حُبُّكُمْ قد شدّني من عضدَيّ

حُبُّكُمْ قد شدّني من عضدَيّ

وافتقاري لَكُمُ أغنى يديّ

وافتقاري لَكُمُ أغنى يديّ

Your love has seized me by the upper arm,

Your love has held me firmly by both arms.

and my need of you has enriched both my hands.

And my need of you has enriched both my hands.

يا جلوسي حيث لا جُلاَّسَ لي

يا جلوسي حيث لا جُلاَّسَ لي

ثمّ أُنْسي حيث لا أُنْسَ لديّ

ثمّ أُنْسي حيث لا أُنْسَ لديّ

O you who are my companions where I have none,

O my companions where I have no companions,

and my solace where no solace is mine.

And then my solace where I have no solace.

طاب لي فيكم عَذابٌ واصبٌ

طاب لي فيكم عَذابٌ واصبٌ

قَدْ لَوَى الأحشاءَ منّي أيَّ لَيّ

قَدْ لَوَى الأحشاءَ منّي أيَّ لَيّ

Amid you, my torment and patient endurance have grown sweet;

For your sake, unceasing torment has grown sweet to me.

it has wrung the entrails within me—what a wringing!

It has twisted my entrails—what a twisting!

شِئْتُمُ كَيَّ فؤادي مغرماً

شِئْتُمُ كَيَّ فؤادي مغرماً

فانكوى منكم بكَيّ أيِّ كيّ

فانكوى منكم بكَيّ أيِّ كيّ

You wished to cauterize my enamored heart,

You wished to cauterize my love-stricken heart,

so it was seared by you with a searing—what a searing!

So it was seared by you—what a searing!

فجزمتم لي فؤاداً تَعِباً

فجزمتم لي فؤاداً تَعِباً

عَجَباً كيف يُرَى الجزْم بكَيْ

عَجَباً كيف يُرَى الجزْم بكَيْ

Thus you decreed for me a weary heart—

Thus you severed my weary heart for me;

how strange! How can the body be quenched by cautery?

How strange that severance should come through cautery!

أنتُم أَدْرَى بما بين الحشا

أنتُم أَدْرَى بما بين الحشا

وانْطَوتْ عنه ضُلوعي أيَّ طيّ

وانْطَوتْ عنه ضُلوعي أيَّ طيّ

You know best what lies within my breast,

You know best what lies within my breast,

over which my ribs have folded—what an enfolding!

And my ribs have folded around it—what a folding!

افعلوا ما شئتُم إنّكُمُ

افعلوا ما شئتُم إنّكُمُ

كلُّ فعل منكمُ عَذْبٌ لديّ

كلُّ فعل منكمُ عَذْبٌ لديّ

Do whatever you will, for truly

Do whatever you wish, for truly

every deed of yours is sweet to me.

Every deed of yours is sweet to me.

وإذا عنّفني ذو عذَلٍ

وإذا عنّفني ذو عذَلٍ

قائلا حُبُّكَ فيهم كان غيّ

قائلا حُبُّكَ فيهم كان غيّ

And when a censor, given to blame, rebuked me harshly,

And when a reprover rebukes me,

saying, “Your love for them was error,”

Saying, 'Your love for them was folly,'

قُلْت مَهْ دَعْني فلَوْ أَنَّهُمُ

قُلْت مَهْ دَعْني فلَوْ أَنَّهُمُ

منحوني الحُبَّ ما كنت بحيّ

منحوني الحُبَّ ما كنت بحيّ

I said, “Enough—leave me! For had they

I say, 'Enough! Leave me be, for if they

granted me love, I would not be alive.”

Had bestowed love on me, I would not be alive.'

هم فؤادي وحياتي مثلَمَا

هم فؤادي وحياتي مثلَمَا

أنّهم سمعي ومَرْأَى مُقْلَتَيْ

أنّهم سمعي ومَرْأَى مُقْلَتَيْ

They are my heart and my life, just as

They are my heart and my life, just as

they are my hearing and the sight of my eyes.

They are my hearing and the sight of my two eyes.

يا أُسَاتي حيث ما أنتُمْ أنا

يا أُسَاتي حيث ما أنتُمْ أنا

وتنزّهتم عن الشِّبْهِ بشيّ

وتنزّهتم عن الشِّبْهِ بشيّ

O my healers, wherever you are, there am I;

O my healers, wherever you are, there am I,

you transcend any resemblance to a thing.

And you are exalted beyond likeness to anything.

فاكشِفوا عن عَيْنِ قلبي غَشْوَةً

فاكشِفوا عن عَيْنِ قلبي غَشْوَةً

واقْلَعوا لي صَمَماً في أُذُنَيّ

واقْلَعوا لي صَمَماً في أُذُنَيّ

Then lift the veil from my heart’s eye,

So lift a veil from my heart's eye,

and root out the deafness in both my ears,

And uproot the deafness in my two ears,

كي أرى بعضاً من الحُسْنِ الذي

كي أرى بعضاً من الحُسْنِ الذي

دُونَه الأفكارُ في عجزٍ وعِيّ

دُونَه الأفكارُ في عجزٍ وعِيّ

that I may behold something of that beauty

So that I may see some of the beauty

before which thoughts stand helpless and speechless;

Before which thought is helpless and inarticulate,

وتعي نحوكُمُ أُذْني وإنْ

وتعي نحوكُمُ أُذْني وإنْ

كنتُ أرجو منصباً صعباً عليّ

كنتُ أرجو منصباً صعباً عليّ

and may my ear apprehend the way toward you, though

And my ear may heed you, though

I have aspired to a station hard for me to attain.

I hope for a station hard for me to attain,

فأرى منكم رِضًى يُلْبِسُنِي

فأرى منكم رِضًى يُلْبِسُنِي

تحت أطباق السرى أَحْسَنَ زيّ

تحت أطباق السرى أَحْسَنَ زيّ

Then may I receive from you a favor that clothes me,

So I may see your approval clothe me

beneath the layers of earth, in the fairest garb—

Beneath the layers of the night journey, in the finest garb—

بالنبيء الهاشمِيّ المصطفى

بالنبيء الهاشمِيّ المصطفى

خَيْرِ خلقِ اللّهِ مِن آل قُصَيّ

خَيْرِ خلقِ اللّهِ مِن آل قُصَيّ

by the Chosen Hashemite Prophet,

By the chosen Hashemite Prophet,

the best of God’s creation, of Qusayy’s house.

The best of God's creation, from the house of Qusayy.