أخلصتَ إخلاصَ المحبِّ المغرمِ

أخلصتَ إخلاصَ المحبِّ المغرمِ

ووفيتَ حتّى جزتَ حَدَّ تَوَهُّمي

ووفيتَ حتّى جزتَ حَدَّ تَوَهُّمي

You showed the devotion of a love-stricken lover,

You gave loyalty with the utmost devotion of an enamored lover,

And kept faith until you surpassed the bounds of my imagining.

And remained faithful to the extent of surpassing my imagination.

ومنَحتني مكنونَ حُبِّك خالصاً

ومنَحتني مكنونَ حُبِّك خالصاً

مَحْضاً مَشُوباً بالمفَاصِلِ والدَّمِ

مَحْضاً مَشُوباً بالمفَاصِلِ والدَّمِ

And you granted me your hidden love, pure,

You granted me the essence of your pure love,

Unalloyed, mingled with joints and blood.

Utterly unadulterated, mingled with joints and blood.

والمرءُ أكرمُ ما يكون إذا غَدَا

والمرءُ أكرمُ ما يكون إذا غَدَا

وَقْفاً على عَهدِ الحِفاظ الأقدَم

وَقْفاً على عَهدِ الحِفاظ الأقدَم

And a man is at his noblest when he becomes

A man is most honorable when he becomes,

Wholly devoted to the oldest covenant of loyalty.

An adherent to the covenant of the most ancient preservers.

ولِذَاك لا يَصْفُو الثناءُ لفاعل

ولِذَاك لا يَصْفُو الثناءُ لفاعل

خيراً ولا يُجْزاه إن لم يُتْمم

خيراً ولا يُجْزاه إن لم يُتْمم

And so praise is not unalloyed for one who does

Thus praise does not become pure for one who does good,

Good, nor is he rewarded for it unless he completes it.

Nor is he recompensed unless he completes it.

فأقلُّ حَقِّك ليس يَبلغُ كُنْهَهُ

فأقلُّ حَقِّك ليس يَبلغُ كُنْهَهُ

وَصْفي له ولو انّه مِلْءُ الفَم

وَصْفي له ولو انّه مِلْءُ الفَم

So even the least of your due cannot be fully conveyed

My least right to you does not reach its essence

By my description of it, even if it fills my mouth.

In my description of it, even if my mouth were full.

يَلقاكَ من قلبي وإن لم تَلقَني

يَلقاكَ من قلبي وإن لم تَلقَني

وُدَّانِ مكتومٌ وبادٍ فاعلَم

وُدَّانِ مكتومٌ وبادٍ فاعلَم

From my heart come to meet you, even if you do not meet me,

It comes to you from my heart even if you do not come to me,

Two loves—one concealed, one manifest—so know this.

A hidden passion and evident doer, so know.

لا والّذي بِيديهِ ما أنا آمِلٌ

لا والّذي بِيديهِ ما أنا آمِلٌ

ما بِتْنَ عنكَ خواطِرِي بالنُّوَّم

ما بِتْنَ عنكَ خواطِرِي بالنُّوَّم

No, by Him in whose hands lies what I hope for,

No - by Him in Whose hand is my soul - I do not hope

My thoughts have never passed a night asleep, heedless of you.

That my thoughts of you are dispelled through sleep.

فلو أنَّ شخصَكَ وَسْطَ أسَودِ ناظِري

فلو أنَّ شخصَكَ وَسْطَ أسَودِ ناظِري

ما كان طَرْفي مِنه بالمتألّم

ما كان طَرْفي مِنه بالمتألّم

So if your form were within the black of my eye,

If your image were amidst the blackness of my sight,

My eye would feel no pain from it.

My eye would not be pained by it.

ولقد سألتُ الله ربَّ محّمدٍ

ولقد سألتُ الله ربَّ محّمدٍ

ودعوتُ فِيكَ له دعاءَ الأبكَم

ودعوتُ فِيكَ له دعاءَ الأبكَم

And indeed I have asked God, the Lord of Muhammad,

And I asked Allah, Lord of Muhammad,

And prayed to Him for you with a mute man's prayer.

And supplicated to Him for you with the prayer of the mute.

وَغدٌ لمِن يرجو السعادةَ في غَدٍ

وَغدٌ لمِن يرجو السعادةَ في غَدٍ

أَشْهَى له من يَومِهِ المتقدم

أَشْهَى له من يَومِهِ المتقدم

And tomorrow, for one who hopes for happiness tomorrow,

And tomorrow for one who hopes for happiness tomorrow,

Is more desirable to him than his day gone by.

Is more delicious for him than his preceding day.