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أَوْقَدْتَّ فِي قَلْبِي هَوَاكْ

Awqadta Fi Qalbi Hawak

Abu Madyan al-Tilimsani أبو مدين شعيب التلمساني

الله اللهالله الله

Allāh Allāh, Allāh Allāh

Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah.

أَوْقَدْتَّ فِي قَلْبِي هَوَاكْوَقُلْتَ لِي إِيَّاكْ تَبُوحْ

Awqadtta fī qalbī hawāk, Waqulta lī iyyāk tabūḥ

You kindled love for You in my heart, and told me: "Beware of revealing it."

أَمْ كَيْفَ لِي أَعْشَقْ سِوَاكْوَأَنْتَ لِي جِسْمٌ وَرُوحْ

Am kayfa lī aʿshaq siwāk, Waʾanta lī jismun warūḥ

How could I love anyone but You, when You are my body and my soul?

لَمَّا بَدَا مِنْكَ القَبُولْأُخْرِجْتُ مِنْ سِجْنِ الأَسَا

Lammā badā minka al-qabūl, Ukhrijtu min sijni al-ʾasā

When acceptance appeared from You, I was released from the prison of sorrow,

وَزُجَّ بِي عَيْنُ الوُصُولْوَصِرْتُ بِكَ مُؤْنَسَا

Wazujja bī ʿaynu al-wuṣūl, Waṣirtu bika muʾnasā

And ushered into the very source of union, and came to find intimacy in You.

وَلَسْتَ مِنْ قَلْبِي تَزُولْبَيْنَ الصَّبَاحْ وَالمَسَا

Walasta min qalbī tazūl, Bayna aṣ-ṣabāḥ wa-al-masā

You never leave my heart, between morning and evening.

اَلنَّظْرَهْ فِيكْ يَا جَمِيلْنَعِيشْ بِهَا عَيْشَا رَغَدْ

An-naẓrah fīk yā jamīl, Naʿīsh bihā ʿayshā raghad

A glance at You, O Beautiful One, lets us live a life of plenty.

أَنْتَ المَحَجَّهْ وَالدَّلِيلْمَنْ ذَا يُطِيقْ عَنْكَ البِعَادْ

Anta al-maḥajjah wa-ad-dalīl, Man dhā yuṭīq ʿanka al-biʿād

You are the way and the guide; who could bear to be far from You?

يَا رَاحَةَ القَلْبِ العَلِيلْفِيكَ اجْتَمَعْ كُلُّ المُرَادْ

Yā rāḥata al-qalbi al-ʿalīl, Fīka jtamaʿ kullu al-murād

O rest of the ailing heart, in You all desires are gathered.

By Abū Madyan Shuʿayb (d. c. 594 AH / 1198 CE). Arabic text from Qasida Collection (qasidacollection.com), used with permission.

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