1. من حب مخلوقاً أطاع كلامه

    وحببت خلاقي فكيف أعاصي

    Whoever loves a created being obeys his word.

    And I have loved my Creator—how could I disobey?

  2. ولقد أصلى لا مخافة ناره

    بل كي أقابله ولو أنا قاصي

    And indeed I pray, not for fear of His fire,

    but so that I may meet Him, though I am far away.

  3. أنا واثق من صفحه عن عينه

    أعددتُ إيماني به لخلاصي

    I am confident of His pardon for His eye [wording unclear].

    I have prepared my faith in Him for my salvation.

  4. لم أخش إلا أن يعاتب والعتاب

    من الحبيب يعيب في إخلاصي

    I feared only that He might reproach me; and reproach

    from the Beloved calls my sincerity into question.

  5. وأنا الذي عفت العباد لأجله

    وهو الذي أولى إلى مناصي

    And I am the one who shunned mankind for His sake,

    and He is the one who granted me refuge [syntax unclear].

  6. فحسبت أرواح الرضى جياشة

    خفقت بأعضائي إلى الإرعاص

    So I thought the spirits of contentment were surging,

    fluttering through my limbs until they trembled.

  7. فلزمت أهل البيت أخطب ودهم أسلو

    به سلمى وحسن رخاصي

    So I clung to the Household, seeking their love, forgetting

    through it Salma and the beauty of my tender maidens.

  8. والناس قالوا شاعر ذو جنة

    من حب ذات أساور وعقاصي

    And the people said, “A poet afflicted with madness

    from love of a woman with bracelets and braids.”

  9. قالوا الكرامة للولي خرافة

    كذبوا رأيت كرامة الخواصي

    They said, “A saint's miracle is a fable.”

    They lied: I have seen the miracle of al-Khawasi [possibly “the elect”].