1. يا مَن له صورة تستعبد الصوَرا

    يا جامعاً من جميع الخلق مختصَرا

    O you whose form enslaves all forms,

    O you who gather in yourself the essence of all creation,

  2. إن كنتَ جئتَ لذاك الذنب معتذراً

    فأذنِبِ الآن وارجع بَعدُ معتذِرا

    If you have come apologizing for that sin,

    Then sin now, and return afterward apologizing.

  3. سقياً لذلك ذنباً كان لي سبباً

    إلى وصال غزالٍ طال ما هَجرا

    May rain bless that sin, which was my means

    To union with a gazelle who had long shunned me.

  4. ذا الوجه ليس بمغضوبٍ عليه ومَن

    يغضب على مثل هذا الوجه قد خسرا

    This face is not an object of anger; and whoever

    Is angry at a face like this has surely lost.

  5. دع وصفَ حُسنِ حسينٍ حين تذكره

    فان حُسنَ حسينٍ جاوز القَدَرا

    Leave off describing Husayn's beauty when you mention him,

    For Husayn's beauty has surpassed all measure.

  6. أتى وفتيان صدقٍ حوله فحكَوا

    كواكباً وحكى من بينهم قَمَرا

    He came with true-hearted youths around him, and they resembled

    Stars, while he resembled a moon among them.

  7. فلو ترى حُسنه من بين حُسنهمُ

    لقلت ذا مَلِكٌ حَفَّت به الوُزَرا

    And if you could see his beauty amid their beauty,

    You would say, 'This is a king surrounded by ministers.'