قلْبي هُ ليْلَى وليْلَى هِ الْمُنَى

قلْبي هُ ليْلَى وليْلَى هِ الْمُنَى

تَسْقِيني خَمْري

تَسْقِيني خَمْري

My heart is Layla, and Layla is all I long for.

My heart belongs to Layla, and Layla is my deepest desire

She gives me my wine to drink.

She pours me my wine

كَعْبَةُ الْحُسيْنِ هي الْجَذْبُ بِنا

كَعْبَةُ الْحُسيْنِ هي الْجَذْبُ بِنا

ربّةُ الْخِدْرِ

ربّةُ الْخِدْرِ

The Kaaba of al-Husayn is what draws us—

Like the Kaaba of Al-Husayn, she pulls me toward her

the mistress of the secluded chamber.

The goddess of the vine

أنا هُ مَعْنى الوُجود في الاصطباح

أنا هُ مَعْنى الوُجود في الاصطباح

لَذَّلي وجْدي

لَذَّلي وجْدي

I am the meaning of existence in the morning draught.

I am the essence of existence in meaning

My ecstasy is sweet to me.

My ecstasy and my being

انْظُروا تَوَلَّهِي مَسَا صَباحْ

انْظُروا تَوَلَّهِي مَسَا صَباحْ

وَلَهي وحْدِي

وَلَهي وحْدِي

Behold my lovestruck bewilderment, evening and morning.

Look how the dawn has arrived while I was distracted

My longing is mine alone.

Alone with my love

قد فنيت في ذا الْهَوَى وسِرِّ باحْ

قد فنيت في ذا الْهَوَى وسِرِّ باحْ

يا أولِي الرُّشْدِ

يا أولِي الرُّشْدِ

I have vanished in this love, and my secret is revealed.

I have vanished in this passion and the secret of dawn

O possessors of right guidance!

O people of guidance

عرَّفونِي وَحْدَةِ الْحقِّ بنَا

عرَّفونِي وَحْدَةِ الْحقِّ بنَا

واحْفَظُوا خُبْرِي

واحْفَظُوا خُبْرِي

Teach me the oneness of the Truth within us,

Introduce me to the oneness of truth among us

and preserve my knowledge.

And keep my secret

لا أرَى في حضْرةِ الْحق فَنَا

لا أرَى في حضْرةِ الْحق فَنَا

مِن سِوى وتُرِي

مِن سِوى وتُرِي

I see no annihilation in the presence of the Truth

I see nothing but annihilation in the presence of truth

of anything other than my string.

Other than my lyre and its strings

أنا هُ عَيْنُ الْغِنا والامْتَانِ

أنا هُ عَيْنُ الْغِنا والامْتَانِ

قَلْبي هُ حِبِّي

قَلْبي هُ حِبِّي

I am the very essence of self-sufficiency and bounty.

I am the essence of contentment and protection

My heart is my beloved.

My heart is my love

وأنا معَ الْتباسِي بالْعِيان

وأنا معَ الْتباسِي بالْعِيان

حِبِّي هُو قَلبْي

حِبِّي هُو قَلبْي

And I, despite my obscurity to direct sight—

And though confused by manifestations, my love is my heart

my beloved is my heart.

My ambition has secretly aimed beyond space

هِمَتي سرَّا سَمَتْ عنِ المكان

هِمَتي سرَّا سَمَتْ عنِ المكان

طَيُّوفي غَيْبي

طَيُّوفي غَيْبي

My aspiration rose in secret beyond place.

My phantom is my absence

My visions are my unseen realm.

The flowers make me tremble and the melodies wound me

هَزِّنِي الزَّهْرُ وشاقَنِي الْغِنَا

هَزِّنِي الزَّهْرُ وشاقَنِي الْغِنَا

مع جرَيِ النَّهْرِ

مع جرَيِ النَّهْرِ

The blossoms stirred me, and song awakened my longing,

As the river flows on

with the flowing of the river.

The moon's song and our love's wine

تَغْرِيدُ القُمْرِي وخمْرُ حُبِّنا

تَغْرِيدُ القُمْرِي وخمْرُ حُبِّنا

شُرْبُنا فادْرِي

شُرْبُنا فادْرِي

The turtledove's singing and the wine of our love

Is our drink, so realize

are our draught—so know this.

My garden is the sun of exaltation and suggestion

جَنَّتِي شَمْس الْعُلاَ والاقْتِراح

جَنَّتِي شَمْس الْعُلاَ والاقْتِراح

جَنَّتي شمْسِي

جَنَّتي شمْسِي

My paradise is the sun of sublimity and desire.

My garden is my sun

My paradise is my sun.

My drink is the wine of passion and beginning

مشْربي خمْرَ الْهَوى والافْتتاح

مشْربي خمْرَ الْهَوى والافْتتاح

مشْرَبي أُنْسِي

مشْرَبي أُنْسِي

My draught is the wine of love and opening.

My drink is my intimacy

My draught is my intimate joy.

So I am the sun of fulfillment, the soul of salinity

فأنا شَمْسُ المُنَى روحَ الْمِلاحْ

فأنا شَمْسُ المُنَى روحَ الْمِلاحْ

مُنْيَةُ النَّفْسِ

مُنْيَةُ النَّفْسِ

So I am the sun of desires, the soul of the beautiful—

The fulfillment of the soul

the soul's desire.

I have no excuse for my essence and my love

ليْسَ لِي عَنْ ذاتِي وعَن حِبِّي غِنَا

ليْسَ لِي عَنْ ذاتِي وعَن حِبِّي غِنَا

فاقْبَلُوا عُذرِي

فاقْبَلُوا عُذرِي

I cannot do without my own self or my beloved,

So accept my apology

so accept my excuse.

Whoever wants my company, let him come to us

مَنْ يُرِدْ وصْلِي فيَاتِي حَيَّنَا

مَنْ يُرِدْ وصْلِي فيَاتِي حَيَّنَا

لِمَدَى الدَّهْر

لِمَدَى الدَّهْر

Whoever desires union with me, let him come to our quarter

For the extent of time

for all time.

I am the sun of eternity without pretense

أنا هُو شمْسَ الْبَقا بِلاَ ريا

أنا هُو شمْسَ الْبَقا بِلاَ ريا

معْنَوِي الإِسْمِ

معْنَوِي الإِسْمِ

I am the sun of permanence, without ostentation,

My meaning is my name

spiritual in name.

It has come to me from the sea of my love alive

هيْأتِي مِنْ بَحْر حِبيَّ بالْحيَا

هيْأتِي مِنْ بَحْر حِبيَّ بالْحيَا

أبْرزَتْ جِسْمِي

أبْرزَتْ جِسْمِي

My form, from my beloved's sea, with rain,

Manifesting my body

brought forth my body.

My body is my secret, and my secret is the fount

جسْمي هُو أسْرِي وسرى هُ الضِّيا

جسْمي هُو أسْرِي وسرى هُ الضِّيا

نَشْأةُ الْعلْمِ

نَشْأةُ الْعلْمِ

My body is my captivity, and my secret is radiance,

The origin of knowledge

the birth of knowledge.

My spirit contains the meaning of fulfillment

تحْتَوَي رُوحِي على مَعْنى المُنى

تحْتَوَي رُوحِي على مَعْنى المُنى

مظْهر الأمْر

مظْهر الأمْر

My spirit contains the meaning of desires,

The manifestation of the matter

the manifestation of the command,

The garden of union and the basil of bliss

جنَّةُ الوصْلِ ورَيْحانُ الْهَنا

جنَّةُ الوصْلِ ورَيْحانُ الْهَنا

ليْلةُ الْقدْرِ

ليْلةُ الْقدْرِ

the garden of union and the sweet basil of bliss,

Is the night of decree

the Night of Decree.

My kingdom is established and suffering has left me

قد ثَبَتْ مُلْكي وزالْ عنَّي الْعَنا

قد ثَبَتْ مُلْكي وزالْ عنَّي الْعَنا

قد ثبَتْ مُلْكِي

قد ثبَتْ مُلْكِي

My dominion has been established, and hardship has left me.

My kingdom is established

My dominion has been established.

So witness my sacrifice when it draws near

فالْحظُوا نَحْري إذا ما قد دَنَا

فالْحظُوا نَحْري إذا ما قد دَنَا

حُجِّي أو نُسْكي

حُجِّي أو نُسْكي

So behold my sacrifice when there draws near

Whether my pilgrimage or ritual

my pilgrimage or my rite.

The wine of love is sold in our monastery

خمْرةُ الْحُبِّ تُباعْ بِديْرنا

خمْرةُ الْحُبِّ تُباعْ بِديْرنا

والْهَوَى مِلْكي

والْهَوَى مِلْكي

The wine of love is sold in our monastery,

And passion is my kingdom

and love is mine.

My heart belongs to Layla, and Layla is my deepest desire

قلْبي هُوَ لَيْلَى ولَيْلَى هِيَ الْمُنَى

قلْبي هُوَ لَيْلَى ولَيْلَى هِيَ الْمُنَى

تسْقِني خَمْرِي

تسْقِني خَمْرِي

My heart is Layla, and Layla is all I long for.

She pours me my wine

She gives me my wine to drink.

Like the Kaaba of Beauty, she pulls me toward her

كعْبَةُ الْحُسْنِ هي الْجَذْبُ بِنَا

كعْبَةُ الْحُسْنِ هي الْجَذْبُ بِنَا

ربّةُ الْخِدرِ

ربّةُ الْخِدرِ

The Kaaba of beauty is what draws us—

The goddess of the vine

the mistress of the secluded chamber.