بحمدك رَبي قَد بَلغت مَرادي

بحمدك رَبي قَد بَلغت مَرادي

وَزالَ غَرام كان ملء فُؤادي

وَزالَ غَرام كان ملء فُؤادي

Thanks be to You, my Lord, I have attained my desire;

With praise to You, my Lord, I have attained my desire.

and a passion that once filled my heart has vanished.

And the passion that filled my heart has vanished.

وَبدّلتعرباً وَلذَّ لي

وَبدّلتعرباً وَلذَّ لي

ضَلالي في دين الهَوى لرشادي

ضَلالي في دين الهَوى لرشادي

I traded it for an earnest pledge; and sweet to me became

And I exchanged [unclear wording], and sweet to me was

my straying in love’s religion, in place of my right guidance.

My straying in the faith of love, for my right guidance.