وَصَديقٍ سُرورُهُ بِالصَديقِ

وَصَديقٍ سُرورُهُ بِالصَديقِ

كَسرورِ العَشيقِ بِالمَعشوقِ

كَسرورِ العَشيقِ بِالمَعشوقِ

And a friend whose joy in his friend

And a friend whose joy is in the friend

is like a lover’s joy in the beloved.

Is like a lover's joy in the beloved

كُلُّ يَومٍ أَروحُ مِنهُ وَأَغدو

كُلُّ يَومٍ أَروحُ مِنهُ وَأَغدو

بَينَ لَفظٍ رَطبٍ وَخُلقٍ رَقيقِ

بَينَ لَفظٍ رَطبٍ وَخُلقٍ رَقيقِ

Each day I leave him, evening and morning,

Each day with him my soul takes flight and alights

amid tender speech and a gentle nature,

Between gentle words and refined manners

وَخَريفٍ مِنَ الوَفاءِ نَضيرٍ

وَخَريفٍ مِنَ الوَفاءِ نَضيرٍ

وَرَبيعٍ مِنَ الحِفاظِ أَنيقِ

وَرَبيعٍ مِنَ الحِفاظِ أَنيقِ

and a verdant autumn of faithfulness,

An autumn of fidelity beyond compare

and a lovely spring of loyal devotion.

A spring of graceful loyalty

فَقَضى اللَهُ حَقَّهُ مِن نَفيسٍ

فَقَضى اللَهُ حَقَّهُ مِن نَفيسٍ

يَقتَضي نَفسَهُ قَضاءَ الحُقوقِ

يَقتَضي نَفسَهُ قَضاءَ الحُقوقِ

So may God render him his due—such a precious soul,

So God has taken his due from my soul

who demands of himself the discharge of obligations.

That now takes its due from other souls