شَكَرتُ إِلَهي إِذ بَلى مَن أُحِبُّهُ

شَكَرتُ إِلَهي إِذ بَلى مَن أُحِبُّهُ

بِعِشقِ مَليحٍ في الهَوى لَيسَ يُنصِفُ

بِعِشقِ مَليحٍ في الهَوى لَيسَ يُنصِفُ

I thanked my God when He afflicted the one I love

I thanked my God when the one I love

With love for a beautiful one who deals unfairly in love.

Was afflicted with a beautiful love – in passion there is no fairness.

يُجَرِّعُهُ أَضعافَ ما بي مِنَ الأَذى

يُجَرِّعُهُ أَضعافَ ما بي مِنَ الأَذى

وَيُنحِلُهُ بِالهَجرِ مِنهُ وَيُتلِفُ

وَيُنحِلُهُ بِالهَجرِ مِنهُ وَيُتلِفُ

He makes him drink suffering many times greater than mine,

It makes him drink multiples of the pain I have,

And makes him waste away through separation from him, and destroys him.

And melts him with estrangement though he is the one who estranges.

فَأَورَدَهُ ما أَورَدَ الناسَ في الهَوى

فَأَورَدَهُ ما أَورَدَ الناسَ في الهَوى

وَأَسلَفَهُ الوَجدَ الَّذي كانَ يُسلِفُ

وَأَسلَفَهُ الوَجدَ الَّذي كانَ يُسلِفُ

Thus he was led where he had led others in love,

So it brought him what it brought people in love,

And was lent the anguish he once used to lend.

And made him owe the passion that he used to make others owe.

فَأَصبَحَ مَسلوباً وَإِن كانَ سالِباً

فَأَصبَحَ مَسلوباً وَإِن كانَ سالِباً

فَفي الحُزنِ يَعقوبٌ وَفي الحُسنِ يوسُفُ

فَفي الحُزنِ يَعقوبٌ وَفي الحُسنِ يوسُفُ

So he became the one robbed, though he had been the robber:

So he became dispossessed though he was the dispossessor -

Thus, in sorrow he is Jacob, and in beauty, Joseph.

Thus Jacob in grief and Joseph in beauty.