1. روحي لأسرار الرؤى عطشى

    أخشى معارجها ولا أخشى

    My soul thirsts for the secrets of visions.

    I fear their stairways, yet I do not fear.

  2. إن ردني قلقي إلى قلقي

    يغشى الهوى في القلب ما يغشى

    If my anxiety returns me to my anxiety,

    Love veils what it veils within the heart.

  3. عشقي يكبلني ويطلقني

    أخفيه لا يُخفى ولايُفشى

    My passion fetters me and sets me free.

    I hide it; it is not hidden, nor is it divulged.

  4. فأهيم في أسرار خافيتي

    علَّ الرؤى من غيبها تنشى

    So I wander in the secrets of my hidden self.

    Perhaps the visions will emerge from their unseen realm.

  5. يا من له أسعى وبي دنف

    نقّشّ الهوى في أضلعي نقشا

    O you for whom I strive, while I am lovesick,

    Love has etched a pattern within my ribs.

  6. يلقي سكينته على فزعي

    ويعد لي نحو المدى ممشى

    It casts its serenity upon my terror,

    And prepares a path for me toward the horizon.

  7. يمتد في نزعات مضطربي

    والنفس تنبش نشوتي نبشا

    It stretches through the impulses of my turmoil,

    And the soul digs up my ecstasy.

  8. فأخال أني تهت عن سببي

    والريح تحمل للرؤى نعشا

    So I imagine that I have strayed from my reason,

    And the wind carries a bier for the visions.

  9. فإذا نوافذه تعانقني

    وترشني من نوره رشّا

    Then, suddenly, its windows embrace me,

    And shower me with its light.

  10. فكأنني عمياء مبصرة

    وكأنما حلم الرؤى أعشى

    So it is as though I were a blind woman who sees,

    And as though the dream of visions were night-blind.