1. هي لمّا لبستُها سبَّحتْ

    حسبي الله تعالى وكفى

    When I donned her, she glorified God:

    God, exalted is He, is sufficient for me, and He suffices.

  2. وأتتْ تلثم نعلي خدمةً

    ولقد كان لنا فيه شفا

    And she came kissing my sandal in service.

    And indeed, in it there was healing for us.

  3. ولقد عانقتُ منها غُصناً

    يخجلُ الغصن إذا ما انعطفا

    And indeed I embraced a branch of hers,

    that shames the branch whenever it bends.

  4. وارتشفنا ريقةً مسكينةً

    تخجل الشَّهدَ إذا ما ارتشفا

    And we sipped a humble little drop of saliva,

    that shames honey whenever it is sipped.

  5. ما أتينا محرَماً نحذره

    بل أتينا فيه ما الله عفا

    We committed no forbidden act that we fear.

    Rather, in it we did what God has pardoned.

  6. فانظروا المعنى الذي أرمزه

    في كلامي تجدوه في الوفا

    So consider the meaning I express in symbols

    in my words; you will find it in fidelity.