1. It delights me with a tale as if it were
The clear water of al-Safa flowing over my confused liver

2. You say you see in my poetry all magic
And how can my heart overcome such magic

3. It turns me between joy and sorrow
Sometimes I see ice and sometimes embers

4. And if it weren't for it, your love would not have stormed my mind
And I would not have become a master freely wandering with it

5. And I would not have fallen into your grasp confused
And your mouth and cheek would not have touched me

6. So glory to Him who gave you the power of His spirit
And made the spirits submissively yielding to you perforce

7. Be gentle with those whom you have made love-crazed
As you see a sign in the page of the universe that does not settle

8. Lo! This divine poetry is immortal
And it suffices Thurayya that you cast poetry with it