Sami Yusuf - I Only Knew Love lyrics
[Sami Yusuf - I Only Knew Love lyrics]
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
‘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 еnemy)
And as for the second: my truе 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
‘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)
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
‘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 еnemy)
And as for the second: my truе 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
‘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)