1. Say to Taha: O star of literature
Long have I watched, while you hide behind clouds

2. No tower in the horizon holds what yours holds
Fortified, with gates firmly shut

3. If the veil hides you from me, how often in
The wing of night you whisper to me

4. I will find you freed from my fetters in the
Light of my lamp, and lines of my book

5. Hide away as you wish, O star
But not from the eyes of the seekers