قِف فتبين عَلى احتيازي

سَرائِراً قطُّ لم أبِنها

Stop, so you may see my precautions,

Secrets I have never revealed,

ذاتُ دَلالٍ تَعلَّقَتني

فَخوَّنَتني ولم أخُنها

An essence that has captivated me,

Then betrayed me, while I stayed true.

لا يَعرفُ الواصِفُونَ حَدّاً

لهَا ولا يُدركُونَ كُنها

Describers do not know an end,

To it, nor can they grasp its essence.

قالَت لأخرَى أما تَرَيهِ

يأمُر أبصارَنا ويَنهَى

She said to another - do you not see him

Command our sights and forbid?

إذا رَأى مُقلةً لَجُوجاً

وسامَها الغضَّ غضَّ عَنها

When he sees a frowning moon,

Adorned with a frown, he turns from it.

كم عَبراتٍ جَرَت عَليهِ

في وجناتٍ أرقَّ مِنها

How many tears have flowed from him

On cheeks softer than them.

وسَوفَ تَلقَى القلُوب جَهداً

مِنه إن اللَّه لم يُعِنها

And hearts will still suffer hardship from him

If God does not help them.