تَجَمَّشَهُ بلحظِ الطَّرفِ كَفِّي

فأَخجلَهُ مِنَ النَّظرِ المُريبِ

With a glance of his eye he admonished my palm,

So it was abashed by his strange look.

وقال القلبُ هَبْ لي منه حظّاً

فَرَدَّ الطَّرْفُ بالعَجَبِ العَجيبِ

The heart said: give me some of his fortune,

But his eye turned back with amazement.

إِذا كانتْ حياتي طَوعَ أَمري

أُسلِّمُها إلى غيرِ الحَبيبِ

If my life were subject to my will,

I would deliver it to none but the beloved.

فَكانَ مقالُه أَحلى لروحي

مِنَ الصادي إِلى الماءِ القَريبِ

So his words were sweeter to my soul

Than water to the thirsty.

ويا دائي أَتَرجو بعد يأسٍ

فَما الشكوى إلى غير المجيبِ

And O my sickness, do you still hope after despair?

For there is no use complaining to one who does not answer.

وما خوفي عَلَى رُوحي وَلَكنْ

عليهِ منْ معاقبةِ الذنوبِ

It is not fear for my soul that seizes me

But fear of the punishment of sins.