لو أن بَرهَمَ نال مني مثلما

لو أن بَرهَمَ نال مني مثلما

قد نلتِ من حبي وفرط ولوعي

قد نلتِ من حبي وفرط ولوعي

If Brahma had received from me as much

If Barham had attained from me as much as

As you have received of my love and my intense passion,

I gained of love, passion, and yearning for you

لأَعدَّ لي فوق الملائك رتبةً

لأَعدَّ لي فوق الملائك رتبةً

وغدت جنانُ الخلد بعض رَبوعي

وغدت جنانُ الخلد بعض رَبوعي

He would have prepared for me a rank above the angels,

He would have ranked me above angels

And the gardens of eternity would have become some of my abodes.

And made the gardens of eternity just one of my meadows

لما تجلى نُوركِ الاسمى على

لما تجلى نُوركِ الاسمى على

فكري استقرَّ على هواكِ جميعي

فكري استقرَّ على هواكِ جميعي

When your highest light shone upon

When the light of your most high essence shone upon

My mind, my whole being settled upon loving you.

My mind, my whole self settled on loving you

من قبل توحيدي لحسنك في الورى

من قبل توحيدي لحسنك في الورى

لم ينسحق قلبي وتجرِ دموعي

لم ينسحق قلبي وتجرِ دموعي

Before I affirmed your beauty's oneness among humankind,

Before professing your peerless beauty

My heart had not been crushed, nor had my tears flowed.

My heart never broke nor my tears flowed

فاليكِ ثاب توسُّلي وتهجُّدي

فاليكِ ثاب توسُّلي وتهجُّدي

ولديك طاب تضرعي وخشوعي

ولديك طاب تضرعي وخشوعي

So to you returned my supplication and my night prayers,

So to you belongs the merit of my supplication and vigil

And in your presence my pleading and humble reverence grew sweet.

And with you lies the joy of my pleading and humility

ولأنتِ مَقدِسُ مهجتي وسماؤها

ولأنتِ مَقدِسُ مهجتي وسماؤها

ولأنت قبلة سجدتي وركوعي

ولأنت قبلة سجدتي وركوعي

And you are indeed my soul's sanctuary and its heaven,

You are the sanctuary of my soul and its sky

And you are indeed the qibla of my prostration and bowing.

You are the direction of my prostration and bowing

أنتِ الذي اعنيهِ حين اقول يا

أنتِ الذي اعنيهِ حين اقول يا

مولاي رقَ لذلَّتي وخضوعي

مولاي رقَ لذلَّتي وخضوعي

You are the one I mean when I say, 'O

It's you I mean when I say "O my Master"

My lord, have pity on my abasement and submission.'

Be gentle with my lowliness and humility

منكِ الحية بكِ الممات عليك

منكِ الحية بكِ الممات عليك

متكلي اليكِ اذا فررتُ رجوعي

متكلي اليكِ اذا فررتُ رجوعي

From you comes life; through you comes death; on you

With you is life, through you is death, in you

I rely; to you I return when I flee.

I trust, to you I return when I escape

جوري اظلمي وتحكمي لا ترحمي

جوري اظلمي وتحكمي لا ترحمي

اجري دمي فالعبدُ خيرُ مطيع

اجري دمي فالعبدُ خيرُ مطيع

Be unjust, oppress, and rule as you please; show no mercy.

Wrong me, oppress me, show no mercy

Let my blood flow, for the slave is the most obedient.

The servant is best when obedient

لم تبدع الاكوانُ مثلي مغرماً

لم تبدع الاكوانُ مثلي مغرماً

قبلي ولا بعدي عديم هجوعِ

قبلي ولا بعدي عديم هجوعِ

The worlds have never fashioned a passionate lover like me,

No creatures were created loving so much before or after me

Before me or after me, bereft of sleep.

Or as bereft, not hoping to be sated