لِطَيْبَةْ فِي قُلَيْبِي شَان

اللَّهْ اللَّهُ اللَّهْ اللَّهُاللَّهْ اللَّهُ اللَّهْ اللَّهُ

Allāh Allāhu Allāh Allāhu, Allāh Allāhu Allāh Allāhu

Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah.

لِطَيْبَةْ فِي قُلَيْبِي شَانوَذِكْرُهَا جَلَا لِلرَّان

Liṭayba fī qulaybī shān, Wadhikruhā jalā lilrrān

Tayba holds a great place in my little heart, and its remembrance has polished away the rust.

بِهَا قَدْ حَلَّ نُوْرُ العَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Bihā qad ḥalla nuwru al-ʿayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

In it dwells the light of my eye, and I love the beloved, the fair one.

دَوَا لِلْقَلْبِ نُورِ النُّورْقُلَيْبِي بِهْ غَدَا مَعْمُور

Dawā lilqalbi nūri an-nūr, Qulaybī bih ghadā maʿmūr

Medicine for the heart, light of light, through him my little heart has come to flourish.

فَأَيْنَ أَهْلُ المَحَبَّةْ أَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Faʾayna ahlu al-maḥabba ayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

So where are the people of love, where? And I love the beloved, the fair one.

فَأَصْغُوا لِلْكَلَامْ بِامْعَانسَأُلْقِيهَا دُرَرْ يَا اخْوَان

Faʾaṣghū lilkalām bimʿān, Saʾulqīhā durar yā khwān

Listen attentively to the words; I will cast them as pearls, O brothers,

مِنْ أَبْحُر سَيِّدِ الكَوْنَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Min abḥur sayyidi al-kawnayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

From the oceans of the master of both worlds; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

أَبُوا الزَّهْرَا ضِيَا قَلْبِيبِرِضْوَانِهْ رِضَى رَبِّي

Abū az-zahrā ḍiyā qalbī, Biriḍwānih riḍā rabbī

The father of al-Zahra' is the light of my heart; in his good pleasure is my Lord's good pleasure.

وَهُوَ جَدُّ الحَسَنْ وَحُسَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Wahuwa jaddu al-ḥasan waḥusayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

He is the grandfather of al-Hasan and Husayn; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

وَأُمِّي بَابْ لَهُ وَاسِعْلَهَا قَدْرٌ عَلِيّ رَافِعْ

Waʾummī bab lahu wāsiʿ, Lahā qadrun ʿaliyy rāfiʿ

And my mother is a wide door to him, with a lofty, exalted rank;

سَحَائِبُهَا عَلَيّ صَبَّيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Saḥāʾibuhā ʿalayy ṣabbayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

Her clouds have poured upon me; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

وَكَمْ قَدْ أَكْرَمَتْ بِاشْيَابِهَا المَيِّتْ نَعَمْ يَحْيَى

Wakam qad akramat bishyā, Bihā al-mayyit naʿam yaḥyā

How many things she has been honoured with, through which the dead, yes, come to life!

يَحُوزُ السَّعْد فِي الدَّارَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Yaḥūzu as-saʿd fī ad-dārayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

One wins happiness in both worlds; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

بِهَا قَدْ زَان وَتَشَرَّفبَقِيعُ الغَرْقَدِ الأَشْرَفْ

Bihā qad zān watasharraf, Baqīʿu al-gharqadi al-ʾashraf

Through her has been adorned and honoured the most noble Baqi' al-Gharqad;

كُسِي حُلَّةْ سَنَاهَا الزَّيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Kusī ḥulla sanāhā az-zayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

It has been clothed in a robe of fair radiance; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

وَهِيَ لِي نُور يَتَوَقَّدوَبَحْرٌ لِلْعَطَا يَمْتَدّ

Wahiya lī nūr yatawaqqad, Wabaḥrun lilʿaṭā yamtadd

She is for me a blazing light, and an ocean of giving that stretches far;

سُيُولُه لِلْوَرَى يَجْرَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Suyūluh lilwarā yajrayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

Its torrents flow to all creation; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

وَكَمْ أَعْطَتْ وَكَمْ وَهَبَتْإِذَا نَادَيْتُهَا لَبَّتْ

Wakam aʿṭat wakam wahabat, Idhā nādaytuhā labbat

How much she has given, how much bestowed! When I call her, she answers.

وَهِيَ ذُخْرِي فِي الدَّارَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Wahiya dhukhrī fī ad-dārayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

She is my treasure in both worlds; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

تُرَاعِي فِي القِيَام وَالنَّوْموَفِي اللَّيْلَةْ لَنَا وَاليَوْم

Turāʿī fī al-qiyām wa-an-nawm, Wafī al-layla lanā wa-al-yawm

She watches over us standing and sleeping, by night and by day,

وَفِي الأَمْرَيْن وَالحَالَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Wafī al-ʾamrayn wa-al-ḥālayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

In both affairs and both states; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

أَنَا فِي وَسْط مَرْعَاهَاحَلَالِي الشُّرْبُ مِنْ مَاهَا

Anā fī wasṭ marʿāhā, Ḥalālī ash-shurbu min māhā

I am in the midst of her pasture; drinking her water is lawful to me;

سَقَتْنِي يَدُهَا الكَاسَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Saqatnī yaduhā al-kāsayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

Her hand gave me the two cups to drink; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

فَهِيَ فَخْرِي وَهِيَ ذُخْرِيلِإِعْسَارِي مَع يُسْرِي

Fahiya fakhrī wahiya dhukhrī, Liʾiʿsārī maʿ yusrī

She is my pride and my treasure, for my hardship and my ease,

وَهِي لِي قُرَّةُ العَيْنَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Wahī lī qurratu al-ʿaynayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

And she is the delight of my eyes; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

وَهِيَ رُوحِي وَهِيَ سِرِّيوَهِيَ أُنْسِي وَهِيَ بِشْرِي

Wahiya rūḥī wahiya sirrī, Wahiya unsī wahiya bishrī

She is my spirit and my secret, my intimacy and my joy;

بِهَا اللَّحْظَات لِي يَحْلَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Bihā al-laḥẓāt lī yaḥlayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

Through her my moments are sweet; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

وَابُوهَا قَدْ بَنَى دَارِيوَرَاعَى سَائِر أَطْوَارِي

Wābūhā qad banā dārī, Warāʿā sāʾir aṭwārī

And her father built my house, and watched over all my stages,

وَشَيَّد وَبَنَى الحِصْنَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Washayyad wabanā al-ḥiṣnayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

And raised and built the two fortresses; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

فَهَاتُوا ذِكْرَهُمْ هَيَّافَقَلْبِي بِهِمُ يَحْيَى

Fahātū dhikrahum hayyā, Faqalbī bihimu yaḥyā

So bring their remembrance, come, for my heart lives through them,

وَيُدْرِك بِالسّلَا أُنْسَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Wayudrik bi-as-slā unsayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

And through consolation finds a double intimacy; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

مُحَمَّد سَيِّد الأَكْوَانعَلَيْهِ أُنْزِلَ القُرْآن

Muḥammad sayyid al-ʾakwān, ʿalayhi unzila al-qurʾān

Muhammad, master of all creation, upon whom the Qur'an was sent down,

يُجَلِّي لِلْكَدَر وَالرَّيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Yujallī lilkadar wa-ar-rayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

Polishes away turbidity and rust; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

وَابُو الحَسَنَيْن عَالِي الشَّانوَرِث أَسْرَار لِلتِّبْيَان

Wābū al-ḥasanayn ʿālī ash-shān, Warith asrār lilttibyān

And the father of al-Hasan and al-Husayn, of lofty rank, inherited secrets of clear exposition

عَنْ احْمَد سَيِّدِ الكَوْنَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

ʿan ḥmad sayyidi al-kawnayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

From Ahmad, master of both worlds; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

حَسَن حُسْنِي وَهُو زَيْنِيحُسَيْنِ الرُّكْنِ وَالحِصْنِ

Ḥasan ḥusnī wahū zaynī, Ḥusayni ar-rukni wa-al-ḥiṣni

Hasan is my beauty and my adornment, Husayn my pillar and my fortress;

فَأَنْعِمْ بِالحَسَن وَحُسَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Faʾanʿim bi-al-ḥasan waḥusayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

How blessed are al-Hasan and Husayn! And I love the beloved, the fair one.

لَهُمْ فَضْل سَنِي يُتْلَىبِآيَاتِ العَلِي الأَعْلَى

Lahum faḍl sanī yutlā, Biʾāyāti al-ʿalī al-ʾaʿlā

They have a sublime virtue that is recited in the verses of the High, the Most High,

وَأَخْبَارِ النَّبِيِّ الزَّيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Waʾakhbāri an-nabiyyi az-zayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

And in the reports of the fair Prophet; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

فَسُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَوْلَىتَعَالَى رَبُّنَا جَلَّا

Fasubḥāna al-ladhī awlā, Taʿālā rabbunā jallā

So glory be to the One who granted it; exalted is our Lord, and majestic;

مِنَنْهُ قَطُّ مَا يُحْصَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Minanhu qaṭṭu mā yuḥṣayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

His favours can never be counted; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

وَصَلُّوا دَائِماً صَلُّواعَلَى احْمَد مَنْ بِهِ نَعْلُو

Waṣallū dāʾiman ṣallū, ʿalā ḥmad man bihi naʿlū

And send blessings always, send blessings upon Ahmad, through whom we climb

مَرَاقِي العِزِّ فِي الدَّارَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Marāqī al-ʿizzi fī ad-dārayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

The stairways of honour in both worlds; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

عَلَيْهِ رَبُّنَا صَلَّىوَآلِه وَالَّذِي وَالَا

ʿalayhi rabbunā ṣallā, Waʾālih walladhī wālā

Upon him our Lord has sent blessings, and upon his family and those who befriended him,

وَصَحْبِهْ خِيرَةِ الجُنْدَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Waṣaḥbih khīrati al-jundayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

And his Companions, the best of both armies; and I love the beloved, the fair one.

وَتَمَّ القَوْلُ يَا اخْوَانِيوَذَا كَاسٌ حَلَا هَانِي

Watamma al-qawlu yā khwānī, Wadhā kāsun ḥalā hānī

The words are complete, my brothers, and this is a cup sweet to drink:

خُذِ السُّقْيَا مِنَ الكَاسَيْنوَأَنَا احِبُّ الحَبِيبْ الزَّيْن

Khudhi as-suqyā mina al-kāsayn, Waʾanā ḥibbu al-ḥabīb az-zayn

Take your drink from the two cups; and I love the beloved, the fair one.