أَنْتُمُ أَنْتُمُ أَحِبَّةُ قَلْبِي

أَنْتُمُ أَنْتُمُ أَحِبَّةُ قَلْبِيوَمُرَادِي مِنَ الوُجُودِ وَحَسْبِي

Antumu antumu aḥibbatu qalbī, Wamurādī mina al-wujūdi waḥasbī

You, you alone are the beloveds of my heart, my aim in all existence, and my sufficiency.

وَإِذَا مَا وَجَدْتُكُمْ طَابَ عَيْشِيوَتَوَلَّى هَمِّي وَغَمِّي وَكَرْبِي

Waʾidhā mā wajadtukum ṭāba ʿayshī, Watawallā hammī waghammī wakarbī

When I find you, my life becomes sweet, and my worry, grief and distress depart.

وَيَرِقُّ لِيَ الزَّمَانُ وَيَحْيَاكُلُّ مَيْتٍ مِنِّي وَيَسْهُلُ صَعْبِي

Wayariqqu liya az-zamānu wayaḥyā, Kullu maytin minnī wayashulu ṣaʿbī

Time grows tender toward me, every part of me that was dead comes to life, and my hardship is eased.

شَرِّفُونِي بِالقُرْبِ مِنْكُمْ وَوَصْلٍيَا دَوَائِي مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ وَطِبِّي

Sharrifūnī bi-al-qurbi minkum wawaṣlin, Yā dawāʾī min kulli dāʾin waṭibbī

Honour me with nearness to you and with union, O my cure and my medicine for every illness.

يَا سُكُوناً فِي مُهْجَتِي وَفُؤَادِيلَا بِغَوْرٍ وَلَا بِنَجْدٍ وَكُثْبِ

Yā sukūnan fī muhjatī wafuʾādī, Lā bighawrin walā binajdin wakuthbi

O tranquillity of my soul and my heart, not in the lowlands, nor in Najd and its dunes,

حُبُّكُمْ وَوِدَادُكُمْ حَشْوُ قَلْبِيمِنْ قَدِيمٍ وَقَبْلَ مَاءٍ وَتُرْبِ

Ḥubbukum wawidādukum ḥashwu qalbī, Min qadīmin waqabla māʾin waturbi

Love and affection for you fill my heart, from of old, from before water and clay.

وَإِذَا مَا ذَكَرْتُكُمْ سُرَّ سِرِّيوَاسْتَرَاحَتْ رُوحِي بِأُنْسٍ وَقُرْبِ

Waʾidhā mā dhakartukum surra sirrī, Wastarāḥat rūḥī biʾunsin waqurbi

When I remember you, my inmost being rejoices, and my spirit finds rest in intimacy and nearness.

فَارْتَضُونِي عَبْداً لَكُمْ وَنَزِيلاًوَلَزِيماً لَكُمْ فَقِيراً مُلَبِّي

Fartaḍūnī ʿabdan lakum wanazīlan, Walazīman lakum faqīran mulabbī

So accept me as your servant and your guest, ever clinging to you, poor, answering

دَعْوَةَ الحَقِّ حِينَ يَدْعُو إِلَيْكُمْدَاعِيَ الحَقِّ خَيْرُ عُجْمٍ وَعُرْبِ

Daʿwata al-ḥaqqi ḥīna yadʿū ilaykum, Dāʿiya al-ḥaqqi khayru ʿujmin waʿurbi

The call of truth when the caller of truth calls me to you, the best of Arabs and non-Arabs,

أَحْمَدُ الحَامِدِينَ خَيْرُ البَرَايَاسَيِّدُ المُرْسَلِينَ صَفْوَةُ رَبِّي

Aḥmadu al-ḥāmidīna khayru al-barāyā, Sayyidu al-mursalīna ṣafwatu rabbī

Ahmad, most praising of all who praise, the best of creation, master of the messengers, the chosen of my Lord.

صَلَوَاتٌ مِنَ الإِلَهِ عَلَيْهِوَعَلَى الآلِ خَيْرِ آلٍ وَصَحْبِ

Ṣalawātun mina al-ʾilahi ʿalayhi, Waʿalā al-ʾāli khayri ʾālin waṣaḥbi

Blessings from Allah be upon him, and upon his family, the best of families, and his Companions,

مَا شَرَى بَارِقٌ وَهَبَّ نَسِيمٌوَاسْتَهَلَّتْ غَمَامَةٌ فَوْقَ شِعْبِ

Mā sharā bāriqun wahabba nasīmun, Wastahallat ghamāmatun fawqa shiʿbi

As long as lightning flashes and the breeze blows, and a cloud pours down rain over a mountain pass.