1. It seemed to you its darkness lingered long,
And dawn appeared while you were that gloom.
١. بَدَا لَكَ طالَ عَنكَ اكتِتَامُهُ
وَلاَحَ صَبَاحٌ كُنتَ أنتَ ظَلامهُ
2. So you're the veil between the heart and the secret of its unseen world,
Had it not been for you, its seal would not have been imprinted.
٢. فَأنتَ حِجَابُ القَلبِ عَن سِرِّ غَيبِهِ
وَلَولاكَ لَم يُطبَع عَلَيكَ خِتَامُهُ
3. When you're absent from it, it settles and relaxes
Upon revelation guarded, its tents pitched.
٣. فَإِن غِبتَ عَنهُ حَلَّ فِيه وَطَنَّبَت
عَلَى الكَشفِ المَصُونِ خِيَامُهُ
4. And a discourse comes that does not bore to hear it -
A gift for us, its prose and composition.
٤. وَجَاءَ حَدِيثٌ لاَ يُملُّ سمَاعُهُ
شَهشيٌّ إلَينَا نَثرُهُ وَنِظَامُهُ