1. The roses lasted long for you and nights were sleepless for me,
While people slept, I stayed awake in loneliness.

2. Everyone else collected and picked from your meadows,
And they stayed and settled by the spring of beauty.

3. They even forbid me from wandering around,
My soul ruptured for you while they stayed.

4. They came to you, praised you, while for me they closed
The doors of praising you, so words became mute.

5. I come closer to mention what I have attained, so I waver
In shyness, my legs too narrow to carry my load.

6. Do I want to reach from the abyss to touch the heights?
The highest place cannot be a lasting abode.

7. My burden paralyzes me, and sorrow makes me speechless,
So that words die upon my tongue before they're spoken.

8. I set out towards you, O Beloved of God, yearning
To have my sins and burdens removed.

9. I hope to reach you before the night of my life is over,
The night whose thorns are...sins and sorrows.

10. O you whose birth made the horizons shine with
The rays of your light, dispelling all darkness.

11. Shall I remain thirsty while others drink?
Shall I be banned from the Prophet's pool?

12. How can I enter the domain of the Chosen One
When my soul is confused and my sins plenty?

13. Whenever I try to guide myself to you
Hardships pour so guidance becomes difficult.

14. What can I say when thousands of masterful poems
Preceded me, etched by pens?

15. They praised you but despite their loyalty
They never reached the essence of your glory, so praise falls short.

16. I came to you confused, a captive who cannot see,
Perplexed - my poetry is hindered by hesitation.

17. My soul torn like a lost child
Deprived of the crowds he loves.

18. I stood crying at your grave
Then inspiration and senses began to flow.

19. Visions, bright like dreams, came one after another
And my heart was filled with tranquility and peace.

20. O essence of my soul, o light of your love in my blood
A sparkle that illuminates my conscience and resolve.

21. You are the Beloved, you are the one who guided us
Until Islam enlightened our hearts.

22. You fought on, never submitted or feared enemies
One protected by God, how can he be wronged?

23. You filled the universe with light, so images
Of darkness vanished, and idols were destroyed.

24. Grief fills my being, O Beloved, for Muslims
Have deviated from the path and gone astray.

25. Humiliation prevails, souls are gloomy,
And dwarfs assault the great.

26. Sorrow has become our bread, so our evenings are
Melancholy, and the taste of our mornings is pain.

27. Despair has cast its shadow upon our souls
As if the face of daylight was darkness.

28. Wherever I looked, there was blindness in the eyes
And rubble of darkness piled upon hearts.

29. Distress has deprived us of sleep, so how can one sleep
When his cradle is made of thorns?

30. O essence of all that is good, Muslims are disgraced
With no savior; dreams are shattered.

31. They rage when an enemy takes their homes
Yet violating a Muslim's honor is trivial.

32. Held captive by confusion and torn to pieces
As if they were sheep amongst mankind.

33. They fell asleep and humiliation slept on their eyelids,
No wonder, determination and resolve are lost!

34. O guide of both worlds, is there an invocation
That calls those asleep to arise?