مَولايَ عَزَّ فَلا يَهونُ

مَولايَ عَزَّ فَلا يَهونُ

وَقَسا عَلَيَّ فَما يَلينُ

وَقَسا عَلَيَّ فَما يَلينُ

My lord is exalted and will not be brought low;

My Master! Mighty, he does not relent

My master has grown mighty, so he is not easily humbled,

and he is cruel to me and will not soften.

And harsh to me, he does not soften

And he has been harsh with me, refusing to soften.

حُيِّيتَ لي مِن مُبغِضٍ

حُيِّيتَ لي مِن مُبغِضٍ

فَعَلَيكَ رَبّي أَستَعينُ

فَعَلَيكَ رَبّي أَستَعينُ

Long may you live for me, hater that you are;

You have revived in me a hater

May you be preserved for me, even as one who loathes me,

so I seek my Lord’s help against you.

So my Lord, on You I depend

For I seek the aid of my Lord in enduring you.

يا مَن حَديثي حَيثُ كُن

يا مَن حَديثي حَيثُ كُن

تُ بِوَصفِهِ أَبَداً يَكونُ

تُ بِوَصفِهِ أَبَداً يَكونُ

O you—my talk, wherever I may

O You who hears my talk wherever

O you, about whom my conversation—wherever I am—

be, is always a description of you,

You are with it forever spoken

Is eternally devoted to describing his charms,

حَتّى يُقالَ فَكَم إِذَن

حَتّى يُقالَ فَكَم إِذَن

ماذا هَوى هَذا جُنونُ

ماذا هَوى هَذا جُنونُ

until people say, “How long, then?

Until it's said how then

Until people ask, 'How much more, then?'

This is not love—this is madness!”

Is this madness bespoken

'What passion is this? This is sheer madness!'

ظَبيٌ عَلَيهِ مَلاحَةٌ

ظَبيٌ عَلَيهِ مَلاحَةٌ

عُنِيَت بِطَلعَتِهِ العُيونُ

عُنِيَت بِطَلعَتِهِ العُيونُ

A gazelle adorned with loveliness;

A gazelle, hunted ceaselessly

A gazelle possessed of such exquisite grace,

eyes are absorbed in his countenance.

Eyes attracted by his beauty

That all eyes are captivated by his appearance.

سَبَقَ القَضاءُ لِحُسنِهِ

سَبَقَ القَضاءُ لِحُسنِهِ

أَلّا يَكونَ لَهُ قَرينُ

أَلّا يَكونَ لَهُ قَرينُ

Fate decreed beforehand, for his beauty,

Fate has ordained for his fairness

Divine decree has foreordained regarding his beauty,

that he should have no peer.

He shall have no equal, surely

That there shall never be an equal unto him.