أَلْفٍ صَلَّى الله عَلَى زَيْنِ الْوُجُودْ

أَلْفٍ صَلَّى الله عَلَى زَيْنِ الْوُجُودْمَنْ سَكَنْ طَيْبَة وَخَيَّمْ فِي زَرُودْ

Alfin ṣallā Allāh ʿalā zayni al-wujūd, Man sakan ṭayba wakhayyam fī zarūd

A thousand blessings of Allah upon the adornment of existence, who dwelt in Tayba and pitched his tent at Zarud.

يَا بُدُورَ الْحَيِّ يَا رَبْعَ الْكِرَامْبَلِّغُو ظَبْيَ الْحِمَى مِنِّي السَّلَامْ

Yā budūra al-ḥayyi yā rabʿa al-kirām, Ballighū ẓabya al-ḥimā minnī as-salām

O full moons of the encampment, O dwelling of the noble, convey my greetings to the gazelle of the sanctuary.

إِنْ تَهَتَّكْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لَا نُلَامْغَلَبَ الْوَجْدُ عَلَيْنَا وَالْغَرَامْ

In tahattaknā ʿalaykum lā nulām, Ghalaba al-wajdu ʿalaynā wa-al-gharām

If we have lost all restraint over you, we are not to blame; ecstasy and passion have overcome us.

لَا يَنَامُ اللَّيْلَ عَاشِقْ مُسْتَهَامْإِنَّمَا النَّوْمُ عَلَى الْعَاشِقْ حَرَامْ

Lā yanāmu al-layla ʿāshiq mustahām, Innamā an-nawmu ʿalā al-ʿāshiq ḥarām

The infatuated lover does not sleep at night; sleep is forbidden to the lover.

سَادَتِي إِنْ لَمْ تَحِنُّو بِاللِّقَامِتُّ وَجْدًا فَلَكُمْ طُولُ الْبَقَاء

Sādatī in lam taḥinnū bi-al-liqā, Mittu wajdan falakum ṭūlu al-baqāʾ

My masters, if you do not grant the kindness of meeting, I will die of ecstasy; and may you live long.

أَنَا إِنْ لَمْ أَهْوَا غِزْلَانَ النَّقَاءأَيُّ فَرْقٍ بَيْنَ قَلْبِي وَالْجَمَادْ

Anā in lam ahwā ghizlāna an-naqāʾ, Ayyu farqin bayna qalbī wa-al-jamād

If I did not love the gazelles of al-Naqa, what difference would there be between my heart and stone?

آنَسَ اللهُ بِكُمْ أَوْقَاتَنَاوَسَقَى وَادِيكُمُ فَيْضَ الْغَمَامْ

ʾānasa Allāhu bikum awqātanā, Wasaqā wādīkumu fayḍa al-ghamām

May Allah grant our times intimacy through you, and may the overflowing clouds water your valley.