أَما وَالَّذي أَعطاكِ بَطشاً وَقُوَّةً

أَما وَالَّذي أَعطاكِ بَطشاً وَقُوَّةً

وَصَبراً وَأَزراني وَنَقَّصَ مِن بَطشي

وَصَبراً وَأَزراني وَنَقَّصَ مِن بَطشي

Indeed, by Him who gave you might and strength,

I swear by Him who gave you might and power

And patience, yet humbled me and diminished my might,

And patience, and aided me and diminished my might

لَقَد مَحَّضَ اللَهُ الهَوى لَكِ خالِصاً

لَقَد مَحَّضَ اللَهُ الهَوى لَكِ خالِصاً

وَرَكَّبَهُ في القَلبِ مِنّي بِلا غِشِّ

وَرَكَّبَهُ في القَلبِ مِنّي بِلا غِشِّ

God has indeed made love wholly pure for you,

Indeed God made love for you sincere

And planted it in my heart, without deceit.

And embedded it in my heart without any impurity

تَبَرَّأَ مِن كُلِّ الجُسومِ وَحَلَّ بي

تَبَرَّأَ مِن كُلِّ الجُسومِ وَحَلَّ بي

فَإِن مِتُّ يَوماً فَاِطلُبوهُ عَلى نَعشي

فَإِن مِتُّ يَوماً فَاِطلُبوهُ عَلى نَعشي

It withdrew from all bodies and dwelt in me;

It has renounced all other passions and taken hold of me

So if I die one day, seek it upon my bier.

So if I die one day, then seek it on my bier

سَلي اللَيلَ عَنّي هَل أَذوقُ رُقادَهُ

سَلي اللَيلَ عَنّي هَل أَذوقُ رُقادَهُ

وَهَل لِضُلوعي مُستَقَرٌّ عَلى فَرشي

وَهَل لِضُلوعي مُستَقَرٌّ عَلى فَرشي

Ask the night about me: do I taste its slumber?

Ask the night about me, will I taste its slumber

And is there a resting place for my ribs upon my bed?

And will my ribs find rest upon my mattress