1. خلني في محبة المحبوب

    فهي عندي نهاية المطلوب

    Leave me in love with the beloved.

    For me, it is the ultimate goal.

  2. وتباعد يا جاهلاً يا خبيثاً

    عن طريقي وعد عن أسلوبي

    And keep far away, O ignorant one, O wicked one,

    from my path, and turn away from my way.

  3. بك لو قد أراد ربك خيراً

    قلت مما عملت يا نفس توبي

    Had your Lord intended good for you,

    you would have said, 'O soul, repent of what you have done.'

  4. لكن الله قد أضلك جهلاً

    بالمقام المعظم المرغوب

    But God has led you astray through ignorance

    of the exalted, sought-after station.

  5. إن تكن قد أعبت ما أنا فيه

    ثم أصبحت منكراً مشروبي

    If you have found fault with what I am in,

    and then come to denounce my drink,

  6. أنت في الكفر حيث تجعل عيباً

    ليس من كان فيه بالمعيوب

    you are in unbelief, since you call it a fault,

    though whoever is in it is not blameworthy.

  7. وعلى الله منكر والنبيي

    ن بما قد عددته في الذنوب

    And you reproach God and the prophets

    for what you have numbered among sins.

  8. فإلَهُ الورى له محبوبٌ

    واسمه المصطفى شفاء القلوب

    For the God of creation has a beloved,

    and his name is al-Mustafa, the healing of hearts.

  9. وكذاك الرسول من جاء يدعو

    نا بحقٍ للفرض والمندوب

    And likewise the Messenger, who came to call

    us, in truth, to obligatory and recommended deeds:

  10. كان محبوبه ابن حارثة زي

    داً تبناه فهو كالمنسوب

    his beloved was Ibn Harithah, Zayd,

    whom he adopted, so he was as one of his lineage.

  11. ولموسى فتاه يوشع محبو

    بٌ وقد جل عن جميع العيوب

    And Moses' young companion Joshua was beloved to him,

    and he was exalted above all faults.

  12. وابن يعقوب وهو يوسف حسن

    كان محبوب ذي التقى يعقوب

    And Jacob's son—Joseph, the fair—

    was beloved of Jacob, the devout.

  13. ثم داوود كان بالحسن مغرى

    وسقى بالجمال ألطف كوب

    Then David was captivated by beauty,

    and was given the most delicate cup of loveliness to drink.

  14. ظن داوود إنما قد فتنا

    ه كما قال عالم بالغيوب

    David realized that We had only tested

    him, as the Knower of the unseen has said.

  15. وكثير من أمة الخير كانوا

    بهوى الحسن في فؤاد طروب

    And many of the community of goodness were

    in love with beauty, with a rapturous heart.

  16. ولنا اسوة بهم عن عفاف

    وتقى واستقامة ورسوب

    And in them we have an example of chastity,

    and piety, uprightness, and steadfastness.

  17. فإذا ما رميتنا بقبيح

    أو ليس الجميع بالمكتوب

    So if you accuse us of something vile,

    is not everything written down?

  18. طبعنا الحب ليس ينفك عنا

    بأباطيل جاهل محجوب

    Love is our nature; it cannot be parted from us

    by the falsehoods of a veiled ignoramus.

  19. لكن الله حسبنا فهو كافي

    نا على كل ذي افتراء كذوب

    But God is enough for us; He suffices

    us against every lying slanderer.