جَلَّتْ مَحاسِنُهُ عَنِ التَّشْبِيهِ

فَكَما اشْتَهى خُلِقَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَفِيهِ

His beauty transcends all comparison

He was created as he desired, in him and through him

وَتَرَى الرِّياحَ إِذا بَدا لَكَ مُقْبِلاً

بِضَعِيفِ كَرِّ نَسِيمِها تَثْنِيهِ

You see the winds, when he appears before you

Bending him slightly with their gentle breezes

تَتَعَشَّقُ الحَرَكاتِ في حَرَكاتِهِ

فَكأَنَّمَا بِفُتُونِها تُغْرِيهِ

They flirt with his movements through his motions

As if seducing him with their charms

وَتَراهُ فَرْداً وَهْوَ زَوْجٌ عِنْدَما

يثْنِيهِ زَهْوُ التِّيهِ أَوْ يُدْنِيهِ

You see him as one, yet he is two whenever

The allure of wandering draws him near or leads him away

إِنْ حَارَ قَلْبِي في طَرِيقِ مَوَدَّةٍ

فَدَلِيلُ حُبِّكَ في الهَوى يَهْدِيهِ

If my heart loses its way on the path of affection

Your love’s guide in passion will lead it

لا خَلَّصَ الرَّحْمنُ قَلْبَ مَوَدَّتي

مَا دُمْتُ حَيّاً مِنْ يَدَيْ مُحْييهِ

The Merciful did not free my loving heart

As long as I live from being revived at his hands