1. مر الحبيب ولم يكن بمسلم

    ويد الديه الصد والهجران

    The beloved passed by without offering a greeting,

    And [there appeared in him] rejection and estrangement.

  2. لكن أراد من الرقيب تستراً

    قال العواذل أنه غضبان

    Yet he wished to hide from the watcher.

    The reproachers said that he was angry.

  3. فاجتهم لست النبي محمداً

    من لاذ في أعتابه الأكوان

    So [I answered them]: I am not the Prophet Muhammad,

    At whose thresholds all creation sought refuge,

  4. وله تكلمت الوحوش بقفرها

    حتى على تسلم الغزلان

    And to whom the wild beasts spoke in their wilderness,

    That even the gazelles should greet [me].