للّهِ معشوقٌ خشى

للّهِ معشوقٌ خشى

لثمي لهُ فالتثما

لثمي لهُ فالتثما

By God, a beloved feared

For God, there is a beloved who is feared

my kissing him, so he veiled his mouth.

Let me kiss him, so I may kiss

أشكو إليه ظمأي

أشكو إليه ظمأي

قالَ وما يشفي الظما

قالَ وما يشفي الظما

I complain to him of my thirst.

I complain to him of my thirst

He said, 'And what quenches thirst?'

He said "And what quenches thirst?"

قلتُ لهُ ماءُ اللمى

قلتُ لهُ ماءُ اللمى

فقال لي ما آلما

فقال لي ما آلما

I told him, 'The water of dusky lips.'

I said "The water of touch"

Then he said to me, 'How painful!' (reading uncertain).

So he said "I do not touch"