يا حُسناً ظاهِرُهُ

يا حُسناً ظاهِرُهُ

باطِنُ مَعنى الحُسنِ

باطِنُ مَعنى الحُسنِ

O beauty whose outward form

O beauty whose outward form

is the inward meaning of beauty,

is the inward essence of beauty,

وَجَدانُ قَلبي لَكَ قَد

وَجَدانُ قَلبي لَكَ قَد

أَوجَبَ فَقدِيَ مِنّي

أَوجَبَ فَقدِيَ مِنّي

the rapture of my heart for you has

My heart’s finding you has indeed

made me lose myself.

caused me to lose myself.

يا مُشهِدي مِن حُسنِهِ

يا مُشهِدي مِن حُسنِهِ

ما غِبتُ فيهِ عَنّي

ما غِبتُ فيهِ عَنّي

O you who show me, from his beauty,

O you who show me, of his beauty,

that wherein I vanished from myself,

that in which I became absent from myself,

حاشاكَ أَن يَخيبَ في

حاشاكَ أَن يَخيبَ في

حُسنِكَ حُسنُ ظَنّي

حُسنِكَ حُسنُ ظَنّي

far be it from you that, in

Far be it from you that there should fail, in

your beauty, my fair trust should fail.

your beauty, my hopeful trust.