بنَفسي أخٌ نفسُهُ أمَّةٌ

بنَفسي أخٌ نفسُهُ أمَّةٌ

وتَدبيرُهُ في الورى فَيْلَقُ

وتَدبيرُهُ في الورى فَيْلَقُ

I would give my life for a brother who is himself a nation,

With my soul a brother his soul a nation

And whose strategy among humankind is an army.

And his management in the world acute

أخٌ بابُ إحسانِهِ مُطَلقٌ

أخٌ بابُ إحسانِهِ مُطَلقٌ

وبابُ إساءتِهِ مُغلَقُ

وبابُ إساءتِهِ مُغلَقُ

A brother whose door of kindness stands open,

A brother whose door of kindness is open

And whose door of wrongdoing is shut.

And his door of harm is shut

كريمُ السَّجايا فلا رأيُهُ

كريمُ السَّجايا فلا رأيُهُ

بَهيمٌ ولا خلقُهُ أبلَقُ

بَهيمٌ ولا خلقُهُ أبلَقُ

Noble in disposition, so his judgment is not

Noble in nature so neither his opinion

Dark, nor is his character piebald.

Is animalistic nor his manners blunt

مُحَمَّدٌ أنت قُوى ناظِري

مُحَمَّدٌ أنت قُوى ناظِري

فكيفَ إذا غبْتَ لا أقلَقُ

فكيفَ إذا غبْتَ لا أقلَقُ

Muhammad, you are the strength of my sight;

Muhammad you are the strength of my sight

So how, when you are absent, can I not be anxious?

So how when you are absent will I not worry

رهنْتُكَ قَلبي وحُكْمُ القُلو

رهنْتُكَ قَلبي وحُكْمُ القُلو

بِ إذا رُهِنَتْ أنَّها تُغْلَقُ

بِ إذا رُهِنَتْ أنَّها تُغْلَقُ

I pledged my heart to you, and the rule for hearts

I have pledged you my heart and hearts' judgments

Is that, when pledged, they are forfeited.

Are that when pledged they are shut

للهِ دَرُّكَ نَرجِساَ في مَجلِسٍ

للهِ دَرُّكَ نَرجِساَ في مَجلِسٍ

تَرنو إلى أحداقِها الأحداقُ

تَرنو إلى أحداقِها الأحداقُ

God bless you, narcissus in a gathering,

By God your worth narcissus in a gathering

Where eyes gaze at its eyes.

Yearning to its pupils the pupils

فكأنَّها كُحِلَتْ بعَينٍ عَينُها

فكأنَّها كُحِلَتْ بعَينٍ عَينُها

وكأنَّما أوراقُها أوراقُ

وكأنَّما أوراقُها أوراقُ

So it is as though its eye were lined with gold,

As if it was lined with an eye its eye

And as though its petals were silver coins.

And as if its leaves were leaves

طافَ بإبريقَيْنِ من خَمْرَةٍ

طافَ بإبريقَيْنِ من خَمْرَةٍ

وكم شكَتْ نفسي أباريقَهُ

وكم شكَتْ نفسي أباريقَهُ

He went round with two pitchers of wine,

It revolved with two jugs of wine

And how often my soul has complained of his pitchers!

And how my soul complained of its jugs