ولقد أقولُ لمن يسدِّدُ سهمَهُ

نحوي وأطرافُ المَنِيَّةِ شُرَّعُ

And I say to him who takes aim

Toward me, while the tips of death are unfurled,

والموتُ في لحظاتِ أخزرَ طرفُهُ

دوني وقلبي دونَهُ يتقطَّعُ

And death in the moments when its edge is most severe

Is around me, and my heart beneath it is rend asunder-

باللّهِ فتِّشْ عن فؤاديَ أوّلاً

هل فيه للسَّهمِ المُسَدَّدِ موضِعُ

By Allah, search first regarding my heart:

Is there in it a place for the aimed arrow to lodge?

أهوِنْ بهِ لو لم يكنْ في طَيِّهِ

عهدُ الحبيبِ وسرُّه المستودَعُ

Is it cheapened if there were not in its folds

The covenant of the beloved and their secret repository?