مِنَ المَشهورِ بِالحُبِّ

مِنَ المَشهورِ بِالحُبِّ

إِلى قاسِيَةِ القَلبِ

إِلى قاسِيَةِ القَلبِ

From the one renowned for love

From the famously loving

To the hard-hearted one,

To the hardhearted

سَلامُ اللَهِ ذي العَرشِ

سَلامُ اللَهِ ذي العَرشِ

عَلى وَجهِكِ يا حِبّي

عَلى وَجهِكِ يا حِبّي

The peace of God, Lord of the Throne,

May Allah's peace be upon you,

Be upon your face, O my love.

O the face of my love

فَأَمّا بَعدُ يا قُرَّ

فَأَمّا بَعدُ يا قُرَّ

ةَ عَيني وَمُنى قَلبي

ةَ عَيني وَمُنى قَلبي

And now, O delight

Now then, O comfort

Of my eye and the desires of my heart,

Of my eyes and wish of my heart

وَيا نَفسي الَّتي تَسكُ

وَيا نَفسي الَّتي تَسكُ

بُ كُنُ بَينَ الجَنبِ وَالجَنبِ

بُ كُنُ بَينَ الجَنبِ وَالجَنبِ

And O my soul, which dwells

And O my soul that dwells

[Unclear fragments] between one flank and the other,

Quietly between my ribs

لَقَد أَنكَرتُ يا عَبدَ

لَقَد أَنكَرتُ يا عَبدَ

جَفاءً مِنكِ في الكُتبِ

جَفاءً مِنكِ في الكُتبِ

I have indeed found strange, O ʿAbda,

Indeed I denied, O servant

Your coldness in your letters.

Your harshness in books

أَعَن ذَنبٍ وَلا وَاللَهِ

أَعَن ذَنبٍ وَلا وَاللَهِ

ما أَحدَثتُ مِن ذَنبِ

ما أَحدَثتُ مِن ذَنبِ

Is it for a sin? No, by God,

For no sin, no, by Allah

I have committed no sin.

I have not committed any sin

وَلا وَاللَهِ ما في الشَر

وَلا وَاللَهِ ما في الشَر

قِ مِن أُنثى وَلا الغَربِ

قِ مِن أُنثى وَلا الغَربِ

And no, by God, there is not in the East

No, by Allah, in the East

A woman, nor in the West,

Or the West there is no maiden except you

سِواكِ اليَومَ أَهواها

سِواكِ اليَومَ أَهواها

عَلى جِدٍّ وَلا لِعبِ

عَلى جِدٍّ وَلا لِعبِ

Whom I love today other than you,

Whom I love today truly

In earnest or in play.

Not jokingly or falsely