كان الملطف كالقميص أما ترى

كان الملطف كالقميص أما ترى

أبصارنا ردت لنا بملطف

أبصارنا ردت لنا بملطف

The little note was like the shirt—do you not see?

The comforter was like a shirt, don't you see

Our sight was restored to us by a little note.

Our eyes returned to us with a comforter

وافى فسكن نار قلبي رمزه

وافى فسكن نار قلبي رمزه

أسمعتم نارا بنار تنطفي

أسمعتم نارا بنار تنطفي

It arrived, and its hint stilled my heart’s fire.

That arrived and extinguished the fire of my heart, his symbol

Have you heard of fire being quenched by fire?

Have you heard of a fire extinguished by fire?

وأرادت الأجفان عادة جريها

وأرادت الأجفان عادة جريها

أو جرى عادتها فقلت لها قفي

أو جرى عادتها فقلت لها قفي

And the eyelids sought their customary flow,

And my eyelids wanted their usual flow

Or the flow of their custom; so I told them, “Stop!”

Or their usual flow occurred, so I said to them: stop!

كفي فقد جاء الحبيب بما كفى

كفي فقد جاء الحبيب بما كفى

وصلا وعاشقه المعنى قد كفي

وصلا وعاشقه المعنى قد كفي

Desist, for the beloved has brought enough

Enough! For the beloved has come with enough

Union, and his tormented lover has been satisfied.

Connection, and his lover Meaning has sufficed