كم درت حول الحب حتى لقد

حصلت فيه كحصول الفراس

How much did I roam around love until I became

How long did I hover around love, until at last

An expert in it like the insight of an expert

I was caught within it like a moth plunging into flame.

تعشو إلى الوصل دواعي الهوى

كما سرى نحو سنا النار عاش

The passions of love yearn for connection

The impulses of passion wander toward union in the dark,

As fire creeps towards flint to spark

Just as a night-blind traveler is drawn toward the radiance of fire.

عللني بالوصل من سيدي

كمثل تعليل الظماء العطاش

Quench my thirst for connection, my lord

Soothe me with union from my master,

Like quenching the thirst of the parched thirsty one

As one brings relief to the parched and thirsty.

لا توقف العين على غاية

فالحسن فيه مستزيد وياش

Do not stop the eye on the ultimate goal

Do not let the gaze rest upon any final limit,

For in it, beauty continues to grow and thrive

For beauty in him is ever-growing and blooming anew.