أتاني وماء المزن في الجو يسفك

كمحض لجين إذ يمد ويسبك

The rain of spring came to me in the air pouring down,

He came to me while the rain from the clouds poured through the sky,

Like the pure drink of life when it flows and intertwines.

Like pure silver being drawn out and cast into form.

هلال الدياجي انحط من جو أفقه

فقل في محب نال ما ليس يدرك

The crescent moon descended from its high horizon,

A crescent of the dark nights descended from the vault of his horizon,

So say to the lover who attained what cannot be grasped:

So speak of a lover who attained what is beyond reach!

وكان الذي إن كنت لي عنه سائلاً

فما لي جواب غير أني أضحك

And it was as if, whenever I asked about it,

And that which happened—if you were to ask me of it,

I had no answer but to smile,

I would have no answer to give except that I laugh.

لفرط سروري خلتني عنه نائماً

فيا عجباً من موقن يتشكك

Out of abundant joy it made me sleep away from it.

From the sheer excess of my joy, I fancied I was dreaming in my sleep;

How strange for a believer to doubt!

O how wondrous it is: one who is certain, yet doubts!