زِدْني بفَرْطِ الحُبّ فيك تَحَيّرا

زِدْني بفَرْطِ الحُبّ فيك تَحَيّرا

وارْحَمْ حشىً بلَظَى هواكَ تسعّرا

وارْحَمْ حشىً بلَظَى هواكَ تسعّرا

Increase my bewilderment through overwhelming love for you,

Increase me in excessive love for you, confused

And have mercy on a heart set ablaze by the flame of love for you.

And have mercy on one whose heart your love has set aflame

وإذا سألُتكَ أن أراكَ حقيقةً

وإذا سألُتكَ أن أراكَ حقيقةً

فاسمَحْ ولا تجعلْ جوابي لن تَرى

فاسمَحْ ولا تجعلْ جوابي لن تَرى

And when I ask you to let me see you in truth,

And if I ask to see you in reality

Then grant it, and do not answer me, 'You shall not see.'

Allow it, and do not make your answer "You will not see."

يا قلبُ أنتَ وعدَتني في حُبّهمْ

يا قلبُ أنتَ وعدَتني في حُبّهمْ

صَبراً فحاذرْ أن تَضِيقَ وتَضجرا

صَبراً فحاذرْ أن تَضِيقَ وتَضجرا

O heart, you promised me, in loving them,

O my heart, you promised me patience in loving them

Patience—so beware of becoming distressed and impatient.

So beware narrowness and annoyance

إنَّ الغرامَ هوَ الحياةُ فمُتْ بِهِ

إنَّ الغرامَ هوَ الحياةُ فمُتْ بِهِ

صَبّاً فحقّك أن تَموتَ وتُعذرا

صَبّاً فحقّك أن تَموتَ وتُعذرا

Indeed, passionate love is life itself; so die of it,

Passion is life, so die of it

Lovesick—for it is your right to die and be excused.

Vigorously, for you have the right to die excused

قُل لِلّذِينَ تقدَّموا قَبلي ومَن

قُل لِلّذِينَ تقدَّموا قَبلي ومَن

بَعدي ومَن أضحى لأشجاني يَرَى

بَعدي ومَن أضحى لأشجاني يَرَى

Tell those who preceded me, and those

Say to those who preceded me, and those

After me, and whoever has come to see my sorrows:

After me, and those who have seen my anguish

عني خذوا وبي اقْتدوا وليَ اسمعوا

عني خذوا وبي اقْتدوا وليَ اسمعوا

وتحدّثوا بصَبابتي بَينَ الوَرى

وتحدّثوا بصَبابتي بَينَ الوَرى

Learn from me, follow my example, and listen to me,

Take from my eyes, follow my example, listen to me

And speak of my ardent longing among humankind.

And speak of my youthfulness among people

ولقد خَلَوْتُ مع الحَبيب وبَيْنَنَا

ولقد خَلَوْتُ مع الحَبيب وبَيْنَنَا

سِرٌّ أرَقّ منَ النسيمِ إذا سرى

سِرٌّ أرَقّ منَ النسيمِ إذا سرى

And indeed, I was alone with the beloved, and between us

And I was alone with the beloved, and between us

Was a secret subtler than the breeze as it drifted by.

A secret gentler than the breeze when it blows

وأباحَ طَرْفِي نَظْرْةً أمّلْتُها

وأباحَ طَرْفِي نَظْرْةً أمّلْتُها

فَغَدَوْتُ معروفاً وكُنْتُ مُنَكَّرا

فَغَدَوْتُ معروفاً وكُنْتُ مُنَكَّرا

And he granted my eyes a glance I had hoped for,

And he allowed my glance a look I wished for

So I became known, though I had been unrecognized.

So I became known though I was a stranger

فَدُهِشْتُ بينَ جمالِهِ وجَلالِهِ

فَدُهِشْتُ بينَ جمالِهِ وجَلالِهِ

وغدا لسانُ الحال عنّي مُخْبِرا

وغدا لسانُ الحال عنّي مُخْبِرا

So I was awestruck between his beauty and his majesty,

I was amazed between his beauty and his majesty

And the tongue of my state began to speak on my behalf.

And the tongue of my state began to inform about me

فأَدِرْ لِحَاظَكَ في محاسنِ وجْهه

فأَدِرْ لِحَاظَكَ في محاسنِ وجْهه

تَلْقَى جميعَ الحُسْنِ فيه مُصَوَّرا

تَلْقَى جميعَ الحُسْنِ فيه مُصَوَّرا

So turn your gaze upon the beauties of his face;

So turn your gaze to the beauties of his face

You will find all beauty portrayed in it.

Where you will find all beauty depicted

لو أنّ كُلّ الحُسْنِ يكمُلُ صُورةً

لو أنّ كُلّ الحُسْنِ يكمُلُ صُورةً

ورآهُ كان مُهَلِّلاً ومُكَبِّرا

ورآهُ كان مُهَلِّلاً ومُكَبِّرا

If all beauty were made complete in a form,

If all beauty were to be made into an image

And saw him, it would proclaim, 'There is no god but God!' and 'God is greatest!'

And he saw it, he would swoon and pronounce God's greatness