1. Does dawn wake and sober from the intoxication of passion?
And turn away from the promises of the inhabitants of desire?

2. Alas! Rather, the fingers of longing have rekindled his passion,
And the hand of recollection spreads what was folded.

3. To al-‘Aqiq he wandered, though he had been tranquil,
And after the infatuation subsided there appeared to him

4. A flash of lightning whose gleam revealed his weakness,
So he confessed the secret of his love,

5. And poured forth from the water of his eyes, his eyes,
And prolonged his burning grief and increased his yearning.

6. Alas for him! The lightning disclosed the traces of his anguish,
Like a loyal sword that bared its blade.

7. It appears like the border of a cloak without its lining,
Difficult to climb, with parts made inaccessible,

8. Since he met with words of mutual understanding,
He drank tears until he was intoxicated and lost consciousness,

9. And the intoxication of love overcame him and he did not recover,
He wished to banish sorrow so his eyelids would close,

10. And he wanted to heal the wounds of his sleepless eyes,
So he went to look - how the lightning flashed - but he could not bear

11. To look at it, and glory be to God, it turned him away.
Does the heart obey him and return from the claim of love?

12. And recover from the pretence of passion?
While the lightning reveals his secret and spreads it?

13. Tell the tale of what his tears have recounted!
Where is its ardour and obsession in love?

14. For the fire has not enveloped his ribs,
Nor has the water allowed his eyelids to be stained.