وَهَبتُ اِشتِهاري في هَواكَ صَبابَتي

وَهَبتُ اِشتِهاري في هَواكَ صَبابَتي

لِيَشهَدَ فيكَ الغائِبونَ تَهَتُّكي

لِيَشهَدَ فيكَ الغائِبونَ تَهَتُّكي

I gave my ardent longing my renown in loving you,

I sacrificed my reputation in your love, my youth,

So that those absent might witness my shameless abandon for you.

So the absent ones could witness in you my madness.

وَزَهَّدتُ فِيَّ الراغِبينَ عَنِ الهُدى

وَزَهَّدتُ فِيَّ الراغِبينَ عَنِ الهُدى

بِخَلعِ التُقى مِن بَعدِ لُبسِ التَنَسُّكِ

بِخَلعِ التُقى مِن بَعدِ لُبسِ التَنَسُّكِ

And I made those who turn away from guidance lose interest in me,

And I became indifferent to those who seek guidance

By shedding piety after donning asceticism.

By shedding piety after wearing the garb of asceticism.

وَما ضاقَ ذَرعي بِالمَلامَةِ مِنهُم

وَما ضاقَ ذَرعي بِالمَلامَةِ مِنهُم

وَأَوسَعُ شَيءٍ فيكَ لِلعُذرِ مَسلَكي

وَأَوسَعُ شَيءٍ فيكَ لِلعُذرِ مَسلَكي

And their reproach did not exhaust my patience,

I am not vexed by their blame,

And my path in loving you offers the widest room for excuse.

For the widest thing for excuse in you is my path.

وَلِكِنَّ تَوحيدي هَواكَ بِغَيرَتي

وَلِكِنَّ تَوحيدي هَواكَ بِغَيرَتي

مَصونٌ عَن الإِلقاءِ في سَمعِ مُشرِكِ

مَصونٌ عَن الإِلقاءِ في سَمعِ مُشرِكِ

Yet my exclusive devotion to loving you, through my jealous care,

But my professing your love exclusively out of jealousy

Is guarded from being uttered in a polytheist's hearing.

Is protected from telling to the hearing of the polytheists.