

  8. إِشَارَاتي لمحْبُوبي

    وَرَمْزِي يَفْهَمُوا

    My allusions are for my beloved,

    and he understands my coded speech.

  9. ومَنْ لا يفْهمْ الْمَغنى

    وَيجهَلْ عَلَّموا

    And whoever does not understand the meaning

    and is ignorant—teach him.

  10. وسِرُّ الحُبِّ والنَّجوى

    عَنِ الْغَيرِ اكتُمُوا

    And the secret of love and intimate communion,

    conceal it from others.

  11. فَسرُّ الحُبِّ رَبَّاني

    ومَعْناهُ غَريبْ

    For the secret of love is divine,

    and its meaning is strange.

  12. أنا نهْواهْ ويهْوانِي

    نناجِيهْ من قَريبْ

    I love him, and he loves me;

    I commune with him from nearby.

  13. إِذا نخْلو بمحْبُوبي

    نَغيب عَن الوُجُودْ

    When I am alone with my beloved,

    I vanish from existence,

  14. ونقْرَا سِرَّ مكْتُوبي

    فقي صورةِ العُقُودْ

    and read the secret of what is written for me

    in the form of necklaces.

  15. وبِهْ يحْلالِي مشروبي

    وبِهْ نجْنِي الوُرودْ

    And through him my drink grows sweet to me,

    and through him I gather roses.

  16. أنا نسرْحْ في بُسْتاني

    في رَيْحانْ وَطِيبْ

    I roam in my garden,

    amid basil and fragrance.

  17. وثمَّ تَبرحْ أشْجَاني

    ونَظْفَرْ بالحَبيبْ

    And there my sorrows depart,

    and I attain the beloved.

  18. تجَلاَّلي فابْصرتُوا

    بِقَلْبي ذُو الجلالْ

    He revealed himself to me, and I beheld him

    with my heart—the Lord of Majesty.

  19. ونادَاني فَلَبيْتُوا

    وقالْ ليَّا تعالْ

    And he called me, and I answered him,

    and said to me, “Come!”

  20. بمرآتِي وعَايَنْتُوا

    مُحَيَّاهُ كالْهِلاَلْ

    And in my mirror I beheld him,

    his countenance like the crescent moon.

  21. وحَيَّانِي ولَبَّانِي

    وقالْ لِيَّا أنيب

    And he greeted me and answered me,

    and said to me, “Return,

  22. وانزِلْ يا أخا شَانِي

    بمنزليَ الرَّحِيبْ

    and alight, O brother of my station,

    in my spacious dwelling.”

  23. أيَا ناظِمْ هنِيئَا صُولْ

    بموْلاكْ وافْتخَرْ

    O poet, joy be yours! Show your might

    through your master, and take pride.

  24. وسمَّعْ مَن لَهُ مَعْقُولْ

    مَدِيحاً كالدرَرْ

    And let whoever has understanding hear

    praise like pearls.

  25. وقُلْ لكل مَن يَعْذِلْ

    ومَن غَابْ أوْ حَضرْ

    And say to everyone who finds fault,

    and whoever is absent or present:

  26. أنا عَبْدُ لِسُلْطَانِي

    إِلى يوْمِ العصِيبْ

    “I am a slave to my sultan

    until the dreadful day.”

  27. عَسَى مَوْلاَيَ يرْحَمُنِي

    وقَصْدِي لا يَخِيبْ

    May my master have mercy on me,

    and may my aim not fail.