أهدِي إِلَيك نَصيحَتي وَمَوَدَّتي

أهدِي إِلَيك نَصيحَتي وَمَوَدَّتي

قَبلَ اللِقاءِ شَواهِد الأَرواحِ

قَبلَ اللِقاءِ شَواهِد الأَرواحِ

I offer you my counsel and affection—

I offer you my counsel and my affection.

before we meet, tokens by which souls declare themselves.

Before meeting come the testimonies of souls.

وَعَلى القُلوبِ مِنَ القُلوبِ دَلائِل

وَعَلى القُلوبِ مِنَ القُلوبِ دَلائِل

بِالوُدِّ قَبلَ تَشاهُدِ الأَشباحِ

بِالوُدِّ قَبلَ تَشاهُدِ الأَشباحِ

And upon hearts are signs from other hearts,

And upon hearts are signs from hearts

through love, before bodies behold one another.

Of affection, before bodies behold one another.