فحقَّ لمثلي أن يقولَ لمثلها

فحقَّ لمثلي أن يقولَ لمثلها

فديناكَ منْ ربعٍ وإن زدتنا كربَا

فديناكَ منْ ربعٍ وإن زدتنا كربَا

So it is fitting for one like me to say to one like her:

It is fitting that one like me should say to one like her

May we be your ransom, O dwelling, though you have increased our anguish.

You owe us for a quarter, even if you have increased our distress

وكيفَ عرفنا رسمَ مَنْ لم يدعْ لنا

وكيفَ عرفنا رسمَ مَنْ لم يدعْ لنا

فؤاداً لعرفانِ الرسومِ ولا لُبّا

فؤاداً لعرفانِ الرسومِ ولا لُبّا

And how did we recognize the trace of one who left us

And how could we recognize the features of one who did not leave for us

no heart to recognize the traces, nor any mind?

A heart for knowing the features, nor intuition

كأنَّ نجومَ الليلِ خافتْ مغارَهُ

كأنَّ نجومَ الليلِ خافتْ مغارَهُ

فمدَّتْ عليها مِنْ عجاجتِهِ حجبا

فمدَّتْ عليها مِنْ عجاجتِهِ حجبا

As though the stars of night feared his raid,

It is as though the stars of the night feared his cave

so they spread over themselves veils of his swirling dust.

So it spread over them from its murkiness, veils