نَسَمَاتُ هَوَاكَ لَهَا أَرَجُ

نَسَمَاتُ هَوَاكَ لَهَا أَرَجُتَحْيَا وَتَعِيشُ بِهَا الْمُهَجُ

Nasamātu hawāka lahā araju, Taḥyā wataʿīshu bihā al-muhaju

The breezes of Your love have a fragrance by which hearts live and thrive.

دَخَلُوا فُقَرَاءَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَاوَكَمَا دَخَلُوا مِنْهَا خَرَجُوا

Dakhalū fuqarāʾa ilā ad-dunyā, Wakamā dakhalū minhā kharajū

They entered the world poor, and just as they entered it, they left it.

قَوْمٌ فَعَلُوا خَيْراً فَعَلَوْاوَعَلَى دَرَجِ الْعَلْيَا دَرَجُوا

Qawmun faʿalū khayran faʿalaw, Waʿalā daraji al-ʿalyā darajū

A people who did good and rose high, and climbed the steps of the heights.

يَا بَدْرُ عَلَامَ الْهَجْرُ دُجَىفَالْقَلْبُ لِفَقْدِكَ يَنْزَعِجُ

Yā badru ʿalāma al-hajru dujā, Fa-al-qalbu lifaqdika yanzaʿiju

O full moon, why this desertion in the dark? The heart is distressed at losing you.

لَا أَعْتِبُ قَلْبَ الْغَافِلِ عَنْكَفَلَيْسَ عَلَى الْأَعْمَى حَرَجُ

Lā aʿtibu qalba al-ghāfili ʿanka, Falaysa ʿalā al-ʾaʿmā ḥaraju

I do not reproach the heart that is heedless of You, for there is no blame upon the blind.

يَا مُدَّعِياً لِطَرِيقِهِمُبَادِرْ فَطَرِيقُكَ مُنْعَرَجُ

Yā muddaʿiyan liṭarīqihimu, Bādir faṭarīquka munʿaraju

O you who claim to follow their path, hurry, for your path is crooked.

تَهْوَى لَيْلَى وَتَنَامُ اللَّيْلْلَعَمْرُكَ ذَا فِعْلٌ سَمِجُ

Tahwā laylā watanāmu al-layl, Laʿamruka dhā fiʿlun samiju

You love Layla and sleep through the night? By your life, that is an ugly deed!

يَا بَدْرُ بَذْلٍ لَنْ نَبْرَحَعَنْ بَابِ الْحِبِّ فَهَلْ نَلِجُ

Yā badru badhlin lan nabraḥa, ʿan bābi al-ḥibbi fahal naliju

O full moon of generosity, we will not leave the door of the beloved; may we enter?

فَمَتَى بِوِصَالِكَ يَا أَمَلِيأَلْحَانُ الْحُبِّ لَهَا هَزَجُ

Famatā biwiṣālika yā amalī, Alḥānu al-ḥubbi lahā hazaju

When, through union with you, O my hope, will the melodies of love sound in the hazaj?

شَرِبُوا بِكُؤُوسِ تَفَكُّرِهِمْمِنْ صِرْفِ هَوَاكَ وَمَا مَزَجُوا

Sharibū bikuʾūsi tafakkurihim, Min ṣirfi hawāka wamā mazajū

They drank, in the cups of their contemplation, the pure wine of Your love, and did not mix it.

فَهُمُ الْمَعْنَى فَهُمُ مَعْنَىوَبِذِكْرِ اللهِ لَهُمْ لَهَجُ

Fahumu al-maʿnā fahumu maʿnā, Wabidhikri Allāhi lahum lahaju

They understood the meaning, for they are meaning; and their tongues are ever eager with the remembrance of Allah.