خَرَجتُ أَمشي إِلى شَخصٍ فَحَدَّثني

خَرَجتُ أَمشي إِلى شَخصٍ فَحَدَّثني

قَلبي بِمجلسِ مَن يَهوى وَما كَذَبا

قَلبي بِمجلسِ مَن يَهوى وَما كَذَبا

I set out walking toward someone, and was told

I went out walking to meet someone,

By my heart where its beloved sat—and it did not lie.

My heart spoke to me of sitting with the beloved and it was no liar,

فَجئتهُ فَرَأَيتُ الغُصنَ مُعتَدِلاً

فَجئتهُ فَرَأَيتُ الغُصنَ مُعتَدِلاً

وَالظَبيَ مُلتفتاً وَالبَدرَ مُرتَقَبا

وَالظَبيَ مُلتفتاً وَالبَدرَ مُرتَقَبا

So I came to him and saw the branch standing straight,

I came to him and saw the branch swaying gently,

And the gazelle turning to look, and the full moon being watched.

The gazelle turning its head, and the full moon awaiting,

مَن أَعلَمَ القَلبَ أَنَّ الحُبَّ مَجلسُهُ

مَن أَعلَمَ القَلبَ أَنَّ الحُبَّ مَجلسُهُ

هُناكَ أعلمهُ سرٌّ لَهُ جَذَبا

هُناكَ أعلمهُ سرٌّ لَهُ جَذَبا

Who told the heart that love had its seat

Who told my heart that it's sitting place was love?

There? A secret that drew it told it so.

There it learned a secret that drew it in,

قَد كُنتُ أُنكِرُ عِلمَ الغَيبِ مِن أَحَدٍ

قَد كُنتُ أُنكِرُ عِلمَ الغَيبِ مِن أَحَدٍ

حَتّى رَأَيتُ فُؤادي يعلَمُ الغيبا

حَتّى رَأَيتُ فُؤادي يعلَمُ الغيبا

I used to deny that anyone knew the unseen,

I used to deny that anyone could know the unseen,

Until I saw that my heart knew the unseen.

Until I saw my heart knowing the unseen.