ما لقلبي كثر شجونه

ما لقلبي كثر شجونه

وفؤادي من البين مسقم

وفؤادي من البين مسقم

What ails my heart, whose sorrows have multiplied?

My heart is full of sorrows,

And my heart is sickened by separation.

My soul is sick with separation.

قد عدم في الهوى معينه

قد عدم في الهوى معينه

يسكب الدمع ممزوج بالدم

يسكب الدمع ممزوج بالدم

It has lost its helper in love.

In love I've lost my helper,

It pours out tears mingled with blood.

Tears mixed with blood I weep.

فاننه ما رحم أنينه

فاننه ما رحم أنينه

قط ما كن له قلب يرحم

قط ما كن له قلب يرحم

Its charmer has shown no mercy to its moaning.

For it has shown no mercy to my moans,

Never has he had a heart that shows mercy.

Never did it have a heart that's kind.

كلّ من فارق ظنينه

كلّ من فارق ظنينه

واعتراه الهوى بخت يسلم

واعتراه الهوى بخت يسلم

Whoever parts from his cherished one

All who abandon their love,

And is seized by love is lucky to escape unharmed.

And are struck by fate's blows.

مسكين من حبّ الإله مسكين

مسكين من حبّ الإله مسكين

فذاك مذبوح بغير سكين

فذاك مذبوح بغير سكين

Poor is he who loves God—poor indeed.

Wretched is he who loves God, wretched,

For he is slaughtered without a knife.

For he is slaughtered without a knife.

يس يا قلبي عليك ياس

يس يا قلبي عليك ياس

جارع في الهوى غبونه

جارع في الهوى غبونه

Yā-Sīn, O my heart—Yā-Sīn upon you.

Despair not, O my heart,

It swallows the wrongs it suffers in love.

Drowning in passion’s blindness.

قد تقضى زمانه في الهم

قد تقضى زمانه في الهم

أسأل اللَه أن يعينه

أسأل اللَه أن يعينه

Its days have passed in grief.

Though it spends its days in grief,

I ask God to help it.

I ask God to help it.

فهو بالحال أدرى وأعلم

فهو بالحال أدرى وأعلم

جنتي في لقا الأحبه

جنتي في لقا الأحبه

For He is best aware of its state and knows best.

For He knows best what state it’s in.

My paradise lies in meeting the beloved ones.

My paradise is in seeing my loved ones,

والتنائي بهم دار مالك

والتنائي بهم دار مالك

يا عجب ما لذي المحبه

يا عجب ما لذي المحبه

And separation from them is Mālik's abode.

And conversing with them in a heavenly abode.

O wonder! What is it about this love?

How strange is the state of the lover!

صيرت ربّ مملوك مالك

صيرت ربّ مملوك مالك

كم ركبنا أمور صعبه

كم ركبنا أمور صعبه

It has made many a slave a master.

The Lord has become slave to the beloved.

How many hard ventures we have undertaken,

How many hardships we've sailed,

ورمينا النفوس في المهالك

ورمينا النفوس في المهالك

كلّ من حبّ واحنينه

كلّ من حبّ واحنينه

And hurled our souls into deadly perils!

And flung our souls into perdition!

Whoever has loved—ah, his yearning!—

All who love and yearn,

لم يزل مشغف البال مهتم

لم يزل مشغف البال مهتم

متى يزول البعد والفراق

متى يزول البعد والفراق

Remains love-stricken in mind and careworn.

Will remain enraptured and concerned,

When will distance and separation end,

Until separation and parting are gone,

مع اجتماع الشمل والتلاقي

مع اجتماع الشمل والتلاقي

بقاتر الأجفان والأماقي

بقاتر الأجفان والأماقي

With reunion and meeting again

And the gathering of kinsfolk arrives.

With the one of languid eyelids and eye-corners,

With my eyelids and my cheeks,

وأشهد البدر في جبينه

وأشهد البدر في جبينه

ساجي العين عذب الموشم

ساجي العين عذب الموشم

And I behold the full moon in his brow,

I bear witness the full moon is on his forehead,

Calm of eye, sweet at the tattoo-marked spot?

My eye finds rest gazing at him,

علني من سهام عيونه

علني من سهام عيونه

ثم شكري من قرقف الفم

ثم شكري من قرقف الفم

He has sickened me with the arrows of his eyes,

His mouth is sweet water.

Then my thanks come from the wine of his mouth.

By his glances I am struck down,

كم أدوّه وكم أغزل

كم أدوّه وكم أغزل

ليس يصغي إلى قولي أصلا

ليس يصغي إلى قولي أصلا

How often I call to him, how often I sing of love!

Then my thanks to his smiling lips.

He does not heed my words at all.

How I sing his praises and pine!

يستوي مشجن ومسهل

يستوي مشجن ومسهل

ذاك سالي وذا ليس يسلا

ذاك سالي وذا ليس يسلا

The rugged and the easy are alike.

Yet he pays no heed to my words.

That one is free of longing; this one finds no solace.

It's all the same to him if I blame or glorify,

لذ له في الهوى جنونه

لذ له في الهوى جنونه

ليس يصغي لعذل ولا ذم

ليس يصغي لعذل ولا ذم

His madness in love has become sweet to him.

One pours while the other gives no drink.

He heeds neither reproach nor blame.

In love he is possessed and mad,

اللَه يعين الواله المعنا

اللَه يعين الواله المعنا

ويفتن الرحمن من عذلنا

ويفتن الرحمن من عذلنا

May God help the love-bewildered, tormented one!

Heeding no reproach or praise.

And may the All-Merciful put whoever reproached us to the test,

God help the enamored and excused,

لعلّ يطعم بعض ما طعمنا

لعلّ يطعم بعض ما طعمنا

ينزعج بالهوى سكونه

ينزعج بالهوى سكونه

So perhaps he may taste some of what we have tasted.

May the Merciful forgive our faults!

His calm is disturbed by love,

Perhaps he will taste some of what we've tasted,

ثم يمسي مولع ومغرم

ثم يمسي مولع ومغرم

ينظر العسر من بعد لينه

ينظر العسر من بعد لينه

Then he becomes enamored and besotted.

And be disturbed by passion in his repose,

He sees hardship after his ease,

Then find ease after hardship,

ثم ينسى سلوه من الغم

ثم ينسى سلوه من الغم

وأنت يا قلب كيف تجزع

وأنت يا قلب كيف تجزع

Then grief makes him forget his former detachment.

And forget his sorrows and distress.

And you, O heart, how can you be distressed?

As for you, my heart, why do you grieve?

ان لك ربّ فتاح وهاب

ان لك ربّ فتاح وهاب

بابه لك سريع واسع

بابه لك سريع واسع

Indeed, you have a Lord, the Opener, the Bestower.

You have a Lord who answers prayers.

His door is swift to open and wide for you,

His door to you is swift and spacious,

ان تغلق عليك كل الأبواب

ان تغلق عليك كل الأبواب

واستجير بالنبي المشفع

واستجير بالنبي المشفع

Even if all doors are shut against you.

Even if all doors are shut to you.

And seek refuge with the Prophet whose intercession is accepted.

And seek the intercession of the Prophet,

يذهب اللَه بك كلّ الأوصاب

يذهب اللَه بك كلّ الأوصاب

ديننا في اتباع دينه

ديننا في اتباع دينه

Through you, God dispels every affliction.

God will take away all your troubles.

Our religion lies in following his religion.

Our religion is in following his way,

ذاك واللَه لنا خير مغنم

ذاك واللَه لنا خير مغنم

من كان هذا المصطفى شفيعه

من كان هذا المصطفى شفيعه

That, by God, is the best gain for us.

And that, by God, is the greatest gain.

Whoever has this Chosen One as his intercessor,

Whoever has this Chosen One intercede,

قربه الرحمن ما يضيعه

قربه الرحمن ما يضيعه

بل يغمره بالجود من صنيعه

بل يغمره بالجود من صنيعه

The All-Merciful draws him near and does not forsake him.

The Merciful will not let him be lost.

Rather, He floods him with bounty from His beneficence.

Rather, He will immerse him in His generosity,

كيف لا ينعقد يقينه

كيف لا ينعقد يقينه

انه للغنى ليس يعدم

انه للغنى ليس يعدم

How could his certainty fail to take hold

How will his faith not be strengthened?

That he will not lack riches?

For the Rich One will not deprive him.

واختم القول بمن يزينه

واختم القول بمن يزينه

ذكر هذا النبي المكرم

ذكر هذا النبي المكرم

And close the speech with what adorns it:

And I conclude my words with the one who adorns them,

The mention of this honored Prophet.

The mention of this noble Prophet.