أَلحُبُّ رُوحٌ أَنْتَ مَعناهُ

أَلحُبُّ رُوحٌ أَنْتَ مَعناهُ

وَالحُسنُ لَفْظٌ أَنتَ مَبْنَاهُ

وَالحُسنُ لَفْظٌ أَنتَ مَبْنَاهُ

Love is a spirit; you are its meaning.

Love is a spirit, you are its meaning,

And beauty is a word; you are its form.

Beauty is a word, you are its essence,

وَالأُنْسُ عهدٌ أنت جَنتهُ

وَالأُنْسُ عهدٌ أنت جَنتهُ

وَاللفظُ رَوضٌ أَنتَ مَغناهُ

وَاللفظُ رَوضٌ أَنتَ مَغناهُ

And intimacy is a covenant; you are its paradise.

Company is a bond, you are its paradise,

And speech is a garden; you are its dwelling place.

Speech is a garden, you are its song.

إِرْحَمْ فؤاداً فِي هَوَاكَ غدا

إِرْحَمْ فؤاداً فِي هَوَاكَ غدا

مَضْنًى وَحُمَّاهُ حُميَّاهُ

مَضْنًى وَحُمَّاهُ حُميَّاهُ

Have mercy on a heart that, through love of you, has grown

Have mercy on a heart gone mad with love for you,

Worn out, and its fever is love's heady fervor.

Sick and fevered, in flames and simmering.

تمَّت بِرُؤْيَتِكَ المُنى فحكَتْ

تمَّت بِرُؤْيَتِكَ المُنى فحكَتْ

حِلماً تَمَتَّعْنَا بِرُؤْيَاهُ

حِلماً تَمَتَّعْنَا بِرُؤْيَاهُ

At the sight of you, wishes were fulfilled, and so resembled

With the sight of you wishes were fulfilled,

A dream we delighted in beholding.

A dream we delighted in seeing.

يَا طِيبَ عيْنِي حِين آنسهَا

يَا طِيبَ عيْنِي حِين آنسهَا

يَا سَعْدَ قَلْبِي حِين ناجَاهُ

يَا سَعْدَ قَلْبِي حِين ناجَاهُ

Oh, my eye's delight when he gladdened it!

O light of my eye when it gazed upon you,

Oh, my heart's joy when he whispered to it!

O joy of my heart when it confided in you.