لِي فِي هَوَاكُمْ مَذْهَبٌ مُذْهَبُ

لِي فِي هَوَاكُمْ مَذْهَبٌ مُذْهَبُ

ومَطْلَبٌ مَامِثْلُهُ مَطْلَبُ

ومَطْلَبٌ مَامِثْلُهُ مَطْلَبُ

In loving you, I have a path by which I am carried away,

In love for you, mine is a gilded path,

and a quest beyond compare.

and a quest unlike any other quest.

أًَصْبَحْتُ عَبْداً رَاضِياً بالَّذِي

أًَصْبَحْتُ عَبْداً رَاضِياً بالَّذِي

تَرْضُونَ لاَ أَرْجُو وَلاَ أَرْهَبُ

تَرْضُونَ لاَ أَرْجُو وَلاَ أَرْهَبُ

I became a servant, content with whatever

I have become a slave, content with what

you desire; I neither hope nor fear.

you approve of; I neither hope nor fear.

إِذَا تَجَلَّى كَاسُ سَاقِيكُمُ

إِذَا تَجَلَّى كَاسُ سَاقِيكُمُ

كُنْتُ لَهُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَشْرَبُ

كُنْتُ لَهُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَشْرَبُ

Whenever your cupbearer’s cup is revealed,

Whenever your cupbearer's cup shines forth,

I was the first to drink from it.

I am the first to drink from his cup.

وَإِنْ تَغَنَّى بِاسْمِكُمْ مُنْشِدٌ

وَإِنْ تَغَنَّى بِاسْمِكُمْ مُنْشِدٌ

فَإِنَّني أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَطْرَبُ

فَإِنَّني أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَطْرَبُ

And if a singer chants your name,

And if a singer sings your name,

then I am the first to be enraptured.

then I am the first to be enraptured.

يَا قَمَراً في مُهْجَتِي لَمْ يَزَلْ

يَا قَمَراً في مُهْجَتِي لَمْ يَزَلْ

مَطْلَعُهُ المَّشْرقُ وَالمَغْرِبُ

مَطْلَعُهُ المَّشْرقُ وَالمَغْرِبُ

O moon within my very soul, whose rising place has ever been

O moon within my heart's core, always

both east and west;

your rising place has been the east and the west.

وَيَا غَزَالاً في فُؤادِي لَهُ

وَيَا غَزَالاً في فُؤادِي لَهُ

مَرْعىً وَمِنْ دَمْعِي لَهُ مَشْرَبُ

مَرْعىً وَمِنْ دَمْعِي لَهُ مَشْرَبُ

and O gazelle for whom my heart provides

And O gazelle, within my heart you have

a pasture, and my tears a drinking place—

a pasture, and from my tears a place to drink.

مَا العَيْشُ إلاَّ في هَوَاكَ الَّذِي

مَا العَيْشُ إلاَّ في هَوَاكَ الَّذِي

كُلُّ نَعِيمٍ فَلَهُ يُنْسَبُ

كُلُّ نَعِيمٍ فَلَهُ يُنْسَبُ

life is nothing but loving you, a love

Life is only in love for you, to which

to which every bliss is ascribed.

every bliss is ascribed.