غرامك لي معبدٌ طاهرٌ

غرامك لي معبدٌ طاهرٌ

دعائمه شُيِّدت من ولوعي

دعائمه شُيِّدت من ولوعي

Your love is, to me, a pure temple;

Love for you is a pure temple to me.

Its pillars were raised from my ardor.

Its pillars were erected from my ardor.

تعهدتُ محرابه بالوفاء

تعهدتُ محرابه بالوفاء

وأوقدتُ فيه الهوى من شموعي

وأوقدتُ فيه الهوى من شموعي

I tended its prayer niche with fidelity,

I tended its sanctuary with fidelity,

And within it kindled passion with my candles.

And kindled passion within it from my candles.

جوانبه من دموعيَ قامت

جوانبه من دموعيَ قامت

وأضلعه بُنيت من ضلوعي

وأضلعه بُنيت من ضلوعي

Its walls arose from my tears,

Its sides rose from my tears,

And its ribs were built from my own.

And its ribs were built from my ribs.

ومن ذا رأى هيكلاً في الوجود

ومن ذا رأى هيكلاً في الوجود

يُقام على عمدٍ من دموع

يُقام على عمدٍ من دموع

Who has ever seen, in all existence, an edifice

And who has ever seen a temple in this world

Raised upon pillars made of tears?

Raised upon pillars of tears?