Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song I Only Knew Love , by - Sami Yusuf. Song from the album Barakah, in the genre Музыка мираRelease date: 05.06.2016
Record label: ante
Song language: English
I Only Knew Love |
| 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, |
| 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, |
| 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, |
| 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, |