كوكب قال بتنزيه نفسهِ

فرماه العجبُ في سجنِ رمسِهِ

A planet in self-glorification said,

So wonder cast him in a prison of chalk.

طلعتْ حكمة مولاه ليلاً

لمحياه فأودَتْ بنفسه

The wisdom of his Master at night appeared,

To give him life, so with herself she did away.

فشكا الكوكبُ وجداً وشوقاً

لسناها عند أبناء جنسه

The planet complained with yearning and ardour,

For the companionship of the sons of his kind.

قيل ما حكمة هذا محبّ

جاءكم يرغبُ وصلاً بخمسه

It was said: “What wisdom is with this lover?

He desires and asks for a union in fives.”

قبضتها وأتت في حلاها

نحو باريها وحطَّت بقدسه

She took him and came in her adornment,

Towards her Maker, and landed on His Holiness.

ودعته فأتاها مجيباً

يا محباً يشتهيها لنفسه

She called him, so he came answering,

“O lover, who desires her for himself!”

اشكر الله على كل حال

ابنتي ليلك هذا بعرسه

Thank God in every state,

My daughter, your night is with its wedding.