Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Araftul Hawa, artist - Sami Yusuf.
Date of issue: 31.01.2016
Song language: English
Araftul Hawa |
I only knew love when I knew love of Thee, |
I sealed up my heart against Thy enemy. |
I stood long in converse with Thee, who doth see |
My heart’s inner secrets, but Thou I don’t see. |
My love is twin loves, yet the twain are for Thee, |
The first’s for Thy love, and the other’s for Thee. |
And as for the first, which is love of Thy love: |
Remembrance complete, not distracted from Thee, |
Remembrance complete, not distracted from Thee. |
‘Araftul-hawā mudh ‘araftu hawāk |
Wa-'aghlaqtu qalbī ‘alā man ‘ādāk |
(I only knew love when I knew love of Thee, |
I sealed up my heart against Thy enemy.) |
And as for the second: my true love of Thee, |
I see Thou as present in all that I see. |
All praise to Thy name, and no praises for me, |
For Thine is the glory in all unity, |
For Thine is the glory in all unity. |
‘Araftul-hawā mudh ‘araftu hawāk |
Wa-'aghlaqtu qalbī ‘alā man ‘ādāk |
(I only knew love when I knew love of Thee, |
I sealed up my heart against Thy enemy.) |
'Uḥibbuka ḥubbayni, ḥubba l-hawā |
Wa-ḥubban li-'annaka 'ahlu l-lidhāk |
[My love is twin loves, yet the twain are for Thee, |
The first’s for Thy love, and the other’s for Thee.] |
Fa-'amma l-ladhī huwa ḥubbul-hawā |
Fa-shughlī bi-dhikrika ‘an man siwāk |
[And as for the first, which is love of Thy love: |
Remembrance complete, not distracted from Thee.] |
Wa-'amma l-ladhī 'anta 'ahlu l-lahu |
Fa-lastu 'ara l-kawna ḥattā 'arāk |
[And as for the second: my true love of Thee, |
I see Thou as present in all that I see.] |
Fa-la l-ḥamdu fī dhā wa-lā dhāka lī |
Wa-lākin laka l-ḥamdu fī dhā wa-dhāk |
[All praise to Thy name, and no praises for me, |
For Thine is the glory in all unity.] |