بالذي قلت إنه عين ما بي

من سؤالٍ ومنطقٍ وجوابِ

With what you said that it is the very essence of me

Of asking, and logic, and answering

برّد اليوم عن فؤادي غليلا

فقبولي عليه عينُ انقلابي

Today it cooled the heat in my heart

So accepting it is the very essence of my turning

بوجودي عرفته وبنفسي

فهو منها بنا كحشو إهابِ

With my existence I knew it and with my soul

So it is part of it as the lining of clothing

بانَ عني فقلتُ بان حبيبي

فأراني في البعد عين اقترابي

It became clear from me so I said my beloved appeared

So it showed me in distance the very essence of my nearing

بنتم قال لا ولكن جهلنا

فلذا ما يقول ما بي وما بي

You slept then he said no but we were ignorant

So for that he doesn't say what's with me and what's with me

بالهوى فزتمُ وشاركتموني

في اسم حبيّ والشوقُ للغيابِ

With passion you transcended and shared with me

In the name of my love and longing for absence

بعتم الرشد بالغَواية فينا

وهو رُشد الهداةِ والأحباب

You replaced sanity with misguidance in us

And it is the sanity of the righteous and loved ones

بدرة أنت بالكمال فما لي

قلت بالنقصِ إنني في حجاب

You are a pearl in perfection so why did I

Say with deficiency that I am in veil

بحجابي علمت أني لما

جئتكم جئتكم بأمرٍ عُجاب

With my veil I knew that when

I came to you I came with a wondrous matter

بينوا أمرنا لكل لبيبٍ

في كلامٍ إن شئتم أو كتاب

Explain our matter to every understanding one

In speech, if you wish, or in writing