بَدَا لَكَ طالَ عَنكَ اكتِتَامُهُ

وَلاَحَ صَبَاحٌ كُنتَ أنتَ ظَلامهُ

It seemed to you its darkness lingered long,

And dawn appeared while you were that gloom.

فَأنتَ حِجَابُ القَلبِ عَن سِرِّ غَيبِهِ

وَلَولاكَ لَم يُطبَع عَلَيكَ خِتَامُهُ

So you're the veil between the heart and the secret of its unseen world,

Had it not been for you, its seal would not have been imprinted.

فَإِن غِبتَ عَنهُ حَلَّ فِيه وَطَنَّبَت

عَلَى الكَشفِ المَصُونِ خِيَامُهُ

When you're absent from it, it settles and relaxes

Upon revelation guarded, its tents pitched.

وَجَاءَ حَدِيثٌ لاَ يُملُّ سمَاعُهُ

شَهشيٌّ إلَينَا نَثرُهُ وَنِظَامُهُ

And a discourse comes that does not bore to hear it -

A gift for us, its prose and composition.