يا من توَسلتُ إليهِ بهِ

يا من توَسلتُ إليهِ بهِ

وشوّهَ الإغِراق في حُبهِ

وشوّهَ الإغِراق في حُبهِ

O one to whom I appealed through his own self,

O you whom I implored with Him

And excess in loving him has disfigured [me].

And immersing myself excessively in His love disfigured me

أنا الذي أصبحت مولى له

أنا الذي أصبحت مولى له

بوجدهِ فاعمل على حسبه

بوجدهِ فاعمل على حسبه

I am the one who has become his servant,

I who have become a devotee of His

Through longing for him; so act accordingly.

With His passion so act according to it

إن الهوى قد ذقت من مرهِ

إن الهوى قد ذقت من مرهِ

في سالفِ الدهرِ ومن عذبهِ

في سالفِ الدهرِ ومن عذبهِ

Indeed, I have tasted of love's bitterness

Verily I have tasted the bitter of love

In days gone by, and of its sweetness.

In the past and its sweetness

فما أرى إلا فتىً ميتاً

فما أرى إلا فتىً ميتاً

عيناه آفاتٌ على قلبهِ

عيناه آفاتٌ على قلبهِ

So I see only a dead young man,

Thus I see naught but a lad dead

Whose two eyes are afflictions upon his heart.

His eyes blights upon his heart