أُحِبُّهُ وَالسَماءِ وَالطارِقْ

أُحِبُّهُ وَالسَماءِ وَالطارِقْ

حَبّاً عَفيفاً ما اِسمي بِهِ عاشِقْ

حَبّاً عَفيفاً ما اِسمي بِهِ عاشِقْ

I love him, by heaven and the night visitor,

I love him, the sky and the night comer

With a chaste love, for which I am not called a passionate lover.

A chaste love I have no name for, though a lover I became

ما ثَمَّ إِلّا عَينٌ أُنَعِّمُها

ما ثَمَّ إِلّا عَينٌ أُنَعِّمُها

وَقَولُ سُبحانَ رَبّيَ الخالِقْ

وَقَولُ سُبحانَ رَبّيَ الخالِقْ

There is only an eye I gratify,

Nothing else remains but a gaze I indulge

And the saying: “Glory be to my Lord, the Creator.”

And words of glory to my Creator

فَلا يُعَق عَنهُ خاطِري عَذَلٌ

فَلا يُعَق عَنهُ خاطِري عَذَلٌ

وَلا يَكُن عَن عِبادَتي عائِقْ

وَلا يَكُن عَن عِبادَتي عائِقْ

So let my thoughts not be diverted from him by reproach,

So no regret distracts me from Him

And let it not be a hindrance to my worship.

Nor any obstacle impedes my worship

وَيا حَبيباً في مِسمَعي مَلَقٌ

وَيا حَبيباً في مِسمَعي مَلَقٌ

مِنهُ وَفي العَينِ خُلَّبُ البارِقْ

مِنهُ وَفي العَينِ خُلَّبُ البارِقْ

And O beloved, in my ear is flattery

And O beloved, in my hearing there remains

From him, and in the eye, the deceptive flash of lightning.

An echo of him, while in my eye there flashes a bolt

طَرفُكَ مَردودَةٌ شَهادَتُهُ

طَرفُكَ مَردودَةٌ شَهادَتُهُ

وَما أَجازوا شَهادَةَ الفاسِقْ

وَما أَجازوا شَهادَةَ الفاسِقْ

Your gaze—its testimony is rejected,

Your glance, its testimony is rejected

And they have not accepted the sinner’s testimony.

For they allow not the testimony of the immoral

سَرَقتَ قَلبي وَعَينُكَ اِعتَرَفَت

سَرَقتَ قَلبي وَعَينُكَ اِعتَرَفَت

ما تَكتُمُ العَينُ ريبَةَ السارِقْ

ما تَكتُمُ العَينُ ريبَةَ السارِقْ

You stole my heart, and your eye confessed;

You stole my heart, while your eye confessed

The eye does not conceal the thief’s guilt.

The eye cannot conceal the guilt of a thief