Sami Yusuf - I Only Knew Love

Sami Yusuf - I Only Knew Love

From the deluxe version of album "Barakah"

| Info |
Lyrics : Rabia Al-‘Adawiyyah
English translation : Dr. Tim Winter
Melody : Traditional Islamic (Andalusian)
Arrangement : Sami Yusuf
Mix : Vishnu Rajan

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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

Chorus:

عرفتُ الهوى مُذ عرفتُ هواك

و أغلقتُ قلبي على من عداك

(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

Chorus

أُحِبُّكَ حُبيَن , حُبَّ الهوى

و حُباً لأنكَ أهلٌ لذاك

فأما الذي هو حُبُّ الهوى

فشُغلي بذكركَ عن من سواك

و أما الذي أنتَ أهلٌ له

فلستُ أرى الكونَ حتى أراك

Chorus

فلا الحمدُ في ذا ولا ذاك لي

و لكن لك الحمدُ في ذا ذاك

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