1. يا من جلا عن ناظري

    غيم السوى لا تحتجب

    O you who cleared from my sight

    The cloud of all else, do not veil yourself.

  2. وإذا سألتك حاجتي

    يا سيدي لي فاستجب

    And when I ask you for what I need,

    O my master, then answer me.

  3. فاز الذي لاحت له

    من خلف هاتيك الستور

    Triumphant is he to whom appeared,

    From behind those veils,

  4. ذات المحاسن والبها

    تمثال ولدان وحور

    She of beauty and splendor,

    A likeness of youths and houris.

  5. والكل فان عنده

    في غيبة أو في حضور

    And all fades away before him,

    In absence or in presence,

  6. حتى انمحى عن ذاته

    والوصف بالقلب الوجب

    Until he was effaced from his own being

    And from attributes, in the throbbing heart.

  7. وإذا سألتك حاجتي

    يا سيدي لي فاستجب

    And when I ask you for what I need,

    O my master, then answer me.

  8. هذا النقا والمنحنى

    والسفح من وادي زرود

    This is the sand dune and the bend,

    And the slope of the valley of Zarud.

  9. يا من رأى قلبي هناك

    كالطير حائم على الورود

    O you who saw my heart there,

    Like a bird circling to drink,

  10. والجسم مني ها هنا

    باق على حفظ العهود

    And my body—behold—is here,

    Still keeping the pledges.

  11. نادي وقل كم ذا نجا

    ئب همتي لك تجتنب

    Call out and say: how long shall the noble camels

    Of my resolve shun you?

  12. وإذا سألتك حاجتي

    يا سيدي لي فاستجب

    And when I ask you for what I need,

    O my master, then answer me.

  13. قولوا لمن قد لامني

    في حب سعدى والرباب

    Say to the one who has reproached me

    For loving Su‘da and Rabab:

  14. لو ذقت طعم العشق ذب

    ت ومنك هذا الصخر ذاب

    Had you tasted the savor of love, you would have melted,

    And this rock of yours would have melted.