للحبيب الجميل طال اشتياقي

للحبيب الجميل طال اشتياقي

وطعمت الفراق حلو المذاق

وطعمت الفراق حلو المذاق

Long has been my longing for the beautiful beloved.

To my beloved, so beautiful, my longing grew long

And I have tasted separation, sweet to the taste.

And I tasted the sweet flavor of separation

قد فنى جملتي به فاستوى لي

قد فنى جملتي به فاستوى لي

حالتا وصلتي به أو فراقي

حالتا وصلتي به أو فراقي

My whole being has vanished through him; alike to me are

My whole being was consumed with love for him, so it was the same to me

The two states: my union with him or my separation.

Whether we were united or apart

عشقتي فيهم بهم لا بنفسي

عشقتي فيهم بهم لا بنفسي

فاستوى عندي الجفا والتلاقي

فاستوى عندي الجفا والتلاقي

My love for them is through them, not through myself;

I loved him for his own sake, not for mine

So estrangement and meeting have become alike to me.

So his rejection or acceptance were equal to me

مستحقّ الهوى بكلّ كمال

مستحقّ الهوى بكلّ كمال

فهواه وجوب بالانفاق

فهواه وجوب بالانفاق

He merits love for every perfection;

He deserves all love, with every perfection

So love for him is a duty through giving.

Loving him is an obligation, a debt to be paid

كيف لا يستحقّ من هو كريم

كيف لا يستحقّ من هو كريم

مستحقّ بالعطايا وبالأرزاق

مستحقّ بالعطايا وبالأرزاق

How could one who is generous not deserve it?

How could one so generous not deserve

He merits it through gifts and provisions.

To be deserved of gifts and provisions

كلّ حسن لغيره فهو منه

كلّ حسن لغيره فهو منه

فمجاز وليس باستحقاق

فمجاز وليس باستحقاق

Every beauty belonging to another is from him;

Every beauty in another comes from him

Thus it is figurative, not theirs by right.

So it is a metaphor, not real credit

كلّ حسن وان تعاظم حسنا

كلّ حسن وان تعاظم حسنا

فهو من فيض فضله يا رفاقي

فهو من فيض فضله يا رفاقي

Every beauty, however great its loveliness,

Every beauty, though it grows more beautiful

Is from the outpouring of his grace, O my companions.

Comes from the overflow of his grace, my friends

من عشق فانيا فسوف يفنى

من عشق فانيا فسوف يفنى

عاقبة أمره إلى الانمحاق

عاقبة أمره إلى الانمحاق

Whoever loves the perishable will perish;

One who loves the ephemeral will fade away

The end of his course is obliteration.

In the end it leads to annihilation

اعشقوا الباقي الأتمّ جمالا

اعشقوا الباقي الأتمّ جمالا

فهواه في كلّ حال ساقي

فهواه في كلّ حال ساقي

Love the Everlasting, most perfect in beauty;

Love the Eternal, Full of Perfect Beauty

So love for him is a cupbearer in every state.

Loving Him, in every state, is my cupbearer

ساتر للعيوب في كلّ حال

ساتر للعيوب في كلّ حال

دائماً بالجميل للضرّ راقي

دائماً بالجميل للضرّ راقي

He conceals faults in every state,

Veiling flaws, in every case

Ever healing affliction with kindness.

Always gently handling the hurts

هل ترى غيره لكلّ مهمّ

هل ترى غيره لكلّ مهمّ

أو سواه لكلّ الأسواء واقي

أو سواه لكلّ الأسواء واقي

Do you see anyone but him for every pressing concern,

Do you see any other as help for every important matter

Or anyone besides him guarding against all ills?

Or any other as protector from all harms?

لا وكلا ما مثله من معين

لا وكلا ما مثله من معين

في ارتفاع الأذى وحلّ الوثاق

في ارتفاع الأذى وحلّ الوثاق

No, certainly not! There is no helper like him

No, none can equal Him as a source of aid

In lifting harm and loosening bonds.

Lifting affliction and solving knotty problems

ساعة الحقّ ليس يرجى سواه

ساعة الحقّ ليس يرجى سواه

عند حين الأجل وقت السباق

عند حين الأجل وقت السباق

At the hour of truth, none but him is hoped for,

In the moment of truth, none but Him is hoped for

At the moment of death, the time of the race.

At the hour of death, in the final race