كيفَhow أنساكَI forget you وأنتَand you الأملُthe hope
كيفَ أنساكَ وأنتَ الأملُ
أيهاO المَولىthe master الذيwho لاnot يَصِلُgrants union
أيها المَولى الذي لا يَصِلُ
How can I forget you, when you are my hope?
How can I forget you when you are hope itself
O master who grants no union.
O Master whom none can reach
بأبيmy father as ransom وجهُكَyour face ياO منone who وجهُهُhis face
بأبي وجهُكَ يا من وجهُهُ
حَسنٌbeautiful يقبحُis ugly فيهconcerning it العذلُreproach
حَسنٌ يقبحُ فيه العذلُ
May my father be ransom for your face, O you whose face
By my father your face, O you whose face
Is beautiful, and reproach concerning it is ugly.
Is beautiful, in it ugliness is unimaginable
إنماonly أنتyou ضياءٌa light ساطعٌshining
إنما أنت ضياءٌ ساطعٌ
يملأfills العينَthe eye وغصنٌand a bough خضلُlush
يملأ العينَ وغصنٌ خضلُ
You are but a shining light
You are but a brilliant light
That fills the eye, and a lush bough.
That fills the eye, and a lush branch
أنتَyou حسبيenough for me بعدَafter منthe one whom أعبدُهُI worship him
أنتَ حسبي بعدَ من أعبدُهُ
وعليهِand on him فيin الهوىlove أتكلُI rely
وعليهِ في الهوى أتكلُ
You are enough for me, after the one I worship;
You are my sufficiency after whom I worship
And on him I rely in love.
And on whom in love I rely