ما حسن يعشق غير حسن لبنا

ما حسن يعشق غير حسن لبنا

ما مثلها محبوب

ما مثلها محبوب

No beauty is loved but Lubna's beauty.

No beauty is loved but the beauty of Lubbana

There is no beloved like her.

She has no equal beloved

ولا جمال يذكر بكلّ معنى

ولا جمال يذكر بكلّ معنى

إلا لها منسوب

إلا لها منسوب

And no beauty is spoken of, in any sense,

Nor any charm worth mentioning

unless it is attributed to her.

Except what is ascribed to her

لولا بهاها ما خلق لحسنا

لولا بهاها ما خلق لحسنا

حسن ولا موهوب

حسن ولا موهوب

Without her radiance, nothing would be created for a fair woman—

If it were not for her allure no beauty would have been created

no beauty, nor any gift.

Neither charm nor gift

من أراد أن يحيا بها فيفنى

من أراد أن يحيا بها فيفنى

في عشقها المرغوب

في عشقها المرغوب

Whoever wishes to live through her must be annihilated

Whoever wants to live by her must perish

in the longed-for love of her.

In the love for her that is sought

أموات ما فيهم سواي حيا

أموات ما فيهم سواي حيا

من إنسها والجان

من إنسها والجان

They are dead; none among them but me is alive,

The dead have no life in them

among her humankind and the jinn.

Except for my life in her, human or jinn

واللَه لولا الشرع قلت هيا

واللَه لولا الشرع قلت هيا

واندكت الأكوان

واندكت الأكوان

By God, but for the sacred law, I would cry, 'Come!'

By God, were it not for religious law I would have said: come

and the worlds would crumble.

And the universe would have collapsed

وأسطو على ما كان يكون ميا

وأسطو على ما كان يكون ميا

وكان لي ما كان

وكان لي ما كان

And I would wield power over what was and will be [final word unclear],

And I would have prevailed over what was and what will be

and all that was would be mine.

And mine would have been what was

أنا المهنا به ولا منانا

أنا المهنا به ولا منانا

غالب ولا مغلوب

غالب ولا مغلوب

I am blessed through it, not a boaster of favors;

I am the passionate lover of her and not the benefactor

victorious, not vanquished.

Victor nor vanquished

لو يعلم العذال ما معانا

لو يعلم العذال ما معانا

لقصروا في اللوم

لقصروا في اللوم

If the reproachers knew what we have,

If the critic only knew what we have

they would hold back their blame.

They would be brief in blame

ان الذي قد صار في وعانا

ان الذي قد صار في وعانا

ذخراً لذاك اليوم

ذخراً لذاك اليوم

Indeed, what has come to rest within our vessel,

For that which has happened to us

as a treasure for that Day,

Is provision for that day

شفاعتي في الحشر لا تعانا

شفاعتي في الحشر لا تعانا

وأنا بها القيدوم

وأنا بها القيدوم

is my intercession at the Gathering, free of hardship;

My intercession at the Gathering will avail us

and through it I am the foremost leader.

And through her I will be the eternal

وجدّنا المختار في قبلنا

وجدّنا المختار في قبلنا

فما بقي مطلوب

فما بقي مطلوب

And our grandfather, the Chosen One, is before us;

We found the Chosen One to be before us

so nothing remains to be desired.

So nothing else is wanted