خلت الأكوان ممن هو في قلبي مقيم

خلت الأكوان ممن هو في قلبي مقيم

لا يغيب وبه نلت الكمال

لا يغيب وبه نلت الكمال

The worlds are empty of him who dwells in my heart.

The universes are empty of the one who dwells in my heart

He is never absent; through him I attained perfection.

He never leaves, and through him I attained perfection

فانقلوا يا قوم عمن لي في ليلي نديم

فانقلوا يا قوم عمن لي في ليلي نديم

ذا الحبيب أنا منه كالظلال

ذا الحبيب أنا منه كالظلال

So tell, O people, of him who is my companion in my night.

So convey, O people, the one who is my companion in my dark night

This beloved—I am like the shadows he casts.

This beloved, I am to him like shadows

واحد لما تثني هام فيه ذو الغرام

واحد لما تثني هام فيه ذو الغرام

والظنون تجعل الفرد كثير

والظنون تجعل الفرد كثير

One—when he became two, the passionate lover was enraptured by him.

When one becomes infatuated with him, the lonely becomes many

And conjectures make the single one many.

Suspicions make the individual plentiful

نال منه ما تمنى عاشق البدر التمام

نال منه ما تمنى عاشق البدر التمام

والعيون كم لها فينا قتال

والعيون كم لها فينا قتال

The lover of the perfect full moon gained from him what he wished for.

He attained from him what the lover of the full moon wished for

And the eyes—how many battles they wage among us!

And how many battles have eyes fought against us

ما على ذا الوجه حاجب وهو ظاهر لا سواه

ما على ذا الوجه حاجب وهو ظاهر لا سواه

عندنا جل من غير شبيه

عندنا جل من غير شبيه

No veil covers this face; he alone is manifest.

Nothing adorns this face except him, apparent without any equal

For us, he is exalted, with no equal.

To us he is the most majestic without any like

فعلينا الموت واجب إنما الموت حياه

فعلينا الموت واجب إنما الموت حياه

مذ دنا بجلال وجمال

مذ دنا بجلال وجمال

So death is incumbent upon us; death is nothing but life,

Death is obligatory upon us, but death is life

Since he drew near with majesty and beauty.

When he came near with his majesty and beauty

لم يزل ربي يحيي للنبي المصطفى

لم يزل ربي يحيي للنبي المصطفى

والصحاب كل وقت وزمان

والصحاب كل وقت وزمان

My Lord never ceases to send greetings to the chosen Prophet,

My Lord never ceased giving life to the Prophet Mustafa

And the Companions, at every moment and in every age,

And all the Companions every time and era

ما روى عبد الغني عن نبا أهل الوفا

ما روى عبد الغني عن نبا أهل الوفا

ذا الكتاب وتهنى بالعيال

ذا الكتاب وتهنى بالعيال

As long as Abd al-Ghani recounts the tidings of the faithful

What Abdel Ghani narrated from the tidings of the people of loyalty

In this book, and delights in his family.

This book, and he was blessed with children