1. When my beloved denied intimacy,
And plunged into estrangement unfairly,
١. لما منعت القرب من سيدي
ولج في هجري ولم ينصف
2. I gazed upon his garments,
Or anything he had touched, I was content.
٢. صرت بابصاري أثوابه
أو بعض ما قد مسه أكتفي
3. So too was Jacob, Prophet of Guidance,
When grief for Joseph brought him low,
٣. كذلك يعقوب نبي الهدى
إذ شفه الحزن على يوسف
4. He smelled a shirt that came from him,
And though blind before, by it he could see.
٤. شم قميصاً جاء من عنده
وكان مكفوفاً فمنه شفي