ما قرّةُ العينِ غيرَ عيني

ما قرّةُ العينِ غيرَ عيني

فبيني كان الهوى وبيني

فبيني كان الهوى وبيني

The eye's delight is none other than my own eye.

Nothing delights my eye but my eye,

For love was between me and myself.

Between me was love, and between me,

والله لولا وجودُ كوني

والله لولا وجودُ كوني

ما لاحَ عيني لغير عيني

ما لاحَ عيني لغير عيني

By God, were it not for the existence of my being,

By God, were it not for my existence,

my eye would not have appeared to any eye but my own.

My eye would not have shone for other than my eye,

فكونه ما رأيتُ فيه

فكونه ما رأيتُ فيه

أكمل من صورتي وكوني

أكمل من صورتي وكوني

For in his creation I have seen nothing

Its existence which I saw in it,

more perfect than my form and my being.

Is more perfect than my image and my existence,

بالبينِ أوصلت كلَّ بين

بالبينِ أوصلت كلَّ بين

فقام شكرُ البينِ بيني

فقام شكرُ البينِ بيني

Through separation I bridged every divide.

With existence I connected all existence,

So gratitude for separation arose within me.

So gratitude for existence arose within me,

قد أحسَّ الله في وجودي

قد أحسَّ الله في وجودي

عند أداءِ الفروضِ عوني

عند أداءِ الفروضِ عوني

God has indeed perceived, in my existence,

God felt within my existence,

my aid in performing the prescribed duties.

When performing obligations, supported me,

أشهدني فيه علم ذاتي

أشهدني فيه علم ذاتي

في هذه الدارِ قبل حيني

في هذه الدارِ قبل حيني

He made me witness therein the knowledge of my essence,

Made me witness within it my essence,

in this abode, before my appointed hour.

In this abode, before my time,

لا فرَّقَ الله يا حبيبي

لا فرَّقَ الله يا حبيبي

ما بين أنفاسِه وبيني

ما بين أنفاسِه وبيني

May God never sever, O my beloved,

May God not separate, my beloved,

what lies between his breaths and me.

What is between His breaths and me.