سَلَامٌ سَلَامٌ

سَلَامٌ سَلَامٌ كَمِسْكِ الخِتَامْعَلَيْكُمْ أُحَيْبَابَنَا يَا كِرَامْ

Salāmun salāmun kamiski al-khitām, ʿalaykum uḥaybābanā yā kirām

Peace, peace like the musk of the seal, upon you, our dear beloveds, O noble ones,

وَمَنْ ذِكْرُهُمْ أُنْسُنَا فِي الظَّلَامْوَنُورٌ لَنَا بَيْنَ هَذَا الأَنَامْ

Waman dhikruhum unsunā fī aẓ-ẓalām, Wanūrun lanā bayna hadhā al-ʾanām

Whose remembrance is our intimacy in the dark, and a light for us among these people.

سَكَنْتُمْ فُؤَادِي وَرَبِّ العِبَادْوَأَنْتُم مَرَامِي وَأَقْصَى المُرَادْ

Sakantum fuʾādī warabbi al-ʿibād, Waʾantum marāmī waʾaqṣā al-murād

You have dwelt in my heart, by the Lord of His servants, and you are my aim and my furthest desire.

فَهَلْ تُسْعِدُونِي بِصَفْوِ الوِدَادْوَهَلْ تَمْنَحُونِي شَرِيفَ المَقَامْ

Fahal tusʿidūnī biṣafwi al-widād, Wahal tamnaḥūnī sharīfa al-maqām

Will you make me happy with pure love, and will you grant me a noble station?

أَنَا عَبْدُكُمْ يَا أُهَيْلَ الوَفَاوَفِي قُرْبِكُمْ مَرْهَمِي وَالشِّفَا

Anā ʿabdukum yā uhayla al-wafā, Wafī qurbikum marhamī wa-ash-shifā

I am your servant, O dear people of faithfulness, and in your nearness is my balm and my healing.

فَلَا تُسْقِمُونِي بِطُولِ الجَفَاوَمُنُّوا بِوَصْلٍ وَلَوْ فِي المَنَامْ

Falā tusqimūnī biṭūli al-jafā, Wamunnū biwaṣlin walaw fī al-manām

So do not make me ill with long estrangement, but grant union, even if in a dream.

أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَى عَلَى حُبِّكُمْوَذُلِّي لَدَيْكُمْ وَعِزِّي بِكُمْ

Amūtu waʾaḥyā ʿalā ḥubbikum, Wadhullī ladaykum waʿizzī bikum

I die and live upon your love; my humility is before you and my honour through you.

وَرَاحَاتُ رُوحِي رَجَا قُرْبِكُمْوَعَزْمِي وَقَصْدِي إِلَيْكُمْ دَوَامْ

Warāḥātu rūḥī rajā qurbikum, Waʿazmī waqaṣdī ilaykum dawām

The repose of my spirit is the hope of your nearness, and my resolve and my aim are toward you forever.

فَلَا عِشْتُ إِنْ كَانَ قَلْبِي سَكَنْإِلَى البُعْدِ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ وَالوَطَنْ

Falā ʿishtu in kāna qalbī sakan, Ilā al-buʿdi ʿan ahlihi wa-al-waṭan

May I not live if my heart has grown at ease with distance from its people and its homeland,

وَمَنْ حُبُّهُمْ فِي الحَشَا قَدْ قَطَنْوَخَامَرَ مِنِّي جَمِيعَ العِظَامْ

Waman ḥubbuhum fī al-ḥashā qad qaṭan, Wakhāmara minnī jamīʿa al-ʿiẓām

And from those whose love has settled in my heart and permeated all my bones.

إِذَا مَرَّ بِالقَلْبِ ذِكْرُ الحَبِيبْوَوَادِي العَقِيقِ وَذَاكَ الكَثِيبْ

Idhā marra bi-al-qalbi dhikru al-ḥabīb, Wawādī al-ʿaqīqi wadhāka al-kathīb

When the mention of the beloved passes through the heart, and of the valley of al-'Aqiq and that dune,

يَمِيلُ كَمَيْلِ القَضِيبِ الرَّطِيبْوَيَهْتَزُّ مِنْ شَوْقِهِ وَالغَرَامْ

Yamīlu kamayli al-qaḍībi ar-raṭīb, Wayahtazzu min shawqihi wa-al-gharām

It sways like a tender branch, and trembles with longing and passion.

أَمُوتُ وَمَا زُرْتُ ذَاكَ الفِنَاوَتِلْكَ الخِيَامَ وَفِيهَا المُنَى

Amūtu wamā zurtu dhāka al-finā, Watilka al-khiyāma wafīhā al-munā

I will die without having visited that courtyard, and those tents where my wishes lie,

وَلَمْ أَدْنُ يَوْماً مَعَ مَنْ دَنَالِلَثْمِ المُحَيَّا وَشُرْبِ المُدَامْ

Walam adnu yawman maʿa man danā, Lilathmi al-muḥayyā washurbi al-mudām

Never having drawn near one day with those who drew near, to kiss the face and drink the wine.

لَئِنْ كَانَ هَذَا فَيَا غُرْبَتِيوَيَا طُولَ حُزْنِي وَيَا كُرْبَتِي

Laʾin kāna hadhā fayā ghurbatī, Wayā ṭūla ḥuznī wayā kurbatī

If this is so, oh, my exile! Oh, my long grief, oh, my distress!

وَلِي حُسْنُ ظَنٍّ بِهِ قُرْبَتِيبِرَبِّي وَحَسْبِي بِهِ يَا غُلَامْ

Walī ḥusnu ẓannin bihi qurbatī, Birabbī waḥasbī bihi yā ghulām

Yet my good opinion is my nearness to my Lord, and He suffices me, young man.

عَسَى اللهُ يَشْفِي غَلِيلَ الصُّدُودْبِوَصْلِ الحَبَايِبْ وَفَكِّ القُيُودْ

ʿasā Allāhu yashfī ghalīla aṣ-ṣudūd, Biwaṣli al-ḥabāyib wafakki al-quyūd

Perhaps Allah will heal the burning thirst of rejection with union with the beloveds and the loosening of chains,

فَرَبِّي رَحِيمٌ كَرِيمٌ وَدُودْيَجُودُ عَلَى مَنْ يَشَا بِالمَرَامْ

Farabbī raḥīmun karīmun wadūd, Yajūdu ʿalā man yashā bi-al-marām

For my Lord is Merciful, Generous, Loving; He grants whom He wills their desire.