1. يا ملكاً حلَّ قلبي مِن جلالتِه

    نورٌ تأَلَّقَ فيهِ بَعدَ إيماضِ

    O king, from whose majesty there settled in my heart

    a light that shone within it after a flash.

  2. فسارَ يطلبُ نورَ النُّورِ مهتدياً

    بنورِ نورٍ من الأَنوارِ فيّاضِ

    So it journeyed, seeking the light of light, guided

    by the light of a light overflowing among the lights.

  3. قَضى لي الخيرِ بعدَ الشَّرِ محتكماً

    أَعدِل بمحتكمٍ في عبدِه قاضِ

    He decreed good for me after evil, acting as arbiter;

    how just an arbiter, judging his servant!

  4. بهِ تعوَّضتُ لا أَبغي به عِوَضاً

    وهل له عِوَضٌ يُرجَى لمعتاضِ

    In him I found recompense; I seek no substitute for him.

    And is there a substitute for him that one seeking recompense could hope for?

  5. أَنتَ الذي لو قلاني الناسُ كلُّهمُ

    وأَعرضوا عن ودادي كلَّ إعراضِ

    You are the one—even if all people loathed me

    and turned utterly away from my affection,

  6. وكانَ ذِكرُكَ نُصبي لا يُزايلُني

    مستقبلُ الحظِّ مِن نجواهُ كالماضي

    and remembrance of you were my focus, never leaving me,

    the future share of its intimate converse like the past,

  7. لكنتُ إذ ذاكَ في حالٍ أَضُنُّ بها

    إِنّي بأنسكَ عن أُنسي بهم راضِ

    I would then be in a state I would jealously cherish:

    indeed, I am content with your company instead of theirs.