مطوّق بات على الحمايل

مطوّق بات على الحمايل

يسرّ صونه ويعلنه

يسرّ صونه ويعلنه

A collared dove spent the night upon the boughs.

Adorned with anklets, he walks with pride

It keeps its voice low, then sounds it aloud [wording uncertain].

Protecting and proclaiming his beauty

ترك فؤادي العميد ذاهل

ترك فؤادي العميد ذاهل

حرك من القلب ساكنه

حرك من القلب ساكنه

It left my lovesick heart bewildered.

Leaving my loving heart bewildered

It stirred what lay still within the heart.

Stirring what was still within my soul

شوقي إلى زينة الخلاخل

شوقي إلى زينة الخلاخل

تهيم قلبي وتفتنه

تهيم قلبي وتفتنه

I long for the beauty who graces the anklets.

My longing for the sound of his bangles

She drives my heart wild and enchants it.

Makes my heart crazed and tempting

بحسنها جامع الفضائل

بحسنها جامع الفضائل

والخال في الخدّ زينه

والخال في الخدّ زينه

In her beauty, all virtues are gathered.

With his perfection gathering all virtues

And the mole upon the cheek is its adornment.

And the mole on his cheek an adornment

باللطف والحسن والبهج

باللطف والحسن والبهج

والورد والآس والدعج

والورد والآس والدعج

With grace, beauty, and radiance,

With kindness, beauty and joy

And roses, myrtle, and dark eyes—

Like roses, myrtles and bundles

أشراك يا صاح للمهج

أشراك يا صاح للمهج

وكلما هبت الشمايل

وكلما هبت الشمايل

Snares, my friend, for souls.

I pine for you, oh companion of my pain

And whenever the north winds blow,

And whenever the north winds blow

ارتاح قلبي لموطنه

ارتاح قلبي لموطنه

واللَه ما أصغى لقول عاذل

واللَه ما أصغى لقول عاذل

My heart rejoices in its homeland.

My heart finds peace in its home

By God, it has not heeded a reproacher's words.

By God, I do not heed the words of reproachers

ما أتعبه مني وما أشجنه

ما أتعبه مني وما أشجنه

قد طال بعدي عن الحبايب

قد طال بعدي عن الحبايب

How weary he is because of me, and how sorrowful!

However much they weary me and make me sad

Long indeed has been my separation from my loved ones.

My separation from loved ones has been long

ما كان هذا بخاطري

ما كان هذا بخاطري

مالي سمير سوى الكواكب

مالي سمير سوى الكواكب

This was never in my thoughts.

This was not what I had in mind

I have no companion at night but the stars.

I have no companion but the stars

والنوم قد عاف ناظري

والنوم قد عاف ناظري

نذرت للّه نذر واجب

نذرت للّه نذر واجب

And sleep has shunned my eye.

And sleep has abandoned my eyes

I made a binding vow to God:

I made a solemn vow to God

ان حبي أمسى مسامري

ان حبي أمسى مسامري

شا وهبه لِلّه كلّ حاصل

شا وهبه لِلّه كلّ حاصل

If my beloved becomes my evening companion,

That my love has become my fate

I shall give, for God's sake, all I possess,

And I have given to God everything

من خفّ مالي وارزنه

من خفّ مالي وارزنه

واللَه ما أعشق أحد سواه

واللَه ما أعشق أحد سواه

Of my wealth, the light and the weighty alike.

Of my thin property and burdens

By God, I love no one but him.

By God, I love no one but Him

وغاية القصد لي رضاه

وغاية القصد لي رضاه

متى متى ناظري يراه

متى متى ناظري يراه

And my utmost aim is his pleasure.

My only goal is to please Him

When, when will my eye behold him?

When, oh when will my eyes see Him

سقاكم اللَه من منازل

سقاكم اللَه من منازل

بلا دخلي ومسكنه

بلا دخلي ومسكنه

May God water you, O dwellings,

May God quench you from lofty dwellings

My beloved's land and his dwelling [apparent word-division error],

Without my input and its builder

بكل مزن غديق وابل

بكل مزن غديق وابل

ولذّ عيشي وأحسنه

ولذّ عيشي وأحسنه

With every cloud laden with abundant, pouring rain.

With every heavy rain and downpour

And may my life be sweet, and may He make it fair.

And the sweetness of my life and more

تقول هل ما مضى يعاود

تقول هل ما مضى يعاود

لعهدي الماضي القديم

لعهدي الماضي القديم

You say: will what has passed return

You ask, can what is past return?

To my old, bygone days?

To my ancient, bygone days

يا ساكني واد ابن راشد

يا ساكني واد ابن راشد

ومنتهى السول في تريم

ومنتهى السول في تريم

O dwellers of Wadi Ibn Rashid,

Oh dweller of Ibn Rashid's valley

And the fulfillment of longing in Tarim,

And destination of longing in Tareem

اللَه على ما أقول شاهد

اللَه على ما أقول شاهد

إني لهجرانهم سقيم

إني لهجرانهم سقيم

God is witness to what I say:

God is witness to my words

I am ill from separation from them.

That I am sick from their estrangement

عاد ان أنت منهم الرسائل

عاد ان أنت منهم الرسائل

تهيم قلبي وتفتنه

تهيم قلبي وتفتنه

Still, if messages come from them [wording uncertain],

Return, if you are among them, messages

They drive my heart wild and enchant it.

That make my heart crazed and tempting

سألت رب السما الكريم

سألت رب السما الكريم

يديم بالعزّ والنعيم

يديم بالعزّ والنعيم

I asked the generous Lord of heaven

I asked the Generous Lord of the Heavens

To bestow lasting honor and bliss

To sustain with might and bounty

على التقىّ الوليّ الحليم

على التقىّ الوليّ الحليم

أبي الحسن فاضل ابن فاضل

أبي الحسن فاضل ابن فاضل

Upon the pious, forbearing saint,

The Godly, Forbearing and Wise

Abu al-Hasan, a virtuous son of a virtuous man,

My father, the virtuous son of the virtuous

شيخ التصوّف ومعدنه

شيخ التصوّف ومعدنه

وفي جميع العلوم كامل

وفي جميع العلوم كامل

Master of Sufism and its wellspring,

Leader of Sufism and its essence

And fully accomplished in all the sciences.

And perfect in every science

اللَه يعزّه ويضمنه

اللَه يعزّه ويضمنه

May God honor him and safeguard him.

May God strengthen and protect him