عَلى مَن لا أُسَمّيهِ السَلامُ

حَبيبٌ فيهِ قَد ضَجَّ الأَنامُ

Peace be upon the one I do not name

A beloved who has enthralled all people

مَليحٌ كُلَّ ما فيهِ مَليحٌ

مَليحٌ دونَهُ البَدرُ التَمامُ

Graceful, everything about him graceful

Graceful, the full moon is imperfect beside him

وَلي زَمَنٌ أُكاتِمُهُ هَواهُ

وَقَلبي فيهِ صَبُّ مُستَهامُ

I have a time I conceal my passion from him

And my heart toward him pours ardent love

أُقَبِّلُ كَفَّهُ شَوقاً لَفيهِ

إِذا ماصَدَّني عَنهُ اِحتِشامُ

I kiss his hand longing for him

When modesty keeps me from him

وَأَسأَلَهُ وَلَيسَ يُرَدُّ حَرفاً

كَأَنَّ جَوابَ مَسأَلَتي حَرامُ

And I ask him but he doesn't utter a word

As if answering my question were forbidden

وَيُعرِضُ لا يُكَلِّمُني دَلالاً

فَيَغلِبُهُ عَلى ذاكَ اِبتِسامُ

He looks away, not speaking to me coquettishly

Then his smile defeats that aloofness

كَأَنَّ بِهِ لِفَرطِ التيهِ سُكراً

وَقَد لَعِبَت بِعَطفَيهِ المُدامُ

As if drunk from intense bewilderment

And wine has toyed with his sweetness

فَيا مَولايَ كَيفَ تُريدُ قَتلي

وَلي حَقٌّ عَلَيكَ وَلي ذِمامُ

So my master, how can you seek to kill me

When I have a right upon you and a bond?

إِذا ماكُنتَ أَنتَ وَأَنتَ روحي

تَرى تَلَفي فَغَيرُكَ لا يُلامُ

Since you are my soul as well as myself

You see I would perish, and none else is to blame

سَأَلتُكَ حاجَةً فَسَكَتَّ عَنها

وَلي عامٌ أُرَدِّدُها وَعامُ

I asked something of you but you were silent about it

And I have a year I repeat it, and a year

فَرُدَّ لِيَ الجَوابَ بِما تَراهُ

وَكَلِّمني فَما حَرُمَ الكَلامُ

So give me the answer with what you see fit

And speak to me, for speech is not prohibited

وَها أَنا قَد كَشَفتُ إِلَيكَ سِرّي

وَهَذا شَرحُ حالي وَالسَلامُ

And this explains my state, peace