لباسي لباسُ المتيقن وإنني

عريٌّ من التقوى إذا كنتُ كاسيا

My garment is the garment of the certain, though I

Am bare of piety when I am clad.

دعاني منادي الحقِّ من بين أضلعي

فلو مكان توفيقٌ أجبتُ المناديا

The caller of truth called me from between my ribs.

Had there been the means to respond, I'd have answered the caller,

ولما رأى ترك الإجابة لم يقم

وراح وخلى القلب في الحال خاليا

But when he saw the withholding of response, he left

And went away, leaving the heart empty in that moment.

ولو غير داعي الحقِّ نادى من الحشى

أجاب فؤادي صوته إذ دعانيا

And had it been other than the caller of truth calling from the bushes,

My heart would have answered his voice when he called me.