سكر المحبّ وما به

سكر سوى أنس الحبيب

The sweetness of the lover and its essence

Is the sweetness of the beloved's company

فيا لها من سكرة

حصل المنا ونأي الرقيب

What a sweetness it is!

We attained wishes and the watcher went away

فلا يذوق أبداً صفا

من لا له فيها نصيب

So one who has no share in it will never taste purity

Goodness did not taste good to one whom

طيبوا فلا طابت له

من ربه من لا يطيب

His Lord did not apportion a share of goodness

Be good, so you may live in comfort

طيبوا به تستأنسوا

من يوسف لا تيأسوا

Do not despair of Yusuf

Be hopeful and explore

وتطلعوا وتحسسوا

How many a frail one has reached well-being

that a doctor had despaired of

كم مسقم وافا الشقا

وما تعاناه طبيب

And how often a matter thought remote

came to pass on the heels of its like!

ولربّ أمر قد نأى

أتى على قدر قريب

God does what He desires

Of the possible or the impossible

اللَه يفعل ما يشا

من ممكن أو مستحيل

So no mighty one can overcome Him

Nor can any eminent one resist Him

فلا يغالبه عظيم

ولا يعانده جليل

Nor is His openhandedness constrained

By bestowal of bounty, beauty and good

ولا يضيق بجوده

بذل الجزيل من الجميل

Grasp His love hopefully

For one who hopes in Him will not be disappointed

أمسك بحبك رجائه

فمن رجاه لا يخيب

He is the Capable, the All-Powerful

And the Forgiver of sins

هو القدير القادر

وللخطايا غافر

And the Veiler of defects

There, at His door, lies the haven

وللمساوى ساتر

Of one seeking refuge from fear

In your sorrows you have a Compassionate One

ها هو فالزم بابه

فهناك أمن المستريب

Whose mercy has become abundant

فلكم رحم من ماحل

أضحى برحمته خصيب