1. When the caller to guidance called out, repeating,
Their yearning responded like doves cooing.
١. لما دعا داعي الرشاد مردِّداً
لبّوه شوقاً كالحمام صوادحا
2. So they bustled at daybreak, rising,
Kindling with the fire of yearning within you the wings.
٢. فلهم عجيج بالبسيطة صاعد
يذكي بنار الشوق منك جوانحا
3. Jesus marched with the intimate beloved ones
Mounting the steed of resolute determination charging ahead.
٣. عيسى تهادى بالمحبين الألى
ركبوا من العزم المصمم جامحا
4. Their passions took flight competing,
So they left behind the standards the riders loosening.
٤. طارت بهم أشواقهم سبّاقةً
فتركن أعلام المطيّ روازحا
5. Gently with them for they are a creation like you,
Radiant travelers traversing the wide desert.
٥. رفقاً بهن فهنّ خلق مثلكم
أنضاء أسفار قطعن منادحا
6. They came in multitudes to the Guide led themselves,
And tread the path to Abtahi plateaus and dunes.
٦. قد جُبن للهادي وهاداً جمّة
وسلكن نحو الأبطحيّ أباطحا