هوان الهوى عند أعز جلالة

هوان الهوى عند أعز جلالة

ورشدي اتباعي فيه كل ضلالة

ورشدي اتباعي فيه كل ضلالة

Love’s abasement is, in my eyes, the most exalted majesty.

The passion is disdained though he is most majestic

And my right guidance lies in following every error in it.

And my sanity in following it is all misguidance

وإني بمن أنشى الورى في بلاله

وإني بمن أنشى الورى في بلاله

تركت حبيب القلب لا عن بلالة

تركت حبيب القلب لا عن بلالة

And I swear by Him who created humankind in His bounty:

And though I was infatuated with the one who brings joy to existence through his splendor

I left my heart’s beloved, not because I had recovered.

I left the beloved of my heart, not out of misguidance

وإني به مضنى الفؤاد بلا شك

وإني به مضنى الفؤاد بلا شك

وذلي بحق في هواه هويته

وذلي بحق في هواه هويته

And I am heartsick over him, without a doubt.

And I am surely afflicted in my heart for him, without doubt

And I truly loved my abasement in love for him.

And my affliction for his love has made me love him

وكل هوى إلا هواه أبيته

وكل هوى إلا هواه أبيته

وليلي وقد نام الورى لا أبيته

وليلي وقد نام الورى لا أبيته

And I rejected every love except love for him.

And any love other than his love, I have refused

And while all humankind slept, I passed my night awake.

And my night, though the world sleeps, I do not refuse it

ولو انه شاء الثوى رضيته

ولو انه شاء الثوى رضيته

ولكن جنى ذنباً يؤول الى الشرك

ولكن جنى ذنباً يؤول الى الشرك

And even had he wished for final repose, I would have accepted it.

And if he wished for union, I would accept it

But he committed a sin that amounts to polytheism.

But he has committed a sin that leads to polytheism

وفي شرعنا الإسلام حرم ربنا

وفي شرعنا الإسلام حرم ربنا

على المؤمنين الشرك بالله والزني

على المؤمنين الشرك بالله والزني

And in our law of Islam, our Lord has forbidden

And in our religion of Islam, our Lord has prohibited

believers to associate partners with God and to commit fornication.

For the believers polytheism with God and adultery

وهذا إباحي على غير ديننا

وهذا إباحي على غير ديننا

أراد شريكاً في المحبة بيننا

أراد شريكاً في المحبة بيننا

And this libertine follows a faith other than ours.

And this one invites to what is contrary to our religion

He wanted a partner in the love between us.

He wanted a partner in the love between us

وما أنا من في الحب يقبل للشرك

وما أنا من في الحب يقبل للشرك

أرى إن هذا للمحبين منقص

أرى إن هذا للمحبين منقص

And I am not one who accepts partners in love.

And I am not one who accepts polytheism in love

I see this as a failing in lovers.

I see that this diminishes lovers

ولي عنه نهج مستقيم ومخلص

ولي عنه نهج مستقيم ومخلص

وإني امرئ عنه وإن عز مشخص

وإني امرئ عنه وإن عز مشخص

And I have a straight path away from him, and an escape.

And I have a straight and sincere path away from him

And I am a man driven away from him, dear though he is.

And though he is an exalted beloved, I turn away

لأني بالتوحيد في الحب مخلص

لأني بالتوحيد في الحب مخلص

وإيمان قلبي لا يميل إلى الشرك

وإيمان قلبي لا يميل إلى الشرك

For I am devoted to oneness in love.

Because I am loyal to monotheism in love

And my heart’s faith does not incline toward polytheism.

And the faith of my heart does not incline toward polytheism