أرى المطلوب يكبر أنْ يصابا

ويعظم أنْ يقاوم أو يُدانى

I see the desired grows that it suffers

And it increases that it resists or it is blamed

عجبتُ لقربه الأدنى بذات

منزهة تعالتْ أنْ تُهانا

I wondered at its closeness, the lowest in itself

Exalted, it refused to be humiliated

تجلَّتْ والضياءُ لها حجابٌ

وجلَّت أنْ نراها كما ترانا

It appeared and its light is a veil for it

And it refused that we see it as it sees us

فلا يحظى بها إلا حريص

وأما من تكاسلَ أو توانى

So none attains it except the eager

As for him who was lazy or hesitated

فينساها وتنساه وهذا

جزاء قد تلوناه قرانا

It forgets him and he forgets it, and this

Is a recompense we have colored ourselves

فمن يقربه لم يطعم سواها

وقد حاز المكانةَ والمكانا

So whoever draws near it has not tasted other than it

And has attained the rank and the place

كما أنَّ العليلَ إذا أتاها

يخصُّ به الزمانةَ والزمانا

Just as the sick person when he comes to it

It privileges him with the time and the moment

ظلامٌ كيف يحجبُه ونورٌ

ونحن نراه دونهما عِيانا

Darkness, how can it veil it, and light

While we see it without them clearly

فما أرجو سواه لكلِّ أمرٍ

مهمٍّ ليس يعرفه سوانا

So I do not hope for it in any matter

Important that none knows but us