سَقى اللَهُ لَيْلاً طالَ إِذْ زارَ طَيْفُهُ

فَأَفْنَيْتُهُ حَتَّى الصَّباحِ عِناقا

The night God watered was so long when his ghost visited

I tenderly embraced him till the morn broke

بِطيبِ نَسيمٍ مِنْهُ يُسْتَجْلَبُ الكَرى

وَلَوْ رَقَدَ المَخْمُورُ فيهِ أَفاقا

With the scent of his gentle breeze hearts are captivated

And if the drunk had slept in it, he would have awoken

تَمَلَّكَني لَمَّا تَمَلَّكَ مُهْجَتي

وفارَقَني لَمَّا أَمِنْتُ فِراقا

He possessed me when he possessed my being

And left me when I dreaded parting