لِمَعْنَايَ قَلْبِي نَحْوَكُمْ أَبَداً يَصْبُو

وَعِنْدِي لَكُمْ وَجْدٌ جَمِيعِي لَهْ نَهْبُ

My heart's longing flows eternally towards you

And I have a passion for you that utterly possesses me

وَمَا زَالَ سَلْبِ فَيكُمُ وَاجِباً لَكُمْ

وَفِي حُبِّكُمْ يَا سَادَتي يَجِبُ السَّلْبُ

Despoiling me for your sake remains an obligation

And in loving you, my masters, despoilment is a must

غَدَا وَصْفُكُمْ لِلْحُسْنِ ذَاتاً فَشَمْسُكُمْ

بكُمْ مِنْكُمُ فِيْكُمْ لَهَا الشَّرْقُ والغَرْبُ

Your beauty has become the very essence of beauty

So your sun, through you, in you, owns the east and west

تُحَرِّكُهَا الأَشْوَاقُ نَحْوَ جَمَالِكُمْ

فَتَمْنَعُهَا تِلْكَ المَهَابَةُ والحُجْبُ

It is stirred by yearnings for your perfection

But is held back by that awe and those veils

فَلاَهِى يَغْشَاهَا سُكُونٌ وَلاَ تَرىَ

سَبِيلاً لِذَاحَاَرتْ فَدَاَرتْ فَلاَ تَنْبُو

Distracted, lethargy descends on it, and it cannot see

A way, for when it spun it could find no orbit

تَدُورُ عَلَى بُعْدٍ مِنَ المَرْكَزِ الَّذِي

بِهِ أَنْتُمُ إِذْ كَانَ شَخْصَكُمْ القُطْبُ

It revolves at a distance from the center

Where you are, for your being is the axis,

فَلَوْ قِيْسَتْ الأَبْعَادُ مِنْ كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

تَسَاوَتْ فَلاَ بُعْدٌ يُرَامُ وَلاَ قُرْبُ

So if all dimensions on every side

Were equal, neither far nor near could be found