كَونِيَ في كَونِ حَبيبي الَّذي

كَونِيَ في كَونِ حَبيبي الَّذي

قَد غَرَبَت في شَرقِهِ نَفسي

قَد غَرَبَت في شَرقِهِ نَفسي

My being within the being of my beloved,

Be in the universe of my beloved in whom

in whose east my soul has set,

My soul has become estranged in his east

مِثلُ ضِياءِ البَدرِ في لَيلِهِ

مِثلُ ضِياءِ البَدرِ في لَيلِهِ

بادٍ وَلا يُشهَدُ بِالشَمسِ

بادٍ وَلا يُشهَدُ بِالشَمسِ

is like the full moon's light in its night:

Like the moonlight in its night

manifest, yet unseen in sunlight.

Fading though the sun is unseen

وَالفَصلُ في وَصلِهِما ظاهِرٌ

وَالفَصلُ في وَصلِهِما ظاهِرٌ

لِلعَقلِ مَحجوبٌ عَنِ الحِسِّ

لِلعَقلِ مَحجوبٌ عَنِ الحِسِّ

And the distinction within their union is apparent

And the difference between their union is clear

to reason, veiled from the senses.

To the mind, obscured from the senses