1. A phantom of God passed by and kept me awake,
It startled me due to my misery and years.

2. It passed me by, a sojourner, without union,
And saddened me while worries paired with me.

3. God did not create the like of it among mortals.
Glory to the Lord of Greatness and Favors!

4. Its face seemed, since appearing, a moon
Mounted over the stature of a branch.

5. O you by whom servants were abased
In a temptation among gravest temptations!

6. Turn to me with the face of love, for you have
Prolonged estrangement, turning away my sorrow.

7. You are my passion, though you refuse love,
And you are my plea and utmost longing.

8. Show kindness to one whom you left pining
And favor with a union that will bring me peace.

9. One blaming my weakness shed tears
Whose channels in my eyelids had old traces.

10. I said, "Leave me and him by whom I’m troubled;
I will set right love and guide it wisely."

11. Thus I do not weep for a home declined,
Around which the turns of time revolved.

12. No! Nor do I grieve over past friends
Or heed aught but depicting his beauty.