1. دار ريّا يا حسنها دار ريّا

    ساقت البسط والسرور إليا

    Rayyā's abode—how lovely is Rayyā's abode!

    It brought me expansiveness and joy.

  2. قم بنا نغتنم أويقات أنس

    عندها ثَمَّ بكرة وعشيا

    Rise with us; let us seize brief moments of intimacy,

    there in her presence, morning and evening.

  3. واخبر القوم بالذي هو فيها

    من تجل يُعيد من مات حيا

    And tell the people what is within her:

    a manifestation that restores the dead to life.

  4. ثم نادي بين الأحبة عني

    في اتّباعي وقل لقلبك هيا

    Then call out among the beloved on my behalf,

    urging them to follow me; and tell your heart, 'Come!'

  5. هذه حضرة الهوى والتصابي

    تنبت الرشد والضمان عليا

    This is the court of love and youthful dalliance;

    it brings forth right guidance, and I guarantee it.

  6. دار محبوبة القلوب تجلت

    فرأينا للعشق أمراً جليا

    An abode beloved of hearts revealed itself,

    and we saw the workings of love made plain.

  7. تقذف الروح من مكان خفيٍّ

    لا ترى مثله مقاماً حفيا

    She casts the spirit from a hidden place;

    you see no station like it, so welcoming.

  8. كان موسى بها الكليم وعيسى

    ناطق المهد حين كان صبيا

    Through her Moses was God's interlocutor, and Jesus

    spoke in the cradle when he was a child.

  9. وهي ريّا كما تسمت رأينا

    ماءها ترتوي به الروح ريا

    And she is Rayyā, as she named herself; we saw

    her water, with which the spirit drinks its fill.

  10. عشقتها رجالنا في سواها

    فإذا أسفرت محتهم سويا

    Our men loved her in what was other than her;

    then, when she unveiled herself, she effaced them all.

  11. كل من جاءها تبدت عليه

    بنقاب السوى فكان نجيا

    To everyone who came to her, she revealed herself

    beneath the veil of otherness, and he became her confidant,

  12. حيث لم يدر وهي تدري ولكن

    ستر الكون أمرها المقضيا

    though he did not know, while she knew; yet

    the cosmos concealed her ordained affair.

  13. عش نديمي في ظلها كيف كانت

    وترقى بها المقام العليا

    Live, my boon companion, in her shade, however she may be,

    and through her you ascend to the highest station.

  14. وتأدب فإنها فيك جلت

    عنك تبديك آمراً ونَهِيّا

    And be reverent, for within you she is exalted

    beyond you, revealing you as one who commands and forbids.

  15. وهواها بها يسوق إليها

    والسوى يقذف المكان القصيا

    And love of her leads, through her, to her,

    while otherness casts one into a far-off place.