يا مَن كَلِفتُ بِهِ عِشقاً وَلَم أَرَهُ

يا مَن كَلِفتُ بِهِ عِشقاً وَلَم أَرَهُ

وَالعِشقُ لِلقَلبِ لَيسَ العِشقُ لِلبَصَر

وَالعِشقُ لِلقَلبِ لَيسَ العِشقُ لِلبَصَر

O you whom I love passionately, though I have not seen you.

O you whom I fell in love with though I've never seen you,

And love is for the heart; love is not for the eye.

For love is for the heart, not just for the eyes.

سَمِعتُ أَوصافَكَ الحُسنى فَهِمتُ بِها

سَمِعتُ أَوصافَكَ الحُسنى فَهِمتُ بِها

فَكَيفَ إِن نِلتُ ما أَرجو مِنَ النَظَر

فَكَيفَ إِن نِلتُ ما أَرجو مِنَ النَظَر

I heard of your finest qualities, so I was enraptured by them.

I've heard descriptions of your beauty and so understood,

How, then, would I feel if I attained the sight I long for?

But how will it be if I gain what I hope from seeing you.

إِنّي لَآمُلُ أَنَّ اللَهَ يَجمَعُنا

إِنّي لَآمُلُ أَنَّ اللَهَ يَجمَعُنا

وَإِنَّ في الخُبرِ ما يُغني عَنِ الخَبَر

وَإِنَّ في الخُبرِ ما يُغني عَنِ الخَبَر

I truly hope that God will bring us together.

Truly I hope that God will bring us together,

And indeed, firsthand knowledge makes reports unnecessary.

For sometimes news cannot substitute for seeing.