خَزَنتُ مِن دُرِّهِ إِذ لَم أَجِد أَحَداً

خَزَنتُ مِن دُرِّهِ إِذ لَم أَجِد أَحَداً

سِواكَ يا مَن نَداهُ غَيرُ مُختَزَنِ

سِواكَ يا مَن نَداهُ غَيرُ مُختَزَنِ

I stored some of his pearls, since I found no one

I hoarded his pearls when I found no one

Save you, O you whose bounty is never hoarded.

Except you, O he whose call is never hoarded

أَشتاقُكُم وَدواعي الوَجدِ تُنهِضُني

أَشتاقُكُم وَدواعي الوَجدِ تُنهِضُني

إِلَيكُمُ وَعَوادي الدَهرِ تُقعِدُني

إِلَيكُمُ وَعَوادي الدَهرِ تُقعِدُني

I long for you, and the urgings of passion spur me

I yearn for you, and the causes of passion rouse me

Toward you, while the blows of time hold me back.

Towards you, while the turns of fate hold me back

فَذِكرُكُم مَعَ بُعدِ الدارِ يُؤنِسُني

فَذِكرُكُم مَعَ بُعدِ الدارِ يُؤنِسُني

وَخَوفُ بَينِكُمُ في القَلبِ يوحِشُني

وَخَوفُ بَينِكُمُ في القَلبِ يوحِشُني

So remembrance of you keeps me company, though the dwelling is far away,

So your memory consoles me despite the home’s distance

And in my heart, fear of parting from you leaves me lonely.

Yet fear of separation from you saddens me in my heart

أَشكو إِلى اللَهِ مِنكُم نِيَّةً فَصُحَت

أَشكو إِلى اللَهِ مِنكُم نِيَّةً فَصُحَت

لَكِن حَوالَةُ آمالي عَلى لُكُنِ

لَكِن حَوالَةُ آمالي عَلى لُكُنِ

I complain to God of an intention of yours that spoke eloquently;

I complain to God of an intention made pure

Yet my hopes are referred to the tongue-tied.

But my hopes are pinned on your gentleness

وَقَد أَتانِيَ تَوقيعي فَأَوقَعَني

وَقَد أَتانِيَ تَوقيعي فَأَوقَعَني

في أَسرِ شُكرِ جَميلٍ مِنكَ أَطلَقَني

في أَسرِ شُكرِ جَميلٍ مِنكَ أَطلَقَني

And the decree for me has arrived, and so cast me

And my missive came to me and made me fall

Into bondage to gratitude for a kindness from you that set me free.

Into grateful captivity to your kindness which released me

سَلِمتَ ما جَمَعَ الميقاتُ وَفدَ مِنىً

سَلِمتَ ما جَمَعَ الميقاتُ وَفدَ مِنىً

مُحَلِّلي بُدُنٍ مُحَرِّقي بَدَنِ

مُحَلِّلي بُدُنٍ مُحَرِّقي بَدَنِ

May you remain safe as long as the appointed time gathers Mina's pilgrims,

You kept safe what the appointed time brought me

Slaughterers of sacrificial camels, scorchers of bodies.

Releasing my bodies and burning my body

إِذا اِمرؤٌ خَلَّدَتهُ المَكرُماتُ فَما

إِذا اِمرؤٌ خَلَّدَتهُ المَكرُماتُ فَما

يَكونُ غَيرُكَ في هَذا الوَرى فَكُنِ

يَكونُ غَيرُكَ في هَذا الوَرى فَكُنِ

If a man is immortalized by noble deeds, then none

When a man is immortalized by noble deeds, then none

But you can be that man among humankind—so be!

Other than you in this world can be, so be!