1. عطر السمع وامتدح لي حبيبي

    واحي لبي بذكره فهو طبيبي

    Perfume my hearing and praise my beloved for me.

    And revive my innermost heart with remembrance of him, for he is my physician.

  2. واكشف السر بالغرام العجيب

    ثم نادي ولا تخف من مريب

    And unveil the secret through wondrous ardent love.

    Then call out, and fear no doubter.

  3. يا شفاء القلوب أنت طبيبي

    لك يا مصطفى المقام المعلى

    O cure for hearts, you are my physician.

    Yours, O Mustafa, is the exalted station.

  4. وعليك القيوم بالغيب صلى

    وللقياك بالجمال تجلى

    And the Ever-Sustaining One bestowed blessings upon you in the unseen.

    And to meet you, He manifested Himself in beauty.

  5. وبدا السر بالجلال المهيب

    يا شفاء القلوب أنت طبيبي

    And the secret appeared in awe-inspiring majesty.

    O cure for hearts, you are my physician.

  6. لك في دولة العناية أرقى

    رتبةٍ عظمت وأشرف مرقى

    Yours, in the realm of divine care, is the loftiest

    Rank of surpassing greatness, and the noblest ascent.

  7. ولك الفخر ثم خلقاً وخلقاً

    ولك العلم من قريب مجيب

    And yours, moreover, is glory in form and character.

    And yours is knowledge from the Near, the Responsive.

  8. يا شفاء القلوب أنت طبيبي

    لك ذكر في مجلس القرب يحكي

    O cure for hearts, you are my physician.

    Your praise is recounted in the assembly of nearness,

  9. ولسان من السن الخلق أزكى

    أنت نعم الزكي بل والمزكى

    And your tongue is purer than the tongues of creation.

    You are most excellent in purity—indeed, also the one declared pure,

  10. والملاذ الحامي لظهر الغريب

    يا شفاء القلوب أنت طبيبي

    And the refuge that protects the stranger's back.

    O cure for hearts, you are my physician.

  11. جئت أشكو إليك جور زماني

    فزماني بمكره قد رماني

    I have come to complain to you of the injustice of my age.

    For my age has assailed me with its cunning.

  12. كن غياثي وملجئي وأماني

    وعياذي وكافلي ومجيبي

    Be my succor, my refuge, and my safety,

    And my shelter, my guardian, and the one who answers me.

  13. يا شفاء القلوب أنت طبيبي

    أنا في ظلك الكريم مقري

    O cure for hearts, you are my physician.

    I have my dwelling in your noble shade.

  14. وإليك استناد قلبي وسري

    أنت حصني إذا أقيم لضري

    And my heart and innermost self lean upon you.

    You are my fortress when, to harm me, there is set in motion

  15. من عدوي شأن على تعذيبي

    يا شفاء القلوب أنت طبيبي

    A scheme by my enemy to torment me.

    O cure for hearts, you are my physician.

  16. راعني الدهر بالخطوب فمالي

    غير حسناك يا كثير النوال

    Time has terrified me with calamities; I have nothing

    But your kindness, O bountiful giver.

  17. فاجبر الكسر واكفني شر حالي

    واجرح الضد بالحسام المصيب

    So mend the fracture and spare me the evil of my plight.

    And wound the adversary with the unerring sword.

  18. يا شفاء القلوب أنت طبيبي

    سيدي سيدي ذنوبي جلت

    O cure for hearts, you are my physician.

    My master, my master, my sins have grown immense,

  19. وأويقات دولة العمر ولت

    كن نصيري عن الأحبا تخلت

    And the brief moments of life's reign have passed.

    Be my champion in place of loved ones who have withdrawn,

  20. وشواني الواشي وجار رقيبي

    يا شفاء القلوب أنت طبيبي

    And the slanderer has scorched me, and my watcher has wronged me.

    O cure for hearts, you are my physician.

  21. ضاق أمري واشتد حر التكوي

    ضاع صبري وقد حبل التقوى

    My plight has grown dire, and the heat of searing has intensified.

    My patience is lost, and the cord of piety has been severed.

  22. خان دهري وقد تجارا عدوي

    ولذا قلت من فؤاد كئيب

    My time has betrayed me, and my enemy has grown bold.

    And so I said, from a sorrowful heart:

  23. يا شفاء القلوب أنت طبيبي

    أنا من كربتي فني شخص رسمي

    O cure for hearts, you are my physician.

    Through my anguish, my outward figure has wasted away.

  24. وجيوش الضنى غزت ركب جسمي

    يا كريم الحمى عليك بخصمي

    And the armies of wasting sickness have invaded my body's caravan.

    O noble one of the sanctuary, take on my adversary.

  25. خذه واخذله وارمه بالعجيب

    يا شفاء القلوب أنت طبيبي

    Seize him, forsake him, and assail him with the wondrous.

    O cure for hearts, you are my physician.

  26. أنت عوني وملجئي في الكروب

    واعتمادي وعدتي في الخطوب

    You are my help and my refuge in distress,

    And my reliance and my resource in calamities.

  27. كم أنادي جد يا شفاء القلوب

    وتعطف على الحسيب النسيب

    How often I call: Be generous, O cure for hearts,

    And show compassion to the honorable, well-born one.

  28. يا شفاء القلوب أنت طبيبي

    O cure for hearts, you are my physician.