يا مَنْ حَصَلْتَ على الكمالِ بِما رَأَتْ

عَيْنايَ منهُ مِنَ الجَمال الرَّائعِ

O you who gained perfection from what

My eyes have seen of splendid beauty

قمرٌ يَرُوقُ وفي عِطافَيْ بُردِهِ

ما شِئْتَ من كَرَمٍ ومَجْدٍ بارِعِ

A moon pleasing in its gentle breeze

With whatever generosity and brilliance you wished

أَشكُو إليكَ من الزَّمانِ تحامُلاً

فِيْ فضِّ شَمْلٍ لي بِقُربكَ جامِعِ

I complain to you of time's oppression

In dissolving our closeness with your nearness

هَجَمَ البعادُ عَليه ضَنّاً باللِّقا

حَتَّى تَقلَّص مثلَ بَرْقٍ لامِعِ

Distance attacked it stingily with meeting

Until it shrank like a flashing lightning bolt

فَلَوَ اَنَّني ذُو مَذْهبٍ لِشَفاعةٍ

نادَيْتُه يا مالكي يا شافعي

If only I had some means of intercession

I would call to you "My Protector, my Intercessor"