بكَاؤُكَ في التَّغني هَاجَ مني

غَرَاماً لاَ يُهَيِّجُهُ التَّغني

Your weeping in song stirred in me

A passion not stirred by song

تُمَنَّيتُ التَزَامَكَ ماحَيِينا

فَلَيتَ القَصدَ يُدرَكُ بِالتَّمني

I wished for your commitment, awakening

If only hopes were attained by wishing

جَعلتُكَ دُونَ ما أخشَى مِجَنًّا

منَ الكدَرَاتِ يَالَكَ مِن مِجَنِّ

I made you, beyond what I fear, a refuge

From sorrows, be yours from sorrows

ومَهمَا جِئتني أفرَحُ وِإني

لأكثِرُ في التَّرَحُّبِ والتَّاني

Whatever comes to me, I rejoice, and

I am most welcoming and gentle

وشَادٍ لَم يُكنكَ إذا أتَاني

أُقُول لُهُ إِليك إلِيكَ عني

And whoever was not you, when he came to me

I would say to him, “To you, to you, away from me!”

ألاَ قُل لِلوَلىِّ عَلَوتَ جَاهاً

وعِزاًّ في المُزايِلِ والمُبني

Come, say to the beloved, you are supreme

In glory, in excelling and building

بِكَ الفُتَيانِ قَدهَا مُوا وهَمَّت

بِكَ الفُتَيَاتُ من إنسٍ وجِنِّ

Through you the youths, their resolve is weakened

Through you, the maidens of mankind and jinn