الهوى حيّرني

الهوى حيّرني

في الذي تعلمهْ

في الذي تعلمهْ

Love has bewildered me

Love has perplexed me,

concerning what you know.

In that which you know.

فإذا قلت أنا

فإذا قلت أنا

قال لا أعلمه

قال لا أعلمه

So when I say, "I,"

If I say it is I,

he says, "I do not know it."

It says, "I do not know it."

وإذا قلت بلى

وإذا قلت بلى

قال ذا أفهمه

قال ذا أفهمه

And when I say, "Yes,"

And if I say no,

he says, "This I understand."

It says, "I understand it."

ما أنا غير الهوى

ما أنا غير الهوى

ولذا أحكمه

ولذا أحكمه

I am nothing but love,

I am nothing but love

and so I master it.

And thus I judge it.

والهوى يعرب ما

والهوى يعرب ما

لم أزل أعجمه

لم أزل أعجمه

And love makes clear what

And love expresses what

I have never ceased to obscure.

I have never been able to express.

ولنا من كل ما

ولنا من كل ما

قال لي محكمه

قال لي محكمه

And we have, from all that

And we have, for all

he told me, its clear meaning.

That it has said firmly to me,

هكذا عرفني

هكذا عرفني

سيدي محكمه

سيدي محكمه

Thus I was taught

Thus it has let me know -

by my master, who perfects it.

My firm master.

فبه أظهره

فبه أظهره

وله أكتمه

وله أكتمه

So through him I reveal it,

Through it I reveal it,

and for him I conceal it.

And to it I conceal.

وأنا العبد الذي

وأنا العبد الذي

قد هوت أنجمه

قد هوت أنجمه

And I am the servant whose

And I am the servant who -

stars have already fallen,

Its stars have fallen upon me.

يطلب الأمر الذي

يطلب الأمر الذي

في الثرى معلمه

في الثرى معلمه

who seeks the thing whose

Seeking the matter which -

sign lies in the dust.

In the soil its landmark.

ولذا أعدل في

ولذا أعدل في

كلِّ ما أظلمه

كلِّ ما أظلمه

And so I act justly in

And thus I am just in -

all that I wrong.

All that I oppress it.

عين ما أوضحه

عين ما أوضحه

عين ما أبهمه

عين ما أبهمه

The very thing I make clear

The eye of what I clarify -

is the very thing I obscure.

The eye of what I obscure.

فإذا أمدحه

فإذا أمدحه

فأنا أكلمه

فأنا أكلمه

So when I praise him,

So if I praise it -

then I wound him.

Then I speak to it.

والذي ينقض لي

والذي ينقض لي

فأنا أبرمه

فأنا أبرمه

And whatever he unravels for me,

And that which contradicts me -

I then bind it fast.

Then I resolve it.

ولذا يبصرني

ولذا يبصرني

أبداً أبرمه

أبداً أبرمه

And so he sees me

And thus it sees me -

forever vexing him.

Always resolving it.