شُغِفَ المُحِبُّ بِحُبِّ ظَبْيَةِ عَامِرِ

شُغِفَ المُحِبُّ بِحُبِّ ظَبْيَةِ عَامِرِوَصَبَا إِلَيْهَا بِالفُؤَادِ وَنَاظِرِ

Shughifa al-muḥibbu biḥubbi ẓabyati ʿāmiri, Waṣabā ilayhā bi-al-fuʾādi wanāẓiri

The lover is enamoured of the gazelle of 'Amir, yearning for her with heart and eye,

مَحْبُوبَةٍ مَحْجُوبَةٍ إِلَّا عَلَىذِي عِفَّةٍ وَتُقىً كَتُومٍ صَابِرِ

Maḥbūbatin maḥjūbatin illā ʿalā, Dhī ʿiffatin watuqan katūmin ṣābiri

Beloved, veiled except to one who is chaste, pious, discreet and patient,

يَرْضَى مِنَ الدُّنْيَا الغَرُورِ بِبُلْغَةٍلَا يَتَّسِعْ فِيهَا اتِّسَاعَ البَاطِرِ

Yarḍā mina ad-dunyā al-gharūri bibulghatin, Lā yattasiʿ fīhā ttisāʿa al-bāṭiri

Content with a bare sufficiency from the deceiving world, not living in it at ease like the insolent.

تِلْكَ الغَزَالُ العَامِرِيَّةُ كَمْ سَبَتْوَرَمَتْ بِأَسْهُمِ لَحْظِ طَرْفٍ فَاتِرِ

Tilka al-ghazālu al-ʿāmiriyyatu kam sabat, Waramat biʾashumi laḥẓi ṭarfin fātiri

That gazelle of 'Amir, how many she has captivated, shooting the arrows of a languid glance

لِمُتَيَّمٍ حِلْفِ الصَّبَابَةِ وَالجَوَىيَرْعَى النُّجُومَ بِجُنْحِ لَيْلٍ دَاجِرِ

Limutayyamin ḥilfi aṣ-ṣabābati wa-al-jawā, Yarʿā an-nujūma bijunḥi laylin dājiri

At an enthralled one, sworn ally of yearning and passion, watching the stars in the depths of a dark night!

أَفْدِي سُوَيْكِنَةَ النَّقَا وَمُحَجَّرٍبِبَقِيَّةٍ مِنْ رَسْمِ جِسْمٍ دَاثِرِ

Afdī suwaykinata an-naqā wamuḥajjarin, Bibaqiyyatin min rasmi jismin dāthiri

I ransom the little dweller of al-Naqa and Muhajjar with what remains of a wasted body's trace.

مَنْ لِي وَهَلْ لِي أَنْ أَرَاهَا زَائِراًسَحَراً وَقَدْ نَامَ الرَّقِيبُ العَاثِرِ

Man lī wahal lī an arāhā zāʾiran, Saḥaran waqad nāma ar-raqību al-ʿāthiri

Who will grant me, can I hope, to see her as a visitor before dawn, when the stumbling watcher sleeps?

هِيَ بَهْجَتِي هِيَ وِجْهَتِي هِيَ قِبْلَتِيفِي حِينِ أَسْجُدُ لِلإِلَهِ الغَافِرِ

Hiya bahjatī hiya wijhatī hiya qiblatī, Fī ḥīni asjudu lilʾilahi al-ghāfiri

She is my joy, my direction, my qibla when I prostrate to God, the Forgiving,

لِيْ وَلِغَيْرِي مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ مَذْهَبِيمِمَّنْ تَصَوَّفَ فِي الزَّمَانِ الغَابِرِ

Liy walighayrī min aʾimmati madhhabī, Mimman taṣawwafa fī az-zamāni al-ghābiri

Mine and that of others among the imams of my way, those who followed the Sufi path in ages past,

وَلِغَيْرِنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ قِبْلَتِنَا الَّتِيصَلَّى إِلَيْهَا كُلُّ عَبْدٍ ذَاكِرِ

Walighayrinā min ahli qiblatinā al-latī, Ṣallā ilayhā kullu ʿabdin dhākiri

And of others besides us among the people of our qibla, toward which every remembering servant has prayed,

مُتَمَسِّكٍ مُتَنَسِّكٍ مُتَبَتِّلٍلِلَّهِ فِي إِعْلَانِهِ وَسَرَائِرِ

Mutamassikin mutanassikin mutabattilin, Lillāhi fī iʿlānihi wasarāʾiri

Holding fast, devout, wholly devoted to Allah in public and in private.

وَالآنَ فَلْنَرْقَ إِلَى أَنْ نَنْتَهِيفِي العِلْمِ وَالرُّوحِ اللَّطِيفِ الطَّائِرِ

Wa-al-ʾāna falnarqa ilā an nantahī, Fī al-ʿilmi wa-ar-rūḥi al-laṭīfi aṭ-ṭāʾiri

Now let us ascend until we reach the end in knowledge and in the subtle, soaring spirit,

فَنُشَاهِدُ الأَمْلَاكَ حَوْلَ صَفِيحِهَامُسْتَقْبِلِينَ لِنَحْوِ عَرْشِ الفَاطِرِ

Fanushāhidu al-ʾamlāka ḥawla ṣafīḥihā, Mustaqbilīna linaḥwi ʿarshi al-fāṭiri

And witness the angels around its heavens, facing toward the Throne of the Originator.

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ عَنَتِ الوُجُوهُ لِوَجْهِهِبِتَذَلُّلٍ وَتَخَشُّعٍ وَتَصَاغُرِ

Subḥāna man ʿanati al-wujūhu liwajhihi, Bitadhallulin watakhashshuʿin wataṣāghuri

Glory be to Him before whose Face all faces are humbled in abasement, humility and lowliness,

الوَاحِدِ المَلِكِ الجَلِيلِ تَقَدَّسَتْأَوْصَافُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ كُلِّ مُدَابِرِ

Al-wāḥidi al-maliki al-jalīli taqaddasat, Awṣāfuhu ʿan qawli kulli mudābiri

The One, the King, the Majestic, whose attributes are holy beyond the words of all who turn their backs,

مِنْ مُشْرِكٍ أَوْ شَاكِكٍ مُتَرَدِّدٍفِي اللهِ وَاليَوْمِ المَعَادِ الآخِرِ

Min mushrikin aw shākikin mutaraddidin, Fī Allāhi wa-al-yawmi al-maʿādi al-ʾākhiri

Whether an idolater or a doubter wavering about Allah and the Last Day of Return.

آمَنْتُ بِاللهِ العَظِيمِ وَكُتْبِهِوَرَسُولِهِ الهَادِي الأَمِينِ الطَّاهِرِ

ʾāmantu billāhi al-ʿaẓīmi wakutbihi, Warasūlihi al-hādī al-ʾamīni aṭ-ṭāhiri

I believe in Allah the Mighty and in His books, and in His Messenger, the guide, the trustworthy, the pure,

خَتْمِ النَّبِيِّينَ الكِرَامِ جَمِيعِهِمْصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ اللهُ عَدَّ المَاطِرِ

Khatmi an-nabiyyīna al-kirāmi jamīʿihim, Ṣallā ʿalayhi Allāhu ʿadda al-māṭiri

Seal of all the noble prophets; may Allah bless him as often as the rain falls,

وَالآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ الكِرَامِ وَتَابِعٍمِنْ كُلِّ أَوَّاهٍ مُنِيبٍ شَاكِرِ

Wa-al-ʾāli wa-aṣ-ṣaḥbi al-kirāmi watābiʿin, Min kulli awwāhin munībin shākiri

And his family, his noble Companions, and every follower, every one tender-hearted, turning to Allah, grateful.