1. The future belongs to him who loves, though he
May have sinned much, for he is pardoned for what he did.
١. مُسْتَقْبَلٌ بالّذي يَهْوَى وإنْ كَثُرَتْ
مِنه الذُّنوبُ ومَقْبُولٌ بما صَنَعا
2. He has an intercessor to erase his misdeeds
From hearts. He is eminent wherever he intercedes.
٢. في وجهِه شافِعٌ يَمْحو إساءَتَه
من القلوب وجِيهٌ أينما شَفَعا
3. It is as though the sun emerged from his clothes
In beauty, or the moon rose from his buttons.
٣. كأَنما الشمسُ من أَثوابه برزَت
حُسْناً أو البدرُ من أَزرارِه طَلَعا