أماطت لنا ذات الخمار خمارها

فهامت بها أرواحنا قبل خمرها

The veiled one unveiled her veil for us

So our souls were intoxicated by her, before her wine

فيالك حسن يسكر الروح نوره

فما ابنة الزرجون فيه وسكرها

O, the beauty whose light intoxicates the soul

Not the daughter of grapes in it and her intoxication

ومن عجب حجبت بنور ضيائها

ومن شدّة الايضاح قد كان سترها

And from wonder she veiled with the light of her splendor

And from the intensity of illumination was her cover

فبنا ولا بين لها غير أنها

تقاصر مقدار الجميع لقدرها

So for us there was no between for her but that she

Falls short of everyone's measure due to her worth

ومن عجب من طالب غير غائب

ولكن من أسرارها غاص سرّها

And from wonder who seeks her besides the absent

But from her mysteries dove her secret

فمن ههنا حارت عقول أولى النها

ووقفت ولم تعلم حقيقة كنهها

So from here the minds of the first perplexed

And they stood still and did not know her essence

وقد جعلوا الادراك والموت واحدا

وما ذاك الا حين بان قصورها

And they made perception and death one

And that is only when her deficiency appeared

فايّ خطير فيك لا يفنينه

فكن فانياً تحظى بنيل خطيرها

So what serious matter in you would not diminish it

So be vanishing to gain her precious

ألا فاعلموا ليلى بأني معيدها

توسل بها إليها تفكّ أسيرها

Lo, so know that Layla, I repeat

Praying through her to her to free her captive

فقد عزّ في دائي شفائي بحبها

كما عزّ في حسن الحسان نظيرها

For the cure in my sickness was made difficult by her love

As the peer of the excellent was made difficult by her perfection

وقد لذّ لي في حبها كلّ فعلها

فسيان عندي حلوها ومريرها

And every deed of hers was pleasurable for me in loving her

So for me her sweetness and her bitterness are equal

فيا عاذلي فيها جهلت هواءها

فهل يستمع قول الجهول خبيرها

O you who blame her, you are ignorant of her passion

Can the word of the ignorant be heard by her expert?

فلا عار للشمس المضيئة في الضحى

إذا لم يرى الخفاش اشراق نورها

There is no shame on the shining sun in the morning

If the bat does not see the radiance of her light

فذلك نقص فيه لا يدركنها

لقد احتجب من نورها بظهورها

That is a deficiency in him who does not perceive her

The light of her has been veiled to him by her manifestation

وصلّ على الهادي واعطف قائلاً

أماطت لنا ذات الخمار خمارها

And send blessings upon the Guide and say gently

The veiled one unveiled her veil for us