إِذا نَظَرتُونا بنظره صالحه

إِذا نَظَرتُونا بنظره صالحه

تلقح أشجارنا والثمارْ يطيبْ

تلقح أشجارنا والثمارْ يطيبْ

If you look upon us with a gracious glance,

If you look upon us with a kindly gaze,

our trees grow fertile, and their fruit grows sweet.

Our trees are pollinated, and the fruits grow sweet.

وإِذا هجرتونا عدمنا الراحه

وإِذا هجرتونا عدمنا الراحه

تكثر علايلي والشرابْ يغيبْ

تكثر علايلي والشرابْ يغيبْ

But if you forsake us, we are bereft of rest;

And if you forsake us, we lose our rest;

my afflictions multiply, and the wine disappears.

My ailments multiply, and the wine vanishes.

سيدي حنوني بالعزيز عليا

سيدي حنوني بالعزيز عليا

مَحْلا كلامكْ يا خيارَ الناسْ

مَحْلا كلامكْ يا خيارَ الناسْ

My master, show me tenderness, for the sake of the one dear to me.

My master, show me tenderness, by the one dear to me.

How sweet your words, O best of humankind!

How sweet your words, O best of people!

خلتني مثلَ الحمام الطوقي

خلتني مثلَ الحمام الطوقي

إِلي يغردْ ساعة الصباحْ

إِلي يغردْ ساعة الصباحْ

You have left me like the collared dove

You have made me like the ring-necked dove

that warbles in the morning hour.

That sings at morning's hour.

والاَّ عَلَي مَنْ كانْ لهم زايرْ

والاَّ عَلَي مَنْ كانْ لهم زايرْ

يرقب على بابِ الفتوحْ بفاسْ

يرقب على بابِ الفتوحْ بفاسْ

By God, I charge whoever goes to visit them:

Or like Ali, who used to visit them,

keep watch atop Bāb al-Futūḥ in Fez.

Keeping watch at Bab al-Futuh in Fez.

سيدي حنوني بالعزيز عليا

سيدي حنوني بالعزيز عليا

مَحْلا كَلامك يا عسل الأحبابْ

مَحْلا كَلامك يا عسل الأحبابْ

My master, show me tenderness, for the sake of the one dear to me.

My master, show me tenderness, by the one dear to me.

How sweet your words, O honey of the beloveds!

How sweet your words, O honey of loved ones!

شوشتني ذا الساكنه في ذاتي

شوشتني ذا الساكنه في ذاتي

مَنْ لا سقيته ما شربْ منها

مَنْ لا سقيته ما شربْ منها

The One dwelling in my very being has bewildered me;

This dweller within my being has bewildered me.

whoever I have not given drink has never drunk from it.

Whoever I have not given drink to has not drunk of it.

هذه الطريقه البعضُ من سادتي

هذه الطريقه البعضُ من سادتي

ويسلكونْ مريدهم فيها

ويسلكونْ مريدهم فيها

This is the path of some of my masters,

This is the path of some of my masters,

and along it they guide their disciple.

And they lead their disciple along it.

كونوا شهودي يا ربابْ الحالة

كونوا شهودي يا ربابْ الحالة

ولِي نقوله نشاهده باعيان

ولِي نقوله نشاهده باعيان

Be my witnesses, O masters of the spiritual state:

Be my witnesses, O masters of the spiritual state.

what we say, we behold with our own eyes.

And what I say, I see with my own eyes.