لَو قابَلَني الحَبيبُ كالمرآةِ

لَو قابَلَني الحَبيبُ كالمرآةِ

وَجَّهتُ لَهُ وَجهيَ للإِخباتِ

وَجَّهتُ لَهُ وَجهيَ للإِخباتِ

Had the beloved faced me like a mirror,

If my beloved met me like a mirror

I would have turned my face toward him in humble submission.

I would turn my face to him in shyness

لَم يَختَلِفِ الظاهِرُ وَالباطِنُ لي

لَم يَختَلِفِ الظاهِرُ وَالباطِنُ لي

إِن كُنتُ أَرَيتُهُ صَفاءَ الذاتِ

إِن كُنتُ أَرَيتُهُ صَفاءَ الذاتِ

The outward and inward would not have differed in me,

My outward self and inner self would not differ

if I had shown him the purity of my essence.

If I saw in him the purity of being