مَحَبَّتي توجِبُ إِدلالي

مَحَبَّتي توجِبُ إِدلالي

وَأَنتَ ذو فَضلٍ وَإِفضالِ

وَأَنتَ ذو فَضلٍ وَإِفضالِ

My love warrants my taking liberties,

My love obliges my being spoiled

And you are endowed with merit and generosity.

While you are of merit and bestowal

وَبَينَنا مِن سالِفِ الوِدِّ ما

وَبَينَنا مِن سالِفِ الوِدِّ ما

يوجِبُ أَن تَسأَلَ عَن حالي

يوجِبُ أَن تَسأَلَ عَن حالي

And between us is such longstanding affection

And between us is of old amity

As obliges you to ask how I fare.

That which obliges you ask of my state

فَاجعَل عَلى بالِكَ شُغلي كَما

فَاجعَل عَلى بالِكَ شُغلي كَما

شُكرُكَ لا يَبرَحُ عَن بالي

شُكرُكَ لا يَبرَحُ عَن بالي

So keep my business in mind, just as

So set upon your mind my occupation as

My gratitude to you never leaves my mind.

Your gratitude never leaves my mind