كان الملطف كالقميص أما ترى

أبصارنا ردت لنا بملطف

The comforter was like a shirt, don't you see

Our eyes returned to us with a comforter

وافى فسكن نار قلبي رمزه

أسمعتم نارا بنار تنطفي

That arrived and extinguished the fire of my heart, his symbol

Have you heard of a fire extinguished by fire?

وأرادت الأجفان عادة جريها

أو جرى عادتها فقلت لها قفي

And my eyelids wanted their usual flow

Or their usual flow occurred, so I said to them: stop!

كفي فقد جاء الحبيب بما كفى

وصلا وعاشقه المعنى قد كفي

Enough! For the beloved has come with enough

Connection, and his lover Meaning has sufficed