وقفَ الضميرُ عليكَ بالوَهمِ

وقفَ الضميرُ عليكَ بالوَهمِ

فشغلتَ منهُ موضعَ العِلمِ

فشغلتَ منهُ موضعَ العِلمِ

The mind dwelt on you through imagination,

The mind lingered upon you in imagination

So you occupied within it the seat of knowledge.

So you preoccupied it from the place of knowledge

ومنعتهُ مِن كيفَ أنت بما

ومنعتهُ مِن كيفَ أنت بما

قد جل منكَ ودق عن فهمِ

قد جل منكَ ودق عن فهمِ

And you barred it from knowing what you are like, through what

And prevented it from knowing how you are with what

In you is too sublime and subtle for understanding.

Is too glorious of you and too subtle for comprehension

فإِذا اضطررتُ الفكرَ فيكَ إلى

فإِذا اضطررتُ الفكرَ فيكَ إلى

معنىً لأشرحَ حدَّهُ باسمِ

معنىً لأشرحَ حدَّهُ باسمِ

So when I compel thought about you toward

So when thought is compelled regarding you to

A meaning, to explain its definition with a name,

A meaning, to define it with a name

لم يحظَ منكَ بغيرِ جَوهرةٍ

لم يحظَ منكَ بغيرِ جَوهرةٍ

مَكنونةٍ خلقَت بلا جسمِ

مَكنونةٍ خلقَت بلا جسمِ

It gains from you nothing but a jewel,

It obtains of you nothing but a hidden essence

Hidden, created without a body.

Created without body