وَقَضيبٍ مِن بَناتِ ال

وَقَضيبٍ مِن بَناتِ ال

نَحلِ في قَدِّ الكِعابِ

نَحلِ في قَدِّ الكِعابِ

And a slender rod among the daughters of the

With a staff made of honey bees' daughters in the palm of hardship

bees, with the stature of nubile maidens,

It resembles the lover in color and freely flowing tears

يُشبِهُ العاشِقَ في لَو

يُشبِهُ العاشِقَ في لَو

نٍ وَدَمعٍ ذِي اِنسِكابِ

نٍ وَدَمعٍ ذِي اِنسِكابِ

resembles the lover in col-

The inner self is covered in anxiety while it is bare of clothing

or and freely flowing tears.

So when bodies are well clothed

كُسيَ الباطِنُ مِن

كُسيَ الباطِنُ مِن

هُ وَهوَ عريانُ الإِهابِ

هُ وَهوَ عريانُ الإِهابِ

Clothed was the inner part of

It is distraught, in affliction and torment

it, while its outer skin is bare.

فَاِذا ما نَعَّم الأَب

فَاِذا ما نَعَّم الأَب

دانَ مَلبوسُ الثِيابِ

دانَ مَلبوسُ الثِيابِ

So when comfort is given to bod-

ies by the clothes worn,

فَهوَ لِلشقوةِ مِن

فَهوَ لِلشقوةِ مِن

ها في بَلاءٍ وَعَذابِ

ها في بَلاءٍ وَعَذابِ

then it, through ill fortune, because of

them, is in affliction and torment.