وَلَو أَنَّ قَومي شاهَدوا فيكَ مَشهدي

وَلَو أَنَّ قَومي شاهَدوا فيكَ مَشهدي

عَلى غَيرِ داري في المَحَبَّةِ ما داروا

عَلى غَيرِ داري في المَحَبَّةِ ما داروا

And had my people witnessed in you what I witness,

If only my people could see in you what I see

They would have circled no abode but mine in love.

In a land not my own, they would not hesitate in love

وَمِن مُضمَرٍ في مَظهَرٍ لي بَدا لَهُم

وَمِن مُضمَرٍ في مَظهَرٍ لي بَدا لَهُم

خَفانا لَهُم عَنهُم وَلِلسِرِّ أَسرارُ

خَفانا لَهُم عَنهُم وَلِلسِرِّ أَسرارُ

And from something hidden within an outward form of mine, there appeared to them

And from what's concealed in what's revealed to me

Our concealment—for them, from them—and the secret has secrets.

I tread lightly, keeping it hidden, though it's no secret