هَذا المُصَلَّى وَهَذِهِ الكُثُبُ

بِمِثْلِ هَذَا يَهُزُّكَ الطَّرَبُ

This mosque and these dunes

With the like of this, ecstasy shakes you

فَالْحَيُّ قَدْ شُرِعَتْ مَضَرِبُهُ

وَحُسْنُهُ عَنْهُ زَالتِ الحُجُبُ

So the living one, his dwelling was made

And his beauty, the veils moved away from him

وَكُلُّ صَبٍّ صَبَا لِسَاكِنِهِ

يَسْجُدُ شَوْقاً لَهُ وَيَقْترِبُ

And every youth who grew up in its abode

Bows down longing for it and moves nearer

أَنِخْ مَطَايَاكَ عِنْدَ رَبْعِهُمُوُ

كَيْ لاَ تَطَاكَ الرِّحَالُ والنُجُبُ

Unload your burdens at their dwellings

Lest the saddlebags and luggage burden you

وَاسْعِ عَلى الجَفنِ خَاضِعاً فَعَسى

يَشْفَعُ فِيكَ الخُضُوعُ وَالأَدَبُ

And spread humbly on the eyelid, hopefully

Meekness and propriety will intercede for you

وَارْجِ قِرَاهُمْ إِذَا نَزَلْتَ بِهِمْ

فَأَنْتَ ضَيْفٌ لَهُمْ وَهُمْ عُرُبُ

Ask to visit their homes when you descend among them

For you are their guest and they are bedouins

وَاسْجُدْ لَهُمْ وَاْقَتَرِبْ فَعَاشِقُهُمْ

يَسْجُدُ شَوْقاً لهُمْ وَيَقْتَرِبُ

And bow to them and draw near, for their lovers

Bow down longing for them and move nearer

عِنْدِي لَكُمْ يَا أُهَيْلَ كَاظِمَةٍ

أَسْرَارُ وجْدٍ حَديثُهَا عَجَبُ

For you O people of the silent Kadhimah

I have secrets of passion, its narration is wondrous

أَرَى بِكُم خَاطِري يُلاحِظُنيِ

مِنْ أَيْنَ هَذَا الإِخَاءُ وَالنَّسَبُ

I see my thoughts observing me

Whence this brotherhood and lineage?

وَإنْ تَشَوَّقْتَكُمْ بَعَثْتُ لَكُمْ

كُتْبَ غَرَامِي وَمِنْكُمُ الكُتُبُ

And if you longed for them, I sent to you

My books of passion and from you the books

وَأَشْرَبُ الرَّاح حِينَ أَشْرَبُهَا

صِرْفاً وَأَصْحُو بِهَا فَمَا السَّبَبُ

And I drink the wine when I drink it

Pure and awake with it, so what is the cause?

خَمْرَتُهَا مِنْ دَمي وَعَاصِرُهَا

ذَاتي وَمِن أَدْمُعِي لَهَا الحَبَبُ

Its wine is of my blood, and its presser

Is my essence, and its raisins are of my tears

إنْ كُنْتُ أَصْحُو بِشُرْبِهَا فَلَقَدْ

عَرْبَدَ قَوْمُ بِهَا وَمَا شَرِبُوا

If I awake by drinking it, the people indeed

Became drunk with it though they did not drink

هِيَ النَّعِيمُ المُقِيمُ في خَلَدِي

وَإِنْ غَدَتْ في الكُؤوُسِ تَلْتَهِبُ

It is the lasting bliss in my eternity

And if it burns in cups, it flames

فَغَنِّ لي إِنْ سَقَيْتَ يَا أَمَلي

بِاسْمِ التَّي بي عَليَّ تَحْتَجِبُ

So sing to me if you quenched my hopes

In the name of her who hides from me