أَلَبَّ داعي الهوى وَهْنَاً فلَبّاها

قلبٌ أتاها ولولا ذِكرُها تاها

The caller of passion importuned weakness, so it complied

A heart came to it, and were it not for the memory of her, it would have been lost

تَلَتْ علينا ثناياها سُطورَ هوىً

لم نَنْسَها مُذْ وَعَيْناها وَعَيْناها

She recited to us the folds of passion in lines

Since we saw her eyes, we have not forgotten them

وعَرَّفْتنا معانيها التي بَهَرَتْ

سُبْلَ الغرام فَهِمْنا إذ فَهِمْناها

And she introduced to us their meanings that dazzled

The ways of love, so we understood when we understood her

عِفْتُ الأَثام وما تحت اللِّثامِ لها

وما اسْتَبَحْتُ حِماها بل حُمَيّاها

I shunned sins and what is beneath the veil for her

And I did not violate her sanctity, rather I protected her

يا طالبَ الحُبّ مَهْلاً إنّ مَطْلَبه

يُنسي بأكثره اللاهي به اللهَ

O seeker of love, go slowly, for the pursuit of it

Makes the heedless forget, with most of it, God

ولا تَمَنَّ أُموراً غِبُّها عَطَبٌ

فَرُبَّ نفسٍ مُناها في مَناياها

And do not wish for matters whose inner reality is ruin

For many a soul has ended in its demise

فَأَنْفَعُ العُدَد التقوى وأرْفَعُها

لأَنْفُسٍ إن وَضَعْناها أَضَعْناها

The most beneficial of possessions is piety, the most sublime

If we place souls in it, we elevate them