1. يا مَن لصَبّ قد جفاه هجوعه

    فرثت له بالوصل ثَم دموعُه

    Oh, who will aid a lovesick man whose slumber has forsaken him?

    So there his tears took pity on him and kept him company.

  2. نار البعاد بقلبه مذ غُرست

    قد سعرت ما تحتويه ضلوعه

    The fire of separation, since it was planted in his heart,

    has set ablaze all that his ribs enclose.

  3. مهما تناسى الحب أذكره به

    برق يُحركه إليه ولوعه

    Whenever he tries to forget love, he is reminded of it

    by a lightning flash, toward which his ardent longing draws him.

  4. كاد الغرام يُضله لو لم يكن

    لمديح خير العالمين رجوعه

    Passion would nearly have led him astray, had it not been

    for his return to praising the best of all creation.

  5. أزكى البرية خير من وطئ الثرى

    وأصوله سادت به وفروعه

    The purest of creation, the best ever to tread the earth;

    and through him his roots and branches rose to eminence.

  6. وبه ملاذ العبد عند مَعاده

    مهما رأى الأهوال فيه تروعه

    And in him the servant finds refuge at his final return,

    whenever he sees the terrors there that fill him with dread.

  7. صلى عليه اللَه جلّ جلاله

    ما غاب نجم واستهلّ طلوعه

    May God bless him—exalted is His majesty—

    as long as a star sets and its rising begins.