لولا مطالبتي لم يثقل اليومَ

ولا أحسَّ به للخفة القومُ

Had I not asked, this day would not be heavy

Nor would people feel its lightness

يومُ الصيامِ له ثقلٌ يحسُّ به

من صامه والذي لربنا الصوم

The day of fasting has a heaviness felt

By those who fasted, and fasting is for our Lord

لأنه نعتُ تنزيهٍ وليس لنا

نعم ويعضده في ذلك الشيم

For it is an attribute of glorification and we have

No bounty, and it is supported in that by propriety

وليس يدري بشيء من فضيلته

إلا إمامٌ له من دهرِه يومُ

And none knows anything of its merit

Except a leader who has a day of it in his life

وليس في حضراتِ الكون أكمل من

وجود حضرة ما يأتي به النوم

And in the worlds' presences there is nothing more perfect than

The existence of the presence of what sleep brings