يا شِفا نَفْسي ويَا بُرْءَ

يا شِفا نَفْسي ويَا بُرْءَ

فؤادي مِنْ سقامِه

فؤادي مِنْ سقامِه

O healing of my soul, O cure

O my soul's cure, o my heart's relief

for my heart's sickness;

From its sickness, when the day comes

وإمامي يوم يأتي

وإمامي يوم يأتي

كلُّ شخصٍ بإمامهْ

كلُّ شخصٍ بإمامهْ

And my imam on the day when there comes

That each soul meets its imam,

every person with his imam;

And the world's destiny on that day,

وهمام الدّهر في هذا

وهمام الدّهر في هذا

الورى وابن هُمامِه

الورى وابن هُمامِه

And the noble champion of the age among these

And the son of its worries -

mortals, and the son of its noble champion;

And He who grants me, God Most High,

والَّذي يمتعني الله

والَّذي يمتعني الله

تعالى بدوامه

تعالى بدوامه

And he in whom God grants me delight—

the pleasure of its permanence,

exalted is He—through his continued life:

Receive this from your lasting servant

هاكها من عبدك الباقي

هاكها من عبدك الباقي

علَى حفظٍ ذمامِه

علَى حفظٍ ذمامِه

Take it from your servant, who remains steadfast

Who preserves its principles,

in keeping his pledge:

A rosary that attained through beauty

سُبحةٌ حازَتْ منَ الحسْنِ

سُبحةٌ حازَتْ منَ الحسْنِ

المعَلىَّ مِنْ سهامِهْ

المعَلىَّ مِنْ سهامِهْ

A string of prayer beads that has won from beauty

The Most Exalted of its arrows,

the highest-winning of its arrows.

And prayer, O best of creatures,

والدّعا يا خير أملاكِ

والدّعا يا خير أملاكِ

الورى أقْصى مرامه

الورى أقْصى مرامه

And prayer, O best of the kings

To the utmost of its hopes,

of humankind, is his utmost desire.

And remain as long as the doves

وابقَ ما غنّتْ عَلى

وابقَ ما غنّتْ عَلى

العُودِ مرنّات حمامِه

العُودِ مرنّات حمامِه

And live on as long as there sing upon

Cooed melodiously on the lute.

the bough its cooing doves.